Scientists discovered ‘pocket shark’ in frozen fish
LONDON: Scientists have discovered only the second-ever specimen of a creature known as the ‘pocket shark’, after it was found ...
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Humpback whales may no longer be endangered
LONDON: More than 40 years ago, humpback whales were put on the endangered species list. Fast forward to 2015: the ...
Last month’s global climate made it hottest March in modern history
PARIS: The U.S. government reports that last month's global climate made it the hottest March in modern history. Average temperatures ...
New study suggests broad view of human influence on Pacific ecosystems
PARIS: As man-made threats to coral reefs mount, and interest in conserving reef ecosystems grows, scientists have turned to studying ...
World’s coral reefs face major bleaching on global scale for 3rd time in history
CANADA: 2015 could see coral bleaching on a global scale for the third time in history – and the first ...
Scientists find new way to measure ocean acidification
MEXICO: According to research scientists have a new way to measure ocean acidification … from space! Just as it did ...
NASA launches Deep Space Climate Observatory aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
HONG KONG: NASA launched the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite will provide ...
770,000 miles from Earth: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket’s makes spectacular foray into deep space
NEW YORK: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket made its first foray into deep space this week, depositing a U.S. space ...
4.8 million metric tonnes: Plastic in oceans rising to dangerous level
HONG KONG: The report, which appeared in the journal Science, is the most ambitious effort yet to estimate how much ...
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Florida
NEW YORK: Experimental aerospace firm SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida ...
Oceans are at risk due to underwater volcanoes
MEXICO: According to Edward Baker, “We don’t usually think of eruptions as being affected by very small changes-astronomical changes and ...
Finally 40,000 pounds, 40 feet Whale sharks get int’l protection
NEW YORK: The biggest fish swimming in the world’s oceans have at last received international protection from the international tuna ...
2014 hottest year on recorded history, temperature stays 0.69C above 20th century average
WASHINGTON: Scientists revealed that 2014 was the hottest on recorded history. The much-anticipated report by scientists at the National Oceanic ...
