Environment
Global solar photovoltaic industry may be a net energy producer now
By By Mark Golden | 05 Apr 2013
Drying Saraswati caused exodus from Harappa to Gangetic belt
01 Apr 2013
The Harappans relied on a dependable monsoons and did not create an irrigation system to support crops; as the monsoons became more infrequent, the Saraswati, not fed by Himalayan runoff, dried up forcing the population to migrate
Solar powered plane to fly across the US
30 Mar 2013
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA, considered to be the world’s most advanced solar plane, is made of carbon fibre and capable of flying at night
Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find
By By Rob Jordan | 22 Mar 2013
Ground-level ozone falling faster than predicted
13 Mar 2013
Scientists plumb the secret depths of Antarctica
11 Mar 2013
Ancient micro-continent identified under the Indian Ocean
02 Mar 2013
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found evidence of an ancient micro-continent buried beneath the Indian Ocean.
Six underground tanks at US N-plant site leaking radioactive waste
23 Feb 2013
Although no immediate risk to human health has been reported, the seeping waste adds to decades of soil contamination and threatens to further taint groundwater below the site
Scientists explore new ways to remove atmospheric CO2
By By Mark Shwartz | 20 Feb 2013
Reducing carbon dioxide emissions may not be enough to curb global warming. The solution could require carbon-negative technologies that actually remove large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere
CryoSat-2 mission reveals major Arctic sea-ice loss
19 Feb 2013
The Arctic sea ice volume has declined by 36 per cent in the autumn and 9 per cent in the winter between 2003 and 2012, a UK-led team of scientists has discovered