The Orbital Marine Power has recently launched a 2-megawatt tidal turbine named the Orbital O2, which is the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine. During the launch, this 680-ton tidal turbine was transferred from the Forth Ports quayside facility in Dundee into the River Tay
The total death toll due to a massive avalanche in the Chamoli district near the Indo-China border has now reached 13, officials said on Monday. Ten bodies were recovered on April 24 while one more dead body was recovered on April 25. Two more dead
After graphic footage of animal cruelty in a facility surfaced, the regional Spanish Authorities were prompted to place a ban on all animal testing in Spanish lab, Vivotechnia. Established in 2000, Vivotechnia is a contract testing facility located in Madrid, Spain, which conducts product safety
Marching towards its mission to clean up floating plastic waste from the ocean, The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization has introduced a new, third-generation interceptor that they claim is going to clean up the ocean more efficiently. First introduced in 2019, the interceptor is powered
Following in the footsteps of Nagaland, another North-Eastern state, Arunachal Pradesh, has initiated a campaign to protect the wildlife and forests. Though the state’s tribal population has a long history of hunting wild animals for survival, the state government is determined to save the wildlife.
In a very unusual incident, Europe witnessed an extreme cold wave in mid-April after many regions of the continent just witnessed their warmest weather in March. Several places also witnessed snowfall which is very unusual during the month of April. A study has linked the
While the world is trying to protect threatened wildlife species, the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard is being hunted by poachers in Pakistan. In a shocking incident, few hunters in Pakistan shot two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) and later got themselves photographed while holding the
World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Global Climate report has unveiled some scary facts. As per the report, the last decade, i.e. 2011 to 2020, was the warmest on record. The last six years have been consecutively warmest of any previous years, and 2020,
Climate change and warmer temperatures have given this world a new hybrid species of bear known as pizzly bear. The bear is a cross between polar bears and grizzly bears. They are better suited for warmer temperatures and are more resilient to climate change. Climate
At a time when our planet is already struggling with different types of pollution, a new study revealed that microplastics have formed a plastic cycle, akin to global biochemical cycles, and are spiraling around the globe. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science