Environment/Science
Environment/Science
California, May 4 (IBNS) Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere may increase water-use efficiency in crops and considerably mitigate yield losses due to climate change, according to a new NASA study. more
Found: Clues about volcanoes under ice on ancient Mars

California, May 4 (IBNS) Volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today, new evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Or ...

Ban announces intention to appoint seasoned Mexican diplomat to head UN climate framework

New York, May 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has started the process of consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau, and has inform ...

Ban announces intention to appoint expericed Norwegian offical to head up UN environment office

New York, May 4 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Following consultations with the chairpersons of the regional groups of Member States, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has informed the G ...

Electric buses for Rohtang Pass

New Delhi, May 3 (IBNS) The union government has approved in principle for funding 75% of the cost of 25 electric buses subject to maximum of Rs.37.50 crore to the state government of Himach ...

Promising worlds found around nearby ultra-cool Dwarf Star

California, May 3 (IBNS) Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory have discovered three planets with sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Eart ...

NASA researchers improve hazardous weather forecasts

California, May 3 (IBNS) Forecasts play key roles in many people’s lives, from planning picnics at the park, to cancelling flights and avoiding weather-related tragedies. Because weather c ...

Kenya stages largest-ever ivory destruction as UN reaffirms ‘zero tolerance’ on poaching

New York, May 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): As African leaders soundly rejected “those who think our natural heritage can be sold for money,” senior United Nations officials expressed suppor ...

WTI secures corridor for elephants as villagers voluntarily relocate

New Delhi/Guwahati, May 2 (IBNS) A leading nature conservation organisation, the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), said that its efforts to create an elephant corridor in the Karbi Anglong dist ...

On the road to finding other Earths

California, Apr 29 (IBNS) Scientists are getting closer to finding worlds that resemble our own "blue marble" of a planet. NASA's Kepler mission alone has confirmed more than 1,000 planets o ...