Nature & Environment : Science World Report

Aug 07, 2012 07:13 AM EDT

Extreme Summer Heat Due to Global Warming, says NASA Study

A new statistical analysis by NASA published in the Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that Earth's land areas have seen increasing summer heat waves over the last 30 years, and this is definitely because of global warming.

Aug 05, 2012 12:34 PM EDT

Scientists Reveal Elephants Communication Mechanism

A team of researchers provide a new insight into the world of the largest and loud animals 'Elephant'. The researchers analyzed how the Elephants communicate. The so-called "infrasounds," i.e. sounds with pitches below the range of human hearing, are found to be produced with the same physical mech...

Aug 03, 2012 07:51 AM EDT

Cormorants Dive 150 ft into Ocean to Search for Food

An international team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservative society (WCS) have made a new discovery about the imperial cormorants, the large seabirds that mostly dwell along the southern coasts of South America that feed on fish that is just found just below the surface of the ocean.

Aug 02, 2012 08:14 AM EDT

Antarctica Once had Tropical Climate and Trees

A team of international scientists have discovered an intense warming phase around 52 million years ago in drill cores obtained from the seafloor near Antarctica a region that has been important in climate research.

Jul 31, 2012 08:56 AM EDT

A Fish Friendly Facility for the ISS

The Japanese Aerospace Agency (JAXA) has installed a fish tank on the International Space Station (ISS). Though there is no recreation goal behind this new Aquatic Habitat (AQH) instead they will be used by the researchers to study the microgravity impacts on marine life.

Jul 31, 2012 07:27 AM EDT

Devices Fail to Alert Parents About Kids in Hot Cars

According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, special seats and other devices that are designed in order to help prevent the parents from leaving their kids back in the hot car are not reliable.

Jul 31, 2012 06:40 AM EDT

New Seal Flu could Pose a Threat to Human Health

According to a new US research released Tuesday, a new kind of bird flu has cropped up that has been causing deadly pneumonia in baby seals off the northeastern US coast. And it could also pose a risk to humans.

Jul 30, 2012 05:49 AM EDT

Scientists Discover How Carbon is Stored in the Southern Ocean

A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath.

Jul 30, 2012 04:40 AM EDT

Avalanches on Saturn's Moon Provide Clue to Landslides on Earth

Huge landslides or avalanche are rare occurrences in the solar system but very common phenomenon on Saturn's third largest moon Lapetus. These are helping geologists in understanding landslides and earthquakes in other parts of the solar system.

Jul 28, 2012 03:56 AM EDT

Ozone Layer Depletion Linked to Climate Variation in US

The latest finding that could be serious threat is the depletion of ozone layer. A team of Harvard scientists announced the discovery of a serious and wholly unexpected risk of ozone loss over the United States.

Jul 26, 2012 08:35 AM EDT

Threat to Biodiversity in Tropical Forest

Establishing protection over a swath of land is a very effective strategy to conserve its species and its ecosystems. But it seems like these protected areas are still vulnerable to damaging encroachment, and many are suffering from biodiversity loss.

Jul 25, 2012 05:29 AM EDT

Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Melting Rapidly

Nearly the entire ice cover of Greenland, from its thin, low-lying coastal edges to its two-mile-thick center, experienced some degree of melting at its surface.