Melting ice within permafrost on the Siberian Arctic is uncovering many prehistoric secrets buried beneath thousand years old ice, including parts of mammoth tusk, woolly rhinoceros bone and perfectly preserved lion cub. Record-breaking heatwaves have increased the melting of Siberian permafrost, releasing methane and uncovering
With so many environmental crisis going on in recent times, 73 percent representatives of G20 nations felt the urgent need for prioritizing the environment over the economy. Only in India, there was 50 percent approval for considering the economy first. According to a global survey,
Caltech’s Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) is being developed and it has been claimed that it could power our entire planet. The project would collect solar power in space, transmitting the energy wirelessly to earth through microwaves, which would enable terrestrial power availability unaffected by
A warming bias was observed over the past 66 million years that may come back if the ice sheets vanish. It might return if global warming keeps increasing at the current rate which are ominous signs for the planet. In recent years the prolonged wildfires,
Batteries consist of highly toxic chemicals which consequently harm the environment as they contain heavy metals. To end this, Tesla has established an internal ecosystem to recycle scrapped batteries in its Tesla Service Centers. Tesla confirms that 100 percent of its scrapped batteries are recycled
SkyCool Systems is a company started by professors at renowned universities, who have developed a new technology to reduce the need for electric-powered air conditioning to offer green solutions. The company has installed a multi-layered but thin film of hafnium dioxide, silica and other materials
In 2019, the Indian government decided to ban some single-use plastic items from October 2, on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The ban was to enforce on plastic bags, cups, plates, straws, small bottles and certain types of sachets in the most polluted
Ladakh’s Pensilungpa Glacier is now retreating due to an increase in temperature and low winter precipitation. According to a field observation for 2015-2019 by scientists, the glacier is retreating almost at a rate of 6.7 meters per annum. Published in the journal Regional Environmental Change,
Southwick’s Zoo welcomed a newborn giraffe named Dolly, who stands 6 feet tall and weighs around 70 kg in just two weeks. She is the largest of her species ever to be born in the history of the 300-acre, privately owned and operated, zoological park
In the current climatic scenario, no one can deny the omnipresent phenomenon of climate change. Rapid deforestation, pollution, carbon emissions and other anthropogenic activities have triggered a chain reaction in the climate. The most recent analyses of these changes were presented by the latest report