Using robotic ocean gliders, researchers have discovered that swirling ocean eddies, similar to atmospheric storms, play an important role in transporting warm waters to the Antarctic coast, perhaps causing Polar melt and rising ocean levels

The missing piece of the climate puzzle

13 Nov 2014

Lighter-coloured butterflies, dragonflies out-compete darker insects as climate warms in Europe

11 Nov 2014

Environmental carcinogens leave distinctive genetic imprints in tumours

08 Nov 2014

More health symptoms reported near ‘fracking’ natural gas extraction

07 Nov 2014

Imperial researcher reveals clean technologies are good for growth

06 Nov 2014

European salamanders and newts vulnerable to fungal disease from Asia

06 Nov 2014

Cost of fighting climate change to increase if urgent steps not taken: IPCC

03 Nov 2014

Lack of oxygen delayed the appearance of animals on Earth

01 Nov 2014

By analyzing chromium isotopes in ancient sediments from China, Australia, Canada, and the United State, scientists found that oxygen levels during the first billion-years were only 0.1% of what they are today

Study proves biodiversity buffers disease

01 Nov 2014

Two million barrels of oil on sea bed from BP spill discovered

29 Oct 2014

Researchers working on windowless planes to save fuel and cut emissions

28 Oct 2014

New map exposes previously unseen details of seafloor

27 Oct 2014

Coalgate: CBI registers cases against environment ministry, Jindal Steel

25 Oct 2014

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