New hope of extraterrestrial life? Scientists cautious about celebrating early, want recheckA University of Cambridge-led study has detected potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years away, noting the presence of ...
27 Apr, 2025, 07.02 PM IST
Colossal Squid finally caught on camera in the wild—100 years after its discovery; Check deep sea footageIn a historic moment, a juvenile colossal squid has been filmed alive in its natural habitat in the Southern Ocean for the first time in a ...
17 Apr, 2025, 08.16 AM IST
Colossal squid filmed alive for the first time in the deep seaFor the first time ever, a colossal squid has been captured on camera alive and in its natural deep-sea habitat—100 years after the species...
16 Apr, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
Why is ocean heat smashing records? It's more than just climate changeUnderstanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and b...
12 Apr, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
Greece facing longest heatwave on record while record highs hit USTens of millions of people in the northern hemisphere have been suffering through intense heat this summer as the world appears headed for ...
22 Jul, 2023, 05.30 PM IST
Scientists discover rare deep-sea octopus nursery, 3 km below the ocean surfaceInternational team of scientists explored previously unseen seamounts in Costa Rica, found new active octopus nursery and witnessed babies ...
02 Jul, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats upEarth’s fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agenci...
12 Jan, 2023, 10.59 PM IST
A new VC fund will put $100 million into decarbonizing the oceanBoston-based Propeller will focus on startups developing tech to remove carbon dioxide from the ocean, decarbonize shipping and improve eff...
26 Oct, 2022, 09.35 AM IST
Last year was the world's sixth-warmest on record: US scientistsThe data compiled by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Nasa also revealed that the last eight years were th...
13 Jan, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Rising global temperatures 'inexorably closer' to climate tipping point: UNThis does not yet mean that the world would already be crossing the long-term warming 1.5-degree threshold set by the Paris Climate Accord,...
27 May, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Earth's surface heating up, Nasa study confirms17 Apr, 2019, 01.47 PM IST
- Nasa finds more evidence for oceans on Jupiter's moon
Washington, Sep 27 (IANS) Nasa on Monday released further evidence to show that there may be oceans on Europa -- Jupiter's largest moon.
27 Sep, 2016, 02.37 AM IST
Earth’s temperature just shattered the thermometerResults from the world’s top monitoring agencies vary slightly, but Nasa, NOAA, and the Japan Meteorological Agency all agree that 2016 has...
21 Apr, 2016, 06.10 AM IST
February smashes global temperature record: NASAThe data shows that February had a global average surface temperature of 1.35 degrees Celsius above the 1951 to 1980 average.
14 Mar, 2016, 05.43 PM IST
Current pace of environmental change unprecedented: StudyThe rate of environmental change occurring today is unprecedented compared to that which occurred during natural events in the Earth's hist...
11 Jan, 2016, 01.36 PM IST
Five amazing environmental scientists who are working to remedy climate changeWe pulled five of the most impressive environmental scientists from our recent list of groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way w...
28 Jul, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
US scientists record 2014 as the hottest yearThe year 2014 was the hottest on record, with global average temperature increasing about 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880- US government sci...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.32 PM IST