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Meteorites give valuable insights into Mars’ atmosphere

Scientists have found that meteorites, which continually bombard the surface of Mars, contain enough...

Arctic methane leaks accelerating global warming

The researchers have uncovered a surprising and potentially important new source of Arctic methane: ...

Conditions for life do exist on Mars?

The Mars Science Laboratory Rover, also known as Curiosity, will be able to detect microscopic amoun...

Scientists say cut soot, methane to curb warming

An international team of scientists says it has figured out how to slow global warming in the short ...

Russia, US to study methane emission in Arctic

A group of 27 Russian and US scientists has left on board a research vessel to study unprecedented e...

Astronomers find ice, methane on dwarf planet

‘Snow White’ - which was discovered in 2007 orbits the Sun at the edge of the solar system.

Japan to test-drill for seabed `burning ice`

Japan will seek to extract natural gas from seabed deposits of methane hydrate in the world`s first ...

‘Earth burp’ led to mass extinction of marine life

A massive emission of methane led to an increase in atmospheric temperature around the globe 200 mil...

Biodegradable products are actually not environment friendly!

Biodegradable materials are broken down in landfills by micro organisms that then produce methane.

NASA spacecraft captures methane ‘rain’ on Saturn’s moon Titan

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured images of seasonal rains on Saturn’s moon Titan.

Bacteria ate up methane from Gulf spill, say scientists

Bacteria ate up the methane released from Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Gulf of Mexico in 4 months.

27 taken ill due to `increased emission` at Durgapur steel plant

At least 27 workers were taken ill after "increased emission" of carbon monoxide and methane from ...

8mn tonnes of methane seeping out from Arctic annually: Study

Methane, the second most common greenhouse gas from human activities after carbon dioxide, is bubb...

Cow Genome mapped; can help cut methane emissions

: Cows release a lot of greenhouse gas when they digest, but a new study has mapped the DNA from ...

Aerosols can make methane more potent than previously thought

A new study has led climate modelers to determine that an aerosol-laden sky could make methane a mor...

When Indian scientist disproved US data on methane emission

India`s leading agro-scientist A.P. Mitra had disproved the US govt data on emission of methane gas ...

Chhattisgarh gets USD 5 lakh for clean bed methane project

The US Trade and Development Agency has announced half a million dollar grant to reduce methane emis...

"Supervillain" CO2 has "henchmen" like NO2 and methane

There are harmful greenhouse gases like nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane, which are the "henchmen" of...

Plants under stress emit more methane

Methane emission by plants in dry or drought prone areas could aggravate global warming more than pr...

Ultra fast destruction of Martian methane spells bad news for life

New calculations suggest that methane gas on Mars may be destroyed 600 times faster than it is on Ea...

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US-Pak: An affair gone wrong
Pak and US certainly can’t live without each other either.

KKR celebrations mock Bengali pride
The WB govt’s KKR celebration was ‘overboard’.

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