Science/Environment

While India Is On Lockdown, Olive Ridley Turtles Start Nesting On Odisha Coast

Priyanka Chandrakar March 28, 2020 Science/Environment Comments Off on While India Is On Lockdown, Olive Ridley Turtles Start Nesting On Odisha Coast

With the reduction in pollution levels due to lockdown amidst coronavirus outbreak, marine life is reviving and recouping with peace. Sea turtles of the Olive Ridley breed have arrived happily ashore to mass nest at the 6 km long Rushikulya beach in Ganjam district of Odisha in the …

Ozone layer heals as humans stay indoors amid coronavirus outbreak

Anirudh Singh March 28, 2020 Science/Environment Comments Off on Ozone layer heals as humans stay indoors amid coronavirus outbreak

New Delhi : The Ozone layer above Antarctica has registered a significant recovery as it healed to create a positive global wind movement. A new study suggests the Montreal Protocol – the 1987 agreement to stop producing ozone depleting substances (ODSs) – could be responsible for pausing, or even reversing, some …

7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Russia’s Kuril islands; no casualties reported

Priyanka Chandrakar March 25, 2020 Science/Environment Comments Off on 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Russia’s Kuril islands; no casualties reported

As per the US Geographical Survey, Kuril Islands of Russia was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on Wednesday. The Russian island was hit at a depth of around 56.7 kilometers, that is around 1400 kilometers north-east of Japan’s Sapporo. However, no casualties were reported. There was a tsunami …

South Africa launches World’s largest radio telescope

Anirudh Singh July 15, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on South Africa launches World’s largest radio telescope

A bigger level space project to unlock cosmic mysteries from dark energy to exploring extraterrestrial life has got an encouragement recently. To boost the study, a 64-dish MeerKAT radio telescope was inaugurated in Carnarvon, South Africa. A sum equal to about 23 billion rupees in Indian currency has been spent …

You missed a solar eclipse? Get ready for a lunar eclipse on July 27-28

Kanu Priya July 13, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on You missed a solar eclipse? Get ready for a lunar eclipse on July 27-28

Do celestial happenings and developments amuse you? If so, you have just missed a partial solar eclipse, while it was a dark night outside and u did not have an inkling of it. But if you are in India, sorry for you, since it did not occur here! The said …

Israeli Company is gearing up to land its Spacecraft on the Moon

Anirudh Singh July 11, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on Israeli Company is gearing up to land its Spacecraft on the Moon

An Israeli company dealing in space voyage is attempting to launch in 2018 year end, it is claimed. The private company SpaceIL and the government-controlled Israel Aerospace Industries will be launching their unmanned craft in December, it is claimed. Thus, Israel would become the fourth country to enter in the club …

Air Quality worsens in metro cities of India, Delhi tops the list

Kanu Priya June 26, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on Air Quality worsens in metro cities of India, Delhi tops the list

Though India has made a lot of progress in improving its air quality, average nationwide levels of major air pollutants have dropped by between 25–45 per cent in India over the last few years. The Central Pollution Control Board has now monitored four air pollutants which are responsible for worsening …

Monsoon may hit North India on this weekend from June 29 onwards

Kanu Priya June 25, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on Monsoon may hit North India on this weekend from June 29 onwards

New Delhi: The monsoon has penetrated into most parts of central India on with a lot of movement for the second day after it did not show any worthwhile activity for the last ten or so days. The scientists at Met office, are hopeful that this advancement will continue now. …

Blood Moon 2018: LONGEST total lunar eclipse of 21st Century on 27 July

Kanu Priya June 25, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on Blood Moon 2018: LONGEST total lunar eclipse of 21st Century on 27 July

People who take delight in sky gazing are in for a surprise on July 27, since Blood Moon will be taking to the skies as part of a total eclipse. Moreover, Mars will come closer to Earth for the first time in the last one and a half decade. This …

ISS deploys a 100 kg Spacecraft to clean up space junk in orbits of Earth

ISS deploys a 100 kg Spacecraft to clean up space junk orbiting the Earth

Kanu Priya June 24, 2018 Science/Environment Comments Off on ISS deploys a 100 kg Spacecraft to clean up space junk orbiting the Earth

International Space Station(ISS) has deployed a satellite for testing solutions in clearing up space garbage. It is expected to begin experiments in orbit soon. Deployed on June 20, 2018, it is named as the RemoveDebris mission. It will be one of the largest ever satellite deployed from the Space Station. It had …