It appeared in 1973, mostly nowhere: a hole in the sea ice off the coast of Antarctica. But this was no ordinary hole. It was big enough to swallow California. Remained in mysterious opening position for the following three winters. It then appeared to have largely disappeared before re-filling in …
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New Delhi: A study of data and images sent by ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission (Mom) And NASAMars’ orbit The Martian Atmospheric and Volatile Evolution (Maven) has discovered that “Mars is rapidly losing its atmosphere in outer space.” In fact, other terrestrial planets in the solar system are also constantly losing …
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Global warming is stabilizing the oceans, raising surface temperatures and reducing the amount of carbon they can absorb, according to research published Monday by meteorologists warning that the findings have “deep and disturbing” effects. Man-made climate change has caused surface temperatures to rise across the planet, leading to an increase …
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While bacteria are often associated with icky germs, they are actually so much more than that. They help us deepen things, feed trees nitrogen, play an enormous role in cycling the earth’s nutrients, and survive extreme extremes. Recently, we discovered some of these incredibly tough and thin packages of life …
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