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Jun 29, 2022

Explorers Find WWII Navy Ship, Deepest Wreck Discovered

A U.S. Navy destroyer escort that engaged a superior Japanese fleet in the largest sea battle of World War II in the Philippines became the deepest wreck to be discovered.
The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the "Sammy B," was identified broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985 meters (22,916 feet).
That puts it 426 meters (1,400 feet) deeper than the USS Johnston, the previous deepest wreck discovered in 2021 in the Philippine Sea also by American explorer Victor Vescovo, founder of Dallas-based Caladan Oceanic Expeditions.
The Sammy B. took part in the Battle off Samar, the final phase of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, in which the Imperial Japanese Navy suffered its biggest loss of ships and failed to dislodge the U.S. forces from Leyte, which they invaded earlier as part of the liberation of the Philippines.

Jun 28, 2022

Utricularia Furcellata: Rare Carnivorous Plant Found for First Time in Western Himalayan Region

A very rare carnivorous plant species called Utricularia Furcellata was found in the western Himalayan region for the first time.
The detection of the rare species was made by a research team of the Uttarakhand Forest Department in the picturesque Mandal valley located in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand.
It is the first sighting of the plant not only in Uttarakhand but in the entire western Himalayan region.
Carnivorous plants which generally grow on poor nutrient soil have aroused new interest in the scientific community across the world because of their potential medicinal benefits.

Jun 27, 2022

Tata Chemicals Europe Opens UK's Largest Carbon Capture Plant

Tata Chemicals Europe officially opened the UK's first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant, a move that signals a key milestone in the race to meet the UK's net-zero targets.
The 20 million pound investment was completed by Northwich-based Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) in north-west England, one of Europe's leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt and sodium bicarbonate. The company claims it is now able to manufacture one of the lowest carbon footprint sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate products in the world, chemicals used to make a wide array of everyday items seen in many households.
In a "world-first", carbon dioxide captured from energy generation emissions is being purified to food and pharmaceutical grade and used as a raw material in the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate, which will be known as Ecokarb and has potential life-saving uses.

Jun 26, 2022

Delhi Bans Entry of Medium, Heavy Vehicles from Nov-Feb to Curb Pollution

The Delhi government issued an order banning the entry of medium and heavy goods vehicles in the national capital from November to February in an effort to curb vehicular pollution.
According to an official, entry of such vehicles will be banned from November 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023. Vehicular pollution leads to deterioration of air quality during the winter months.
The national capital witnesses high levels of air pollution in the winter months from October due to a multitude of factors, including stubble burning and vehicular traffic.

Jun 25, 2022

Four New Corals Recorded from Indian Waters

Scientists recorded four species of azooxanthellate corals for the first time from Indian waters. These new corals were found from the waters of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Azooxanthellate corals are a group of corals that do not contain zooxanthellae and derive nourishment not from the sun but from capturing different forms of plankton. These groups of corals are deep-sea representatives, with the majority of species reporting from between 200 m to 1000 m. Their occurrences are also reported from shallow coastal waters.
Tamal Mondal, the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientist behind these new records, said that all the four groups of corals are from the same family Flabellidae.

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