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By analysing ancient dolomite carbonate deposits found in Vempalle, in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science IISc and the University of Tennessee have estimated the temperature and composition of a shallow, inland sea that most likely existed back in that time, called the Palaeoproterozoic era.

A new method for estimating cliff loss over thousands of years in Del Mar, California, may help reveal some of the long-term drivers of coastal cliff loss in the state.

A muddy trek reveals the last remnants of the Rwenzori Mountains’ once-sprawling ice fields, a loss for scientists studying the climate record.

Amid a week-long heatwave, people in different parts of the country are experiencing a sizzling heat with the mercury soaring to 40.4 degrees Celsius in Dhaka, making it the hottest day in the last 58 years, while the season’s highest temperature of 42.2 degrees Celsius was recorded in Chuadanga.

A reflection on the crews two weeks in the simulated Mars landscape in Utah earlier this year was the main topic of their discussion with the J&C.

Officials say California’s snowpack could melt and trickle down slowly during the spring and summer months, but warm rainfall might accelerate that process and force flood concerns statewide.

The nearly complete skull of a 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur named "Ann" found in Central Queensland, has unearthed new insights into how the massive creature lived.

A new study estimates that shutting down nuclear plants in the United States could cause as many as 5,200 increased deaths in the country every year.

A nearly complete skull of a 95-million-year-old sauropod dinosaur has been found in western Queensland, Australia.

Afraid of nuclear plants? Perhaps you should be more afraid of air pollution.