Lunar eclipses have fascinated cultures across the globe, and inspired several striking myths and legends, many of which portray the event as an omen.
IBT Staff Jul 28, 2018
The 2016 marine heatwave that killed vast amounts of coral on the Great Barrier Reef also caused significant changes to fishes and other animals that live on these reefs.
IBT Staff Jul 27, 2018
The Gulf Stream, which curves along the southern shore of Newfoundland, is saturated with plastics. Fish that feed from the surface waters, where plastics tend to accumulate, are in an ideal position to ingest plastics.
IBT Staff Jul 18, 2018
The next fortnight will be a real treat for stargazers - there are five planets to see in the evening sky, Mars is looking the best we’ve seen in 15 years, and on the morning of July 28 there will be a total lunar eclipse.
IBT Staff Jul 18, 2018
The soaring temperatures in Europe and North America have seen a rise in reports of dogs being rescued from hot cars. Police across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Canada have all saved dogs from certain death.
IBT Staff Jul 17, 2018
The Turnbull government has pledged $500 million in the May budget for the rehabilitation of the Great Barrier Reef.
Anne Lu Apr 30, 2018
Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the Arctic. This expectation has become a reality.
IBT Staff Apr 27, 2018
Scientists have warned that Earth’s sixth mass extinction is already underway. This means that three quarter of the planet’s species could soon disappear.
Ritwik Roy Jul 14, 2017
Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf is cracking, and once it gives way, it will set adrift one of the largest icebergs on record. Thus, all eyes are on the ice shelf as the deep crack continues to cut across its surface.
Ritwik Roy Jul 06, 2017
Scientists have recently discovered that after a global catastrophe killed off the dinosaurs, frogs began taking advantage of the catastrophe. The new study has claimed that 88 percent of frog species alive today owe their existence to the meteor impact 66 million years ago.
Ritwik Roy Jul 04, 2017
Researchers at the University of Zurich may finally have an answer to the mysterious disappearance of the Megalodon, which was once the world’s biggest shark, at least three times the size of a Great White.
Ritwik Roy Jun 28, 2017
Australian and international researchers have found out that the rate at which global sea levels have risen in a little over two decades has increased by 50 percent. Researchers involved in the study used refined satellite estimates to come to this shocking discovery.
Ritwik Roy Jun 27, 2017
Technology blackouts could become commonplace on Earth as scientists stated that solar flares are difficult to predict than previously thought. Solar winds may lead to tech blackouts, and our planet is unprepared for it.
Ritwik Roy Jun 27, 2017
World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on this planet, and according to a new study, it is worth $56 billion. It is too big an economic driver and ecosystem to fail, the study revealed.
Ritwik Roy Jun 26, 2017
Gordon Shepherd and his colleague Young-Min Cho, atmospheric scientists at York University, have discovered via a study that waves above planet Earth could have caused a “Nocturnal Sun.”
Ritwik Roy Jun 25, 2017
Museums Australia and a government research organisation recently sponsored an international team of scientists to find out what lives on the ocean floor off the Australian Coast. Their purpose was to know as well how the creatures down there have adapted to survive. They were simply astonished.
Ritwik Roy Jun 20, 2017
Latest reports from Australia suggest that shark nets have been removed from NSW beaches to protect migrating whales. NSW Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has said that nets at Evans Head Beach, Lennox Head’s Seven Mile Beach, Shelly Beach, Sharpes Beach and Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach will be removed two weeks prior to the end of the six-month trial.
Ritwik Roy May 29, 2017
Environmentalists and other experts suggest that the Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching is set to worsen this year. In 2016, the reef faced the most widespread bleaching in history that caused massive outrage across the world.
Ritwik Roy May 29, 2017
A giant new species of fossil otter was recently recovered in northeastern Yunnan Province, China.
Judy Cordova Mar 23, 2017
Microfibre garments that people use and then wash pose an invisible threat to aquatic environments. When the microplastics end up in waterways, they can endanger marine species and eventually humans that consume them.
Judy Cordova Mar 23, 2017
A bright pink late in the heart of Melbourne has ignited much interest, and the scientific cause is red algae that makes pigments called carotenoids.
Judy Cordova Mar 22, 2017
As expected, Russia resumed bombing of Aleppo after the ceasefire extended by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Nov 4 ended. The Saturday air strike, seen as the final assault in the northwestern part of the war-torn , killed 11 civilians and injured 25 people.
Vittorio Hernandez Mar 09, 2017
As the debate on how to achieve a stable electricity system in Australia continues, Soren Hermansen, the man who helped create the first island run on 100 percent renewable energy, said he has to travel to Australia for a blackout.
Leo Oliver Mar 04, 2017
Australia can construct a secure and inexpensive energy grid that will use 100 percent renewable energy, according to the findings of a new research conducted by the Australia National University (ANU). Moreover, the new grid can be created using existing technologies.
Leo Oliver Feb 27, 2017
According to newly revealed documents, environmental health is not important to the governing body as it cut programs and sold Ecofund for less than what it costs. Ecofund was a state-owned carbon and environmental offsetting and advisory company.
Seneca Cabrera Feb 20, 2017
Recent reports of over a thousand grey-headed flying foxes are dying off due to the heat. It is said that some bats die while still hanging in the tree. Over the course of the week, they fall down to the ground and are cleaned up.
Seneca Cabrera Feb 17, 2017
New South Wales continued to suffer through scorching conditions over the weekend. The heat prompted a Sydney man to prove he could fry an egg in the severe heat inside his car.
Leo Oliver Feb 13, 2017
Adelaide experienced a small earthquake on Friday. The tremor, which struck at 12:24 p.m., comes after nine days when the city experienced a relatively larger quake.
Leo Oliver Feb 10, 2017
Authorities are calling for the public to help prevent blackouts as temperatures continue to soar across the country. A potentially record-breaking heatwave is likely to set in eastern Australia.
Leo Oliver Feb 10, 2017
A sinkhole opened up near Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s harbourside mansion in Sydney on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the wake of Tuesday’s severe storms that cause massive rainfall across the city.
Leo Oliver Feb 08, 2017
