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Planting trees cannot replace cutting CO2 emissions!
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [INDIA], May 18 (ANI): According to a new study, growing plants and then storing CO2, taken up from the atmosphere, is no viable option to counteract unmitigated emissions from fossil fuel burning.
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Our ancestors defeated virus from HIV family 11m years ago
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Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): Viral fossils have revealed how our ancestors may have wiped out a primordial virus around 11 million years ago.
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Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestors with crocodile-like legs
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Washington D.C. [USA], April 13 (ANI): In a major revelation, scientists have unearthed fossilised remains of more than 245-million-years old giant dinosaurs in southern Tanzania indicating that rather than walking on two legs, they walked on four crocodilian-like legs.
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World's oldest plant fossil discovered in India
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Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 15 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered fossils of 1.6 billion-year-old probable red algae in India, indicating that advanced multicellular life evolved on earth much earlier than previously thought.
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Schneider Electric India lauds govt.'s focus 'sustainable energy
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New Delhi [India], Feb. 2 (ANI): Hailing the Union Budget's focus on power and energy, Schneider Electric India has said the country needs to make a concerted effort in promoting energy efficiency by reducing its dependence on fossil fuels and curtailing carbon footprints.
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Scientists discover giant otter fossils in China
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Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 25 (ANI): A team of researchers have discovered prehistoric wolf-sized otter fossils with a large head and a powerful jaw, weighing around 100 pounds, in China's Yunnan province.
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Human ancestor Lucy used to climb trees: Study
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New Delhi [India], Dec.1 (ANI): According to a recent research, evidence preserved in the internal skeletal structure of the world-famous fossil, Lucy, suggests the ancient human species frequently climbed trees.
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Fossil Group forays into wearable segment in India
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Fossil Group today marked its foray into the wearable device market by unveiling a range of connected devices across six of its owned and licensed brands - Fossil Q, Michael Kors Connected, Skagen Connected, Chaps, Emporio Armani and Misfit.
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'Social security incomplete without energy security, says Piyush Goya
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New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal has noted that India has its own developmental imperatives in the near future; hence it cannot shun the use of fossil fuels completely from its energy bas
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Researchers crack the mystery of how our most famous human ancestor '
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Washington D.C. [USA], Aug, 30 (ANI):According to a recent study Lucy, the most famous fossil of a human ancestor, probably died after falling from a tree.
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Turns out, early animals responsible for first mass extinction
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Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): Newly-discovered fossil evidence from Namibia supports the theory that the world's first mass extinction was caused by "ecosystem engineers" - newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to e
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Nuclear energy key to India delivering on Paris summit commitments: Kakodk
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai, July 6 (ANI): Asserting that switching to non-fossil sources of energy was vital to lower the carbon footprint, ace nuclear scientist and former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Dr. Anil Kakodkar on Wednesday said nuclear energy is key to India delivering on the commitments m
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