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ENVIRONMENT - December 2016

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Mar 24, 2018

Arctic Wintertime Sea Ice Extent

According to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA, sea ice in the Arctic grew to its annual maximum extent last week, and joined 2015, 2016 and 2017 as the four lowest maximum extents on record.
On March 17, the Arctic sea ice cover peaked at 5.59 million square miles (14.48 million square kilometers), making it the second lowest maximum on record.

Mar 22, 2018

Too Late to Save World's Glaciers

Scientists studying the impact of climate change on all glaciers in the world found that it is already too late to save 36 per cent of the world's glaciers. And this is for all glaciers in the world, not including the massive Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
This automatically means that sea level rise cannot be prevented, holding grave consequences for coastal communities all over the world.

Mar 06, 2018

Fossil of Smallest Known Prehistoric Baby Bird

A tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird dating back to the Mesozoic Era (250-65 million years ago) has been discovered by scientists, which they feel can help them understand how early avians came into the world in the age of dinosaurs.
According to researchers, the fossil is a chick from a group of prehistoric birds called Enantiornithes. The specimen is amongst the smallest known Mesozoic avian fossils ever discovered.

Dec 21, 2017

Test Trial of Anti-smog Gun

The Delhi government began testing of anti-smog gun, a machine that sprays water into the air, amid concerns over the alarming level of air pollution in the national capital.
The trial run is being conducted by the Department of Environment and Delhi Pollution Control Committee.
Anti-smog gun is a device which is used to sprays atomised water into the atmosphere to reduce air pollution.

Dec 14, 2017

East Antarctic Ice Sheet

New research published by The University of Texas at Austin and the University of South Florida found that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet may not be as stable as it seems. In fact, the ice sheet has a long history of expanding and shrinking -- a finding that indicates the ice sheet may contribute substantially to global sea level rise as Earth's climate warms. The new results came from geophysical and geological data collected during the first-ever oceanographic survey of East Antarctica's Sabrina Coast. The glaciers in this region may be particularly susceptible to climate change because they flow from the Aurora Basin, a region of East Antarctica that mostly lies below sea level.

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