Environment and Geology: An unidentified object seen above Ranchi city in I...

Environment and Geology: An unidentified object seen above Ranchi city in I...: It resembles either to meteorites or unidentified flying object. by Dr. Nitish Priyadarshi Mysterious object was se...

Lead-Based Paint Still Being Sold in Developing Nations

Global Pollution and Prevention News: Lead-Based Paint Still Being Sold in Developing Nations

Wildlife and Habitat Conservation News: In the News: Whales to benefit from a reduction in shipping noise

Wildlife and Habitat Conservation News: In the News: Whales to benefit from a reduction in shipping noise

Alternative Energy and Fuel News: Economics of Coal Power Shifting

Alternative Energy and Fuel News: Economics of Coal Power Shifting

The Thick Haze of Cairo

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Plastic Trash Altering Ocean Habitats

A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

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Penguins From Texas Living happily in Dubai

Penguins imported from Texas are now living at Ski Dubai — an indoor ski slope in the desert! 10 King and 10 Gentoo are living at the Dubai attraction.
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Cooling Lagoons aim to reduce thermal discharges to marine ecosystems, improve efficiency

Gulf countries that lack freshwater resources rely deeply on seawater desalination to meet their daily needs and cool down thermal generation plants. According to Gulf News, the United Arab Emirates alone uses four trillion litres of Gulf seawater each year to cool down its power plants, foundries and desalination plants. The byproduct of these operations produces a hot briny fluid that is then pumped back into the Gulf, seriously compromising coral reefs and the overall marine ecosystem. But Crystal Lagoons — the same people who were behind the worlds largest artificial lagoon planned for the Red Sea, is marketing a new closed-loop cooling system that would ensure that no more water would have to be extracted from the Gulf to cool down industrial plants! Thermal power plants require water for cooling, but disposing of that water back into the Gulf is not only harmful to the marine ecosystem, according to Crystal Lagoons, it is also a waste of thermal energy.

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Oil spill on Yellowstone River disrupts farms

A 12-inch Exxon pipeline ruptured on Friday night about 150 miles downstream from Yellowstone National Park near the town of Laurel, Montana, southwest of Billings, dumping up to 1,000 barrels, or 42,000 gallons, of crude oil into the flood-swollen river.

Toxic fumes from the oil overcame a number of people who reported breathing problems and dizziness and were taken to local hospitals. But state and federal officials on Tuesday said they lacked a tally of health problems or the number of riverside homes that were evacuated after the accident.

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Qatar ranked above India, China in innovation index

Qatar has been ranked 26th in the Global Innovation Index, securing the highest position in the Middle East ahead of even the world's two largest emerging economies China (29) and India (62). The report, prepared jointly by business school INSEAD and few other institutions, said that Qatar improved its world ranking by nine places vis-a-vis its 2010 position.

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Syria: Tanks and troops deployed in restive Hama

Troops are said to be taking up positions at key entrances to Hama, and in the city centre.Syrian tanks and troops are being deployed in the restive city of Hama after the sacking of its governor, reports say.

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