Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...
11 May, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
The ancient miracle tree that filters your tap water better than any man-made system ever couldNew research published in ACS Omega reveals that Moringa oleifera seeds can remove over 98 percent of harmful microplastics, including dang...
01 May, 2026, 12.06 AM IST
It stands over 100 feet tall, is nearly 200 feet wide at the base, and may be older than many famous monuments; now NOAA believes that this Maug coral may hold clues to the future of reefsScientists discovered an ancient, massive Porites coral colony, estimated to be over 2,000 years old, in the Maug caldera near the Mariana ...
30 Apr, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
Scientists Find Sharks Older Than Dinosaurs Hidden in Stone for 325 Million YearsScientists have unearthed fossils of two new shark species within Mammoth Cave. These ancient creatures swam in seas that covered the regio...
31 Mar, 2026, 01.04 PM IST
A 90-Million-Year-Old Forest Hidden Under Antarctica Is Rewriting What We Thought We Knew About EarthScientists have unearthed a remarkably preserved fossilized forest in Antarctica, dating back nearly 90 million years. This discovery revea...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
There’s an Entire Living World Beneath Your Feet, And It Shouldn’t ExistScientists have discovered a vast microbial ecosystem kilometers deep within the Earth, thriving in extreme pressures and limited nutrients...
20 Mar, 2026, 06.17 PM IST
Shell-Like Stones Expose Ocean's Hidden Carbon MysteryTiny ancient rock particles called ooids are reshaping our understanding of Earth's early oceans. These small stones reveal that oceans fro...
19 Mar, 2026, 05.37 PM IST
Unearthing Atlantis? The Bahamas’ Submerged City Reveals Ancient SecretsA remarkable discovery off the Bahamas coast has unveiled a lost ancient city. Marine archaeologists found man-made structures submerged by...
14 Mar, 2026, 03.08 PM IST
A Rainforest Once Covered West Antarctica: Sediment Cores Reveal How It VanishedAstonishingly, dense temperate rainforests once flourished near the South Pole 90 million years ago. Fossil evidence from seabed cores reve...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Under the North Sea, Archaeologists Mapped a Drowned Stone Age ForestA lost prehistoric world, Doggerland, once connected Britain to Europe, teeming with life before rising seas submerged it. Scientists are n...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
What happened 200 million years ago which led to unexplained marine extinctions? Answer lies near a lake in TibetAncient marine extinctions, previously a mystery, are now linked to massive underwater volcanic eruptions in the Tethys Ocean. Rocks from T...
02 Feb, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
21,000-yr-old Footprints in New Mexico may be the oldest evidence of human migration in the AmericasThe new study presents two additional lines of evidence for the older date range. It uses two entirely different materials found at the sit...
06 Oct, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Peak fossil fuel doesn’t mean climate change is solvedIt’s certainly sounding that way. Emissions from fossil fuels — the key driver of global warming since the dawn of the industrial era — are...
28 Feb, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
- Material tougher, more conductive than copper developed
New York, April 23 (IANS) Researchers have developed thin carbon nanotube (CNT) textiles that exhibit high electrical conductivity and a le...
23 Apr, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
East Antarctic Ice Sheet stayed frozen for 14 million yearsAfter estimating an initial level of initial concentration of beryllium-10 in their lake samples, the researchers were able to estimate the...
16 Dec, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Earth's climate more sensitive to carbon dioxide than thought: StudyResearchers in US examined nahcolite crystals found in Colorado's Green River Formation, formed 50 million years old during a hothouse clim...
17 Nov, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
Carbon that was released from oceans helped end Ice Age, UK scientists confirmBritish scientists have found that carbon stored in an isolated reservoir deep in the Southern Ocean re-connected with the atmosphere, driv...
12 Feb, 2015, 08.28 PM IST