Sentinel-6 in Orbit to Monitor Global Ocean: Earth Observing Satellite
Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich launched at 9:17 a.m. PST on Nov. 21, 2020, from Space Launch Complex-4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.
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Our Consumption Habits Cause Trash In The Ocean: Marine Debris
Marine trash or marine debris is human made solid material that is abandoned on beaches. This waste eventually goes into the ocean.
Wildlife can protect themselves from extinction: Study on Tiny Jewels
With an increase in human population and global warming, many species of flora and fauna around the globe have gone extinct while many others are at the verge of extinction. Researchers are conducting various studies…
10 Photographs depicting Egyptian Tombs with colorful murals unseen for thousands of years
An American research team was able to surface an old tomb in the southern city of Luxor. The Tomb belonged to Amenhotep, protector of Amun’s temple, an Egyptian deity. As per the sources, the tomb…
Mummified Monk encased in 1000-year-old statue: At a higher state of Meditation
What supposed to be 11th or 12th century sitting effigy of Buddha is not a statue but mummified remains of a monk. A CT scan and endoscopy performed by the Netherlands-based Drents Museum at the…
Geologic processes in Earth’s Interior responsible for creating Oceans: Geoscientific Mystery
Emergence of water is the best part in the origin of life on the planet Earth. Without water, Earth might not have looked like what it is today, but the question how water first appeared…
Volcanic Eruptions or Asteroid Collision: What really killed the dinosaurs?
Reason related to what led to the extinction of dinosaurs remains debatable. Until now, the most acceptable theory states that around sixty six million years ago, an asteroid as wide as 5 miles and moving…
Peruvian Mummy curled up for 1,000 years: Human Remains on Display
In an excavation work near Lima, capital and the largest city Peru, a mummy dating back to the eleventh century has been discovered. As per the experts, the skeleton is that of a 50-year-old woman,…
ECOSTRESS: The New Thermometer for detecting Earth’s Temperature
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing a space-based instrument for detecting transpiration within plants so that the flora can effectively use water. ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment (ECOSTRESS) is the name of the device that…
Earlier Asteroid Impacts led to the formation of Earth’s Crust: Geological Evolution
Last year we talked about how meteor impact led to pastoral revolution and now recent research on Earth’s surface revealed that the planet was in a constant reprocessing process due to the huge asteroid impacts.…
Frog could assist Astronomers in Space Mission: Maintaining Muscles under Zero Gravity
Often researchers have studied animals to seek answers to certain queries. This time again, researchers are studying a tiny hibernating frog that would help astronomers in their future space mission. Space travel has several short…
Unlocking East Antarctica would yield to Escalation in Sea-Level Rise: The Uncontrollable Ice-Melt
Today cities situated along the coast or on the islands are under constant threat, posed by the sea level rise caused due to changes in the climate. As the climate gets warm, sea level would…
Microscopic Organism: Game Changer in Ocean Carbon Cycling
Oceans play a very crucial role in the global carbon cycle. To gain a better and detailed insight of the process, researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego are studying, the basis of…
Climate Change Slowing The Deep Ocean Currents
We recently covered an article explaining the vital role of the oceans in the global carbon cycle and the process in which oceans accumulate, transport and convert carbon molecules. But according to a recent research…
Sea Serpents Can Remain Dehydrated for Months: Combating Climatic Changes
Sea snakes as the name suggest, spend their entire life in the ocean. Researchers have always been curious to know how do these snakes survive in seawater and what method did they employ to satisfy…