A midst trepidation’s of distraction from the ever-growing problem of global warming that is posing a major threat to the whole world, an important meeting of governments tracking threats to endangered species chose to reject a international ban on polar bear trade on Thursday. The result of this rejection was a division among conservationists with some believing [...]
Turtle nesting experts today said that conflict has cut off most of the potential nesting spots for turtles and the spots include remotely placed locations as revealed by a new map for turtle nesting spots. The sea turtles are having it hard as they have already been endangered by activities such as coastal development and [...]
Is it not amazing that just a square meter of a patch of grass contains many species of plants? What factors control the number of species that could exist in an ecosystem? This question has found its place among the 25 most important science questions that have not yet been resolved. It is important due [...]
Basing on the data research and analysis that was partly funded by the National science foundation (NSF) concerning the dramatic population changes of chinstrap penguins in Peninsula. Statistics shows that due to the high temperatures that are experienced on the Antarctic Peninsula, the population of chinstrap penguins has drastically declined due to rapid temperature changes. [...]
The EOS or the Earth Observing System aims to provide scientists an in-depth knowledge of the Earth’s land surface, oceans, atmosphere and biosphere. Furthermore, this major component of NASA’s Earth Science Division enables humans an understanding of the planet as an integrated system. Information about the Earth Systematic Missions The Earth Systematic Missions continue to [...]
The study of fossils helps in pinpointing the extinction risks faced by ocean animals. Researchers have found a clue through the study of marine fossils ,why some animals of the ocean are more likely to get extinct than others. An analysis that cumulatively put together fossil data of nearly 500 million years for sea or [...]
Pertaining to a study conducted at Iowa State University (ISU), a very small insect called Aphid has started to target the Iowa soybeans plants recently; and blocking the crop’s genetic defense against other pests becoming a major threat to the industry. A journal on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions granted by the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) and [...]
The Amazon rainforest is a mystery of many sorts. We’ve heard of the rare and unique flora and fauna of the place, and here’s another intriguing aspect there: the Amazon is self-sufficient in rain as well! The technique of “cloud seeding” used by rain-starved nations to induce rain is used naturally by the fungi and [...]
Climate change has been thought to affect migratory patterns of different species. To find out how this change has affected a species of shorebirds in relation to horseshoe crabs, two population ecologists set out to find the answers using a mathematical model. The two experts Pejman Rohani and Victoria Brown indeed discovered a few things. [...]
Wood together with paper products made almost one thirds of British Columbia accumulated exports bringing in roughly $9 billion last year. This has made the government to take action and is now carrying out the bigest migration project in all history. The government is moving 250,000 larch seedlings over a 200 miles radius of the [...]
A gradual increase in the level of sea water has forced scientists to analyse the probable causes inducing the particular event. Some scientists perceive this situation as a consequence of global climate change, while others point out at the melting ice caps as the main culprit responsible for encouraging this situation. Whatever the reason is; [...]
The first commercial oil well ever drilled was in the year 1859. The hunt for oil took more than a year of trial and error for the drill to hit an oil pool which was just 69 feet deep. The process which was done near Titusville, Pennsylvania was handled by Drake’s Folly after Edwin Drake; [...]
Life Expectancy & Income over 200 Years
Essential Facts about Current and Future Earth Observation Missions
Study of fossils helping pinpoint risks faced by ocean animals
Weakened Genetic Mechanism of Soybeans is Susceptible for Other Insects
Cutting global food losses by half could feed another billion people
