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Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered 'mega-earthquake': Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometre asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of the dinosaurs. New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that it shook the planet for weeks to months after the collision. The
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Increase in malaria infection is linked to amphibian extinction: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): A new study connects an amphibian extinction in Costa Rica and Panama to an increase in malaria infections. The study emphasises the significance of biodiversity to human health.
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NASA's DART mission to make first attempt at redirecting an asteroid
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): While the vast majority of asteroids and comets are not dangerous, and never will be, it's also true that 66 million years ago, a giant asteroid impact on the Earth likely caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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India all set to welcome cheetahs after 7 long decades of extinction
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): A special cargo Boeing 747 chartered flight carrying 8 cheetahs from Namibia landed at the Indian Air Force Station in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the cheetahs into Kuno National Park
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Study finds Earth's most devastating mass extinctions triggered by slowing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Scientists have shed new light on the timing and likely cause of major volcanic events that occurred millions of years ago and caused such climatic and biological upheaval that they drove some of the most devastating extinction events in Earth's history.
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Amit Shah says BJP is Kerala's future, Congress heading towards extinction
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 3 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a jibe at the Congress and said that the Bharatiya Janata Party would be the future of Kerala.
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Climate change leading to frequency of fish mass extinctions
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Arkansas [US], August 27 (ANI): The frequency of fish die-offs, or mass mortality events, has increased as the planet's climate has warmed. These die-offs can have serious consequences for ecosystem function, endanger existing fish populations, and reduce global food supply. And the frequenc
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Research: Dinosaurs take control in cold climates
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): A new study of ancient mass extinction suggests that ancient high latitudes, to which early dinosaurs were largely relegated, regularly froze over, and that the creatures adapted an apparent key to their later dominance.
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Environmental destruction from volcanic eruptions can cause mass extinctio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Tohuku Region [Japan], July 23 (ANI): Research conducted at Tohuku University have found evidence pointing to a relationship between the magnitude of mass extinctions and global temperature changes in geologic times.
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Study: Burrowing animals to recover after largest mass extinction
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Bristol [UK], July 19 (ANI): Burrowing animals were among the first to recover after the end-Permian mass extinction, according to researchers investigating ancient sea bed traces and burrows.
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Survey: More species threatened with extinction than previously thought
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Minneapolis [US], July 19 (ANI): Biodiversity is a complex topic, with millions of plants and animal species spread across every biome on the planet. To bring the global challenges to biodiversity into focus, experts from all over the world must communicate across borders. How can researcher
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Study reveals oak tree thought to be extinct are now in immediate need of
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): According to a new study, botanical researchers revealed that oak tree once were thought to be extinct, and now are in immediate need of conservation within Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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