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`Biogasoline` now made from plant wastes

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 14:08

Chemists have developed a new process that could help make gasoline-like fuels from cellulosic materials like farm and forestry waste

Greenland`s `fastest glacier` smashes breaking speed record

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 12:23

Researchers have suggested that Jakobshavn Isbrae (Jakobshavn Glacier) is moving ice from the Greenland ice sheet into the ocean at a speed that seems to be the fastest ever recorded.

Dramatic thinning of Arctic lake ice cuts winter season short by 24 days

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 12:17

Researchers have revealed that Arctic lakes have been freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, which is creating a winter ice season about 24 days shorter than was in 1950.

More than 400 dead dolphins on north Peru coast

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 03:37

More than 400 dead dolphins were found last month on the Pacific Ocean beaches where twice that amount were encountered in 2012, Peruvian officials said.

Conservationists urge Europe to destroy ivory stock

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 02:08

A conservation group urged European countries Monday to destroy their stockpiles of seized ivory as France prepared to pave the way with the burning of three tonnes of elephant tusks.

10 peacocks found dead near farm

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 21:55

At least 10 peacocks died of suspected poisoning near a farm in Annur in the district today, police said.

SC allows cutting down 38 trees in Taj Trapezium Zone

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 18:14

The Supreme Court allowed the Agra Municipal Corporation to cut down 38 trees in the protected area of Taj Mahal under the Taj Trapezium Zone but directed it to plant thrice the number of trees in the compound or nearby areas.

Australia claims substantial progress on reef protection

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 15:09

Australia said that it had made substantial progress on the UN request for better protection of the Great Barrier Reef and the world heritage site should not be listed among "in danger".

Mass sea star deaths off US west coast puzzle scientists

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 11:56

Starfish have been mysteriously dying by the millions in recent months along the US west coast, worrying biologists who say the sea creatures are key to the marine ecosystem.

India to procure NASA aircraft for cyclone prediction

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 11:51

Hit by five cyclones on its eastern coast last year, India is planning to procure a NASA aircraft equipped with a lab to study wind patterns at high altitude for better prediction of such calamities.