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How different types of El Nino effect differently on global warming

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 21:52

Research has shown that Southern Oscillation is known to influence global surface temperatures, with El Nino conditions leading to warmer temperatures and La Nina conditions leading to colder temperatures.

Poem that cleanses air of pollution created in UK

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 18:50

Now a poem that cleanses air of pollution- sounds like science fiction, but it`s real and happening! Researchers from the UK have successfully created the world`s first air cleansing poem.

Huge quakes may rock San Francisco: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 18:35

A big quake or a cluster of large earthquakes may shake up the San Francisco bay region of California in the coming decades, an alarming study indicated.

Antarctica`s ice sheet loss doubled since last survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 11:39

A three year survey has revealed that Antarctic is losing ice sheets twice as much as when it was last surveyed.

California drought `to cost farmers $1.7 billion`

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 20, 2014, 06:36

One of California`s worst droughts in decades could cost the US state`s farmers $1.7 billion, a study warned Monday, a week after alarmingly early wildfires forced tens of thousands of homeowners to evacuate.

CPCB contests WHO findings but says Delhi pollution a concern

Last Updated: Monday, May 19, 2014, 21:57

Pollution level in Delhi is a "matter of concern", the country`s anti-pollution watchdog today admitted but disagreed with a WHO study findings that the national capital has the world`s dirtiest air.

Human civilisation may collapse earlier than thought

Last Updated: Monday, May 19, 2014, 15:56

Growing demands on the world`s natural resources and extreme economic imbalances could spell a premature end for modern human civilisation, an alarming research partially funded by NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Centre has revealed.

Greenland glacial melt could be more dangerous than previously believed

Last Updated: Monday, May 19, 2014, 10:14

Researchers have said that Greenland`s icy reaches are far more vulnerable to warm ocean waters from climate change than had been thought.

New York raises minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21

Last Updated: Monday, May 19, 2014, 03:00

New York raised the minimum age to buy cigarettes to 21 on Sunday, in its latest initiative to encourage healthier behavior among residents.

Fossils of largest dinosaur found in Argentina

Last Updated: Saturday, May 17, 2014, 22:09

Paleontologists in Argentina`s remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what was likely the largest dinosaur ever to roam the earth.