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Coronavirus: Two Oceans Marathon cancelled
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], Mar 15 (ANI): The Two Oceans Marathon has been cancelled in the wake of coronavirus pandemic and the global spread of the disease.
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India, Norway agree to jointly tackle environmental concerns
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], Feb 16 (ANI): India and Norway have agreed to jointly tackle concerns related to oceans, environment and climate matters, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said here on Sunday.
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NASA's Webb telescope may be used to identify planets with oxygen: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 7 (ANI): Researchers in a recent study have found out how to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for quickly identifying nearby planets that could help in researchers search for life and search of the worlds that are uninhabitable due to vapourisation of oceans.
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Fossils indicate of global warming on Earth even before dinosaur's extinct
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Evidence collected from the Antarctic seashells by researchers have revealed the earth was stressed and unstable even before the asteroid impact that led to wiping out of dinosaurs on the planet.
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Study suggests animals could help humans monitor oceans
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 28 (ANI): Sea animals including sharks, penguins, turtles and other seagoing species could help humans monitor the oceans by transmitting oceanographic information from electronic tags, suggests a study.
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Metal pollution poses new danger to corals in warming oceans: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 20 (ANI): Agricultural runoff, especially the metal copper and marine plant leaching from boat hulls pose as an emerging threat to Coral Sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.
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Washing clothes in machines releases microfibres that ultimately reach oce
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 28 (ANI): Researchers have found that even delicate wash cycles in washing machines account for release of microfibre plastics from clothes that ultimately reach the oceans.
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Climate change may impact ability of soil to absorb water: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 22 (ANI): Climate change not only has catastrophic effects on coasts, oceans, ecosystems, weather and human health but is also largely impacting soil, say researchers.
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PM Modi highlights India's efforts for sustainable future at G-7 summit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a session on 'Biodiversity, Oceans, Climate' at G-7 summit here and highlighted India's efforts at eliminating the single-use of plastic, conserving water and harnessing solar energy.
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Human impacts on oceans nearly doubled in recent decade: Study
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 15 (ANI): In the recent decade, the total human impacts on the world's oceans have nearly doubled and could double again in the next decade without adequate action, suggests researchers.
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Some corals can survive in acidified ocean conditions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): Out of many corals which face survival risk because of rising acidity of the oceans, Caribbean coral species can survive and grow under the rising carbon dioxide levels, found researchers.
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Swimming in oceans might increase likelihood of skin infection
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 23 (ANI): However refreshing and fun it might be to swim in an ocean, a new research has pointed out that it alters the skin microbiome and is associated with an increase in the likelihood of infection.
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