अपने वातावरण को तेजी से खो रहा है मंगल, धूल भरी आंधी है इसके लिए जिम्मेवार: इसरो

केवल मंगल ही नहीं पृथ्वी सहित सौर मंडल के अन्य ग्रह भी लगातार अपने वायुमंडल के बाहरी वातावरण को खो रहे हैं, लेकिन मंगल ...

Does a year in space make you older or younger?

How space travel and long-duration missions might change the human body, and whether those changes are permanent or reversible once astronauts …

NASA confirms water on moon’s sunlit surface: What does it mean for lunar science

Water distributed across surface of the moon; can help understand how the solar system evolved

In deep water: Emissions can add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise, study finds

Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute to this 38-cm rise — beyond the amount that has been projected …

Where did Chandrayaan-1 leave us?

Before India achieves the feat of soft landing on the Moon, let’s look at what the first mission attained and how the second will be different

Cassini dives into Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens probe has enabled scientists analyse the surface and atmosphere of some of Saturn's mysterious moons

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

However, nothing ventured, nothing gained

लॉकडाउन के चलते साफ हुई उत्तर भारत में हवा, 20 सालों में पहली बार एयरोसोल में इतनी कमी

उत्तर भारत में एयरोसोल का स्तर पिछले 20 सालों के सबसे न्यूनतम स्तर पर आ गया है। जिसके पीछे लॉकडाउन एक बड़ी वजह है

Lakes warming faster than oceans and India’s Chilika is no exception: global study

The water temperature of the Chilika Lake is rising at 0.39 degree Celsius per decade, as compared to average oceanic rise of 0.12 degree

NASA maps trace causes of global mangrove habitat loss

While overall mangrove habitat loss declined between 2000 and 2016, losses from natural causes such as erosion and extreme weather …

Greenland ice melting fastest in 12,000 yrs: Study

Increased loss likely to raise sea level 2-10 cm by the end of 21st century

There’s a splitting dent in Earth's magnetic field; here’s why NASA will track it

The weakening field poses concern for low-Earth orbit satellites: Highly charged particles may cause a glitch in the satellite or permanently …

Global Eco Watch: People of Indus Valley produced earliest dairy products in the Subcontinent

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Mangrove cover getting sparser over Konkan creeks

Report of Bombay Natural History Society says three creeks lost large swathes of mangroves; rare mangrove species at risk