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Jul 21, 2016

New Dinosaur Discovered in Argentina

A previously unknown species of meat-eating dinosaur has been unearthed in Argentina, adding to the dino family known as the Giant Thieves.
The new meat-eating dinosaur, Murusraptor barrosaensis, has been discovered from 80 million year old rocks from Patagonia, Argentina.

Jul 15, 2016

Ocean Warming Primary Cause of Antarctic Glacier Retreat

A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea-level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.
The study reports that glaciers flowing to the coast on the western side of the Peninsula show a distinct spatial correlation with ocean temperature patterns, with those in the south retreating rapidly but those in the north showing little change. Some 90% of the 674 glaciers in this region have retreated since records began in the 1940s.

Jul 12, 2016

Massive Mangrove Die-off on Gulf of Carpentaria

Climate change and El Niño have caused the worst mangrove die-off in recorded history, stretching along 700 km of Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.
The mass die-off coincided with the world’s worst global coral bleaching event, as well as the worst bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, in which almost a quarter of the coral was killed – something also caused by unusually warm water.

Jul 01, 2016

Healing of Ozone Layer

According to researchers, the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic has begun to shrink, several decades after an international accord to phase out certain pollutants.
The study found that the September ozone hole has shrunk by 1.5 million square miles since 2000.
The ozone hole was first discovered in the 1950s.

Jun 22, 2016

Entire Country Powered with Renewable Energy

Portugal did no other nation has ever done. Portugal just powered its entire country’s electricity needs for four consecutive days using nothing but renewable energy.
Using a combination of solar panels, wind turbines, biofuels, geothermal heat and hydroelectric power, Portugal powered everything requiring electricity for 107 hours.

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