North India's groundwater use raising sea levels by 5%

One more proof of Anthropogenic impact on environment. It is not the high temperature led snow melting but the excessive groundwater use that is adding to sea level rise. This finding of the research by Hydrabad, capital of Indian state of Andhrapradesh, based Geophysical...

Sentinel-3 ESA’s Next Generation Satellite Scheduled to Launch in

Sentinel-3 satellite which is scheduled to launch in 2013 is the third in a series of five space missions European Space Agency (ESA) is developing for the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative. The missions main objective is to determine the...

The Book Of Revelation Is Not One Of The Dead Sea Scrolls

The earlyest known surviving copy of every book in the Bible dates from around the third century AD apart from one. The revelation to saint john. This later book is an addition the earlyest known copy of which dates from the seventh century AD. ...

Sharks to be trained like dolphins at Sea Life

" SHARKS are to be trained like dolphins to feed from keepers and even roll over and have their tummies tickled.Brave keepers at British aquariums will use the techniques after research showed the predators responded well to tuition. Experts hope the training...

The Nile and the Red Sea

"Egypt- the country that has been on the top of my "places to see" list since I started writing a list (since I was in primary school). Over time the list has changed a bit, but Egypt has always held it's top place. "To explore Egypt, I did a 15 day budget tour with 23...

Entangled humpback whale freed off Port McNeill in BC

An entangaled humpback whale had to be freed after getting trapped in prawn traps off the coast of Port McNeill in British Columbia, and luckily a Department of Fisheries and Oceans official with training in these matters was only 45 minuntes away when it happened. " Paul...

Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest starting this spring

The Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest ever starting this spring as researchers in the area say that over 90 percent of it is less than two years old, so it is thinner and much more vulnerable than any other ice that could exist there. The researchers are with NASA and the...