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A Greenland ice core reads back almost 12,000 years of mercury fallout; humans were leaving traces thousands of years before the first factoriesGreenland's ice sheet reveals a 12,000-year mercury record, showing human contamination far predates industrial eras. Early Bronze Age smel...- How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animalsNew fossils discovered in China’s Yunnan province show that complex animal life began millions of years earlier than previously thought, du...
- 5,000-year-old bacteria revived from ice can fight superbugs, but scientists see a downsideScientists have isolated a Psychrobacter SC65A.3, a bacterial strain frozen for almost 5,000 years in Romania’s Scărișoara Ice Cave. The mi...
- The Ocean’s Tiniest Drifters May Be Quietly Deciding Where Plastic Ends UpNew research reveals ocean microbes significantly influence plastic's journey. These tiny organisms attach to plastic, altering its buoyanc...
- Scientists Investigate How Oxygen May Form in the Deep Ocean Without SunlightScientists have discovered a surprising source of oxygen on the deep ocean floor, challenging the long-held belief that sunlight is essenti...
- ‘Iron-breathing’ microbe which eliminate toxic sulfide from Earth discovered by scientistsUniversity of Vienna researchers discover MISO bacteria that breathe iron minerals while oxidizing toxic hydrogen sulfide in marine sedimen...
- Antarctic 'landfast' ice likely to reduce by end of century, important to include it in climate models, say scientistsAlong with documenting a recent dramatic crash in its extent, the first-ever broad review of Antarctic landfast ice highlighted its far-rea...
- Future of living to include net-zero homes; post-pandemic buildings will be self-reliant with minimum resource consumptionIt’s important to understand that every form of construction or architecture has some impact on the environment.
- Oxygen-starved oceans delayed recovery after 'Great Dying'Global ecosystems collapsed as some 90 per cent of species perished in this Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago.
- Arctic animals navigate by the light of winter MoonResearchers said that the behaviour is most likely an attempt by zooplankton to avoid predators hunting by moonlight.
- Industrial waste polluting ecosystem of Sundarbans: ReportIndustries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans.
- Industrial waste polluting Sundarbans ecosystem: ReportIndustries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans.
- Government clears proposal for launch of Aquatic ecosystems planThe principal objective of the project is holistic conservation and restoration of the water quality of lakes and wetlands.
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