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Global alliance commits $80m to save world`s wild cats and ecosystems

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 15:59

Many environmental philanthropists have agreed to provide funding to change the course of wild cat protection through Panthera, an organization dedicated to ensuring safety to wild cats through scientific leadership and conservation action.

Today`s ocean acidification outpacing 56m year-old ancient upheaval

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 10:37

Some 56 million years ago, a massive pulse of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere sent global temperatures soaring.

Artificial lake near Keylong threatening nearby areas, projects

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 01:04

Blocking of Billing nallah due to massive landslide and fast melting of glacier in Lahaul and Spiti district has resulted in formation of a 250-metre long artificial lake, which is threating to flood the nallah and nearby areas as district administration has asked the locals to take precaution.

US to cut carbon emission from power plants by 30 %

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 3, 2014, 13:40

The US will cut carbon emission from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the world`s largest economy, by 30 % by 2030, an ambitious target that marks the first-ever attempt at limiting such pollution.

Obama to unveil new carbon emission limits

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 13:03

US President Barack Obama is poised to unveil sweeping new limits on carbon emissions in the fight against climate change.

Reducing emissions is primary way to fight climate change: Study

Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2014, 10:53

Researchers have said that reducing emissions will be the primary way to fight climate change.

Australia`s ancient volcanic eruptions caused first mass extinction 510mn yrs ago

Last Updated: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 10:30

A Curtin University researcher has revealed that Australia`s deadly eruptions, which occurred over 510 million years ago, were the significant reason behind the climate change that caused history`s first known mass extinction.

Four-billion-year-old ancient rocks yield clues about Earth`s earliest crust

Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2014, 15:35

A researcher spent the better part of three years collecting and studying ancient rock samples from the Acasta Gneiss Complex in the Northwest Territories to understand the environment in which they formed.

152-million-year-old fearsome marine creature ate like modern-day killer whales

Last Updated: Friday, May 30, 2014, 15:11

A fossilised tooth belonging to a fearsome marine predator has been recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK, following its recent discovery.