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Rice feeds more than half the world, but scientists say current farming is crossing Earth’s safe limits for climate, water, and nutrients, and that makes every bowl part of a bigger planetary balancing actRice cultivation, a global staple, is pushing Earth's natural systems beyond safe limits, particularly concerning climate change, water use...
This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest everScientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever disco...
Rare 4.5-million-year-old freshwater fish fossils found in Dehradun’s Shivalik foothills, a region previously known only for land animalsPaleontologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in the Shivalik foothills near Dehradun — the first-ever aquatic life fossils in a reg...
Inside the Discovery of a Rare “Living Fossil” From the Age of DinosaursA remarkable fossil discovery in Inner Mongolia reveals Weichangiops squamosus, an ancient crustacean. This find, over 100 million years ol...
Footprints That Shouldn’t Exist: The White Sands Discovery Quietly Rewriting America’s Origin StoryFossilized footprints discovered in White Sands National Park push back the timeline of human presence in North America to over 20,000 year...
DNA Fragments in Crude Oil Are Revealing a Hidden Archive of Earth’s Ancient LifeScientists have discovered ancient DNA fragments within crude oil, offering a new way to reconstruct Earth's biological history. This groun...
Shovel-Tusked Elephants’ Teeth Puzzle Solved by PaleontologistsShovel-tusked elephants, once an evolutionary puzzle, are now understood to have used their unique tusks and teeth to efficiently process s...
Argentina falls in love with a starfish: Livestream sparks political waveIn Argentina, a live video stream of marine life off the coast has become an unexpected sensation, drawing over a million viewers. This mar...
Nations will try again on plan to confront world's 'spiralling' plastic pollution messNations are convening in Geneva for critical talks aimed at finalizing a landmark treaty to combat the escalating plastic pollution crisis....
Washing-up liquid can damage aquatic life, warns study on surfactants: Here’s why its usage should be ceasedIn the UK, people use millions of washing-up liquid bottles on a yearly basis. These plastic items, along with the harmful ingredients in i...
Groundwater to get over 3 deg C warmer by century's end, threatening safety: studyGroundwater is projected to warm by 2-3.5 degrees Celsius before the turn of this century, potentially risking water quality and safety, ap...
2023 was hottest year on record; critical 1.5C limit nearly breached: EU climate monitorsClimate change intensified heatwaves, droughts and wildfires across the planet, and pushed the global thermometer 1.48 C above the preindus...
Australia: Scientists discover lizard-like ancient amphibian species which occupied country 247 million years agoWith fewer than 10 fossils of this lizard-like species being globally recognized, experts suggest that the revelation could revolutionize o...
What is a colossal whale? Know about the newly discovered whale which can be heaviest animal everThe remains of Perucetus, comprising 13 vertebrae, four ribs, and one hip bone, are believed to belong to a massive creature measuring appr...
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India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
Oldest evidence of life on Earth found in Australia"Stromatolites are laminated structures of micro- organisms which have created layers of minerals using elements dissolved in the water in ...
79% of plastic in landfills, water bodiesWhen Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year given a call to save cows from plastic, his message brought into focus the hazards of this ...
Metal pollution behind world's largest extinction events: StudyHeavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...
The world's oldest flowering plant may be 130-million-year-oldScientists have identified a 125 mn- to 130 mn-year-old freshwater plant, a contemporary of dinosaurs, as one of earliest flowering plants ...