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Why The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat’s Struggle for Survival with Just 400 Alive

The largest and rarest of the wombat species, the northern hairy-nosed wombat is not a much-sighted creature as it prefers mostly to live in burrows According to the Queensland government’s official research

Anisha Sharma

September 7, 2024

Om Parvat's mountain Snow disappears for the first time in history.

Climate·India·News

Om Parvat’s Iconic Snow Disappears for the First Time in Recorded History, Shocking Tourists and Locals Alike

Om Parvat in Uttarakhand, known for its organic “Om” snow pattern, has lost its snow cover for the first time in recorded history as a result of decreased rainfall, increased temperatures, pollution,

Govind Tekale

September 6, 2024

Ocean

Ocean Circulation Weakens by 30%, Driving CO₂ Emissions Higher Than Expected, MIT Study Finds

With the rising threat of climate change, the ocean’s overturning circulation is also weakening significantly. Earlier, scientists estimated that this slowdown might weaken the ocean’s ability to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. However,

Smeeti Bhanu

September 5, 2024

Space

How a 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Collision Created the Moon: Apollo’s Findings and Artemis’s Quest for More

Sun and the Moon are the two sources of light during day and night, respectively. There are several theories about the Moon’s formation. It is generally believed that the Moon was formed

Govind Tekale

August 23, 2024

A LEGO-style ESA space brick, 3D-printed using dust from a meteorite.

Design·Space

ESA’s LEGO-Inspired Space Bricks Could Cut Lunar Construction Costs by Tapping Moon’s Own Resources with 3D-Printing

Establishing a permanent base on the Moon is fraught with challenges, but recent developments by the European Space Agency (ESA) suggest that the process might be more straightforward than initially imagined. A

Rahul Somvanshi

August 15, 2024

A rocky landscape with tundra plants near the eastern coast of Greenland, similar to what the interior of the island may have looked like when its massive ice sheet melted away. (Photo Credits: Joshua Brown)

Climate·Nature·Science

Greenland’s Ice Sheet Shrinks by 90%, Revealing Ancient Seeds and a Potential Six-Meter Sea Level Threat

A new study reveals that Greenland’s ice sheet, which melted by 90% over the last million years, heightens the catastrophic risk predictions for rising sea levels. The discovery of plant, insect, and

Sunita Somvanshi

August 8, 2024

HALO fly-over: At 22 metres high, HALO flies over the experiment. In the smoke, the two wake vortices are visible. Photo Credits: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (CC BY 3.0)

Aviation·Climate·News

Climate Change Propelled Air Turbulence to Cause a 155% Rise Severely Affecting Global Flight Routes

A recent study has discovered that turbulence will occur more frequently. This turbulence, known as clear-air turbulence, increases as the climate warms, affecting flights. According to the research, this type of turbulence

Govind Tekale

August 5, 2024

Cocaine in Sharks Photo Credits : Mile Ribeiro

Marine Life·Nature·News

Brazilian Sharks Test Positive for Cocaine—100-Fold Higher Levels Than Other Marine Life

A recent study revealed a concerning phenomenon on the coasts of Brazil: reports of wild sharks getting positive for cocaine. This discovery which was made by the scientists from the Oswaldo Cruz

Swadheeka Pradhanand

Karmactive Staff

August 4, 2024

EarthCARE’s multispectral imager puts clouds into context

Climate·Europe·Space

EarthCARE Satellite Reveals Stunning Cloud Data Just Weeks After Launch: What Its Multispectral Imager Uncovered

The EarthCARE satellite which was launched less than 2 months ago, has returned images from two of its 4 instruments. The first images from its multispectral imager have been delivered now. It

Govind Tekale

August 1, 2024

An instrumented Mooney research aircraft passes over the Northern Rocky Mountains in Montana during NOAA’s 2023 NOGAP aerial mission to capture atmospheric profiles of greenhouse gases in a series of flights across the United States. Photo Credits: Anna McAuliffe/CIRES

Aviation·News

New NOAA-United Airlines Partnership to Revolutionize Greenhouse Gas Monitoring with Boeing 737

An agreement to equip a Boeing 737 with a sophisticated instrument package has been announced. The package will measure greenhouse gases and other pollutants during domestic flights. It’s a first step in

Rahul Somvanshi

July 30, 2024