Climate change may lead to improved oxygen levels in oceans, says study

Tropical Pacific winds may be aiding oxygenation, suggest researchers

Climate-related weather events to break records in US this year, data shows

The country is on its way to record 17 billion-dollar extreme weather events in 2020, having lost $46.6 billion till September

Carcinogen in cola drinks: Indian subsidiaries of PepsiCo, Coca-Cola fail to act

Soft drinks giants contemplate tweaking production in the US

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Blue whales face risk from ship strikes

Shipping lanes intersect with feeding areas of the world’s largest mammal

Five Earth-like planets discovered by NASA

NASA launches satellite to track CO2

The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will measure global distribution of carbon dioxide; monitor plant health

Voyager 1 set to cross new frontier

NASA says spacecraft floating in heliosheath, and on the verge of crossing over to the interstellar space

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GHGs: US states sue government

NASA’s NuSTAR clicks first solar image

Picture is the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken in high-energy X-rays.

Surface water did exist on Mars at one time, NASA’s Curiosity rover finds

Findings based on Curiosity’s study of a mound arising out of a crater on the Martian surface

Most Earth-like planet yet spotted by NASA's Kepler

NASA scientists call it Earth cousin and not twin because it circles a star smaller and dimmer than our sun

Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study

But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California

Cow manure to to help PG&E generate power

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Pattern in radio waves: First contact, is it?

The periodic radio waves hitting Earth from a neighbouring galaxy are unlikely to be from aliens, but the possibility cannot be ruled out

Natural source of fire retarding chemical identified

Presence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, used in insulation among other things, in the environment was till now attributed to human activity

Switching to public transport could cut 40% of vehicular emissions by 2050

Moving away from cars will bring significant environmental, financial, health and social benefits, says a report

MGNREGS won't subsidise rural toilets, says Gadkari

New study shows the small improvement achieved in sanitation between 2001 and 2011 not enough to improve health outcomes

Trio win physics Nobel for studying universe's expansion

The laureates studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae and made the discovery

Ozone: good news and bad news

Hole in the ozone layer is healing, but ground level ozone is destroying crops that could feed a third of India’s poor