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Global energy demand to plunge due to biggest shock since World War II
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], Apr 30 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic represents the biggest shock to the global energy system in more than seven decades with the drop in demand this year set to dwarf the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and result in a record annual decline in carbon emissions of almost 8
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Simulating early ocean vents shows life's building blocks form under press
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C.[USA], April 16 (ANI): Where did life first form on Earth? Some scientists think it could have been around hydrothermal vents that may have existed at the bottom of the ocean 4.5 billion years ago.
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New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expected
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 15 (ANI): When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide forms ice crystals around the nozzle, providing a visual example of the physics principle that gases and plasmas cool as they expand. When our sun expels plasma in the form of the solar w
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Biofuels can greatly reduce carbon emissions: Study
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Beer-Sheva [Israel], Mar 10 (ANI): Biomass fuels derived from various grasses could significantly mitigate global warming by reducing carbon, according to a long-term field study by a group of researchers.
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Emphasis on new crop technologies to boost India's climate action - Dr Shi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Bushfires in summers are not uncommon for the people living in Australia. But what they witnessed this year was a mega-blaze, burning over five million hectares of land and claiming human lives.
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Turn vegetarian to stop global warming, Jairam Ramesh advises people in Ke
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], Feb 13 (ANI): Former Union Environment Minister and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday suggested that people should become vegetarian if they want to "do something" for the cause of checking global warming, arguing that the carbon footprint of a vegetarian diet
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ABB India wins orders worth Rs 191 crore
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Power and automation technology major ABB India said on Wednesday it has won two orders to supply traction equipment for Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) -- the manufacturing unit of Indian Railways -- and industrial drives to Megha Engineering
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Pluto's icy heart makes winds blow
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 5 (ANI): A "beating heart" of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto's winds and may explain the unique features on its surface, according to a new study.
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UK prepone planned ban of new gasoline, diesel cars by 5 years
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): The United Kingdom has decided to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars beyond 2030, five years earlier than the planned date, to deal with the climate crisis and help cut the country's carbon emissions to "net zero" by 2050.
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UP: Moradabad men develop device to curb air pollution
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 24 (ANI): With an aim to curb the menace of air pollution, two men from Moradabad have developed a special device to reduce the carbon content in the air.
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Inner complexity in Saturn moon 'Enceladus' hints at habitable conditions
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 23 (ANI): A new geochemical model has been developed by a Southwest Research Institute team, that reveals that carbon dioxide (CO2) from within Enceladus, an ocean-harbouring moon of Saturn, may be controlled by chemical reactions at its seafloor.
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POSHN super-juice's secret formula is ideal for daily energy needs
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): 'POSHN'- functional Super-juice launched in 2018 by Fettle Works LLP, offers tasty and functional health juices that are low on calories, have no added sugar, are dairy-free, non-carbonated, devoid of ingredients from genetically modifie
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