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ENVIRONMENT - February 2016

Feb 2016

Jun 10, 2016

CO2 Turned into Stone

Radical new technique promises a cheaper and more secure method of burying CO2 emissions underground instead of storing it as a gas.
Carbon dioxide has been pumped underground and turned rapidly into stone, demonstrating a radical new way to tackle climate change.
The unique project promises a cheaper and more secure way of burying CO2 from fossil fuel burning underground, where it cannot warm the planet. Such carbon capture and storage (CCS) is thought to be essential to halt global warming.

Jun 07, 2016

Climate Change Making the Arctic Green

According to NASA scientists, the Arctic region is going green.
NASA scientists have made the discovery using 29 years of data from satellite imageries, which show extensive greening in the Arctic.
In a changing climate, almost a third of the land cover, much of it Arctic tundra, is looking more like landscapes found in warmer ecosystems.
Temperatures are warming fast in the Arctic which has led to longer seasons for plants to grow in and changes to the soils.

May 18, 2016

Farming Worst Cause of Air Pollution in Europe

Farming is the biggest single cause of the worst air pollution in Europe, as nitrogen compounds from fertilisers and animal waste drift over industrial regions.
When the nitrogen compounds are mixed with air already polluted from industry, they combine to form solid particles that can stick in the fine lung tissue of children and adults, causing breathing difficulties, impaired lungs and heart function, and eventually even premature death.

May 13, 2016

Air Pollution Rising at Alarming Rate

According to World Health Organisation, outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years.
While all regions are affected, fast-growing cities in the Middle East, south-east Asia and the western Pacific are the most impacted with many showing pollution levels at five to 10 times above WHO recommended levels.

May 08, 2016

World's First Plant-eating Marine Reptile

A bizarre crocodile-sized hammerhead creature, that lived 242 million years ago, may have been the earliest known example of a plant-eating marine reptile.
The fossil, discovered in 2014, has a poorly preserved head, but seems to have a flamingo-like beak. As per scientists, the beak is actually part of a hammerhead-shaped jaw apparatus, which it used to feed on plants on the ocean floor.
The reptile's name is Atopodentatus.
This discovery solves the mystery of the strange-toothed animal, and also provides an example of the first herbivorous marine reptile.

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