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Oceans serve as the dominant feature of the Earth. They sustain life, which began in their salty waters, and influence weather and climate.   Despite the significance of Earth’s oceans, much of their history remains a mystery. Katherine Allen, and assistant professor from the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine, looks […]

Yaas which crossed Odisha coast could have been more ferocious had it maintained its predicted maximum wind speed.

Image used for representational purpose only BHUBANESWAR: Cyclone Yaas, predicted to cross the north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands around Wednesday noon as a very severe cyclonic storm, will be the third cyclone in the Bay of Bengal hitting the East coast in the month of May in three years. The state government has made massive preparations to ensure zero casualty amid predictions that North Odisha districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada may be severely hit. Before this Fani had devastated large parts of coastal Odisha, severely...

Methane, the main ingredient in natural gas, is a larger climate problem than the world anticipates, and cutting its emissions will be crucial to slow global warming, a new United Nations report warns. The greenhouse gas is many times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the planet, and its concentration in the atmosphere is increasing faster than at any time since record keeping began in the 1980s. Methane is much more than a climate problem, though, and this is where the report gets interesting. As methane emissions are reduced, the world reaps several benefits quickly, for health a...