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A plastic particle (red) is colonized by the marine fungus Parengyodontium album

Marine Fungus Solution to Plastic Pollution: Breaking Down Polyethylene at 0.05% Daily—What This Means for Our Oceans

Researchers at the NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), among others, have discovered that a marine fungus can break down polyethylene, the plastic found at the bottom of the sea, as

Rahul Somvanshi

June 10, 2024

Design·Materials·Plant Based·Sustainability

StoneCycling Transforms Corn Cob Waste, Construction Debris, and More Into High-Performance Sustainable Building Materials

According to a 2023 report published by the UN Environment Programme, “The buildings and construction sector is by far the largest emitter of greenhouse gases,” and debris from construction, demolition, and industrial

Smeeti Bhanu

June 9, 2024

Conservation·Nature·News

30% by 2030: Can the Global Biodiversity Framework Reverse Nature’s Decline?

By adopting the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) in 2022, the world made the biggest decision to mainstream and conserve biodiversity. The GBF sets 23 targets for saving nature by integrating it into

Govind Tekale

June 7, 2024

A new NASA study finds that Thwaites' ice loss will continue, but not quite as rapidly as previous studies have estimated. Photo Credit: NASA/James Yungel {CC BY-NC 2.0}

Climate·Science

Seawater Intrusions Drive Thwaites Glacier Towards Catastrophic Collapse – New Study Reveals

June 5 is observed as World Environment Day. It is fitting to know more about a glacier popularly known as “the Doomsday Glacier.” Owing to its geographical position, it is called so.

Rahul Somvanshi

June 6, 2024

Forest elephants in the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and Dzanga-Sangha dense special forest reserve in the Central African Republic, Congo Basin. Photo Credit: Peter Prokosch {CC BY-NC 2.0}

Africa·Conservation·Nature·Wildlife

New Study: FSC Certified Forests in Congo Basin Host 2.7x More Large Mammals – Gorillas and Elephants Thrive

A new study reveals irrefutable evidence that Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified forests in Gabon and the Republic of Congo harbor a greater abundance of large mammals and critically endangered species, such

Rahul Somvanshi

June 5, 2024

Euclid's first images: the dazzling edge of darkness

Astronomy·Space

Euclid Telescope’s Stunning Debut: Unveiling Never-Before-Seen Images of the Universe!

One month after its launch, the European space telescope Euclid, soon to be positioned 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, opened its eye to capture its first images. These test images, whose publication

Rahul Somvanshi

June 5, 2024

Colourful plastics may lead to more microplastics: new study. Photo Credits: University Of Leicester

Plastic·Pollution·Science

Study Reveals Red, Blue, and Green Plastics Degrade into Microplastics Quickly—What You Need to Know

As the world is gradually gripped by the effects of climate change and man made blunders, researchers have warned that brightly coloured plastics—red, blue, and green—are more dangerous than plain colours. This

June 3, 2024

Discover the Fern with a Genome 50 Times Larger Than Humans’—What Secrets Does It Hold?

The Guinness World Record for having the largest genome of any organism on Earth has been broken by a fern on a remote Pacific island. The complete set of genetic material present

Govind Tekale

June 2, 2024

JADES (NIRCam Image with Pullout). The NIRCam data was used to determine which galaxies to study further with spectroscopic observations. One such galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0 (shown in the pullout), was determined to be at a redshift of 14.32 (+0.08/-0.20), making it the current record-holder for the most distant known galaxy. This corresponds to a time less than 300 million years after the big bang. Get the JADES image details and downloads. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, B. Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), B. Johnson (CfA), S. Tacchella (Cambridge), P. Cargile (CfA).

Space

James Webb Spots Universe’s Oldest Known Galaxy: Light from 290 Million Years After the Big Bang

The James Webb Space Telescope observed what would be the oldest known galaxy, only 290 million years after the Big Bang, and the presence of oxygen has been detected. Scientists were surprised

Rahul Somvanshi

June 1, 2024

Climate·Disaster·India

New Delhi Hits Record 52.9°C Amid Heatwave, Impacting Elections and Wildlife

A weather station in New Delhi recorded 52.9 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, a record high for the Indian capital, amidst an extreme heatwave in the northern part of the Asian country. This

Govind Tekale

June 1, 2024