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Monsoon rains in South Asia have suffered considerable cut backs over the past four decades, according to new research findings released on Thursday, which put much of the blame to aerosol particles spewed by human activities.

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Starting on September 1, 2011 the official single use plastic bag ban has begun in the Northern Territory. Some peole are cheering and happy but others are now scratching their heads... what do we now use to line our rubbish bin?

Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.

A study being conducted by an international group of researchers has found out that plants use up carbon dioxide 25 percent more rapidly than it was previously known.

Diesel oil spilled into the Brisbane River near the commercial business district. The spill, near Eagle St Pier, was reported at 5:30 a.m. and is estimated to have spread 150 to 200 metres along the river's northern bank.

A new study recently published by science journal PLoS ONE has indicated that shark population in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may be witnessing a sharp decline due to unregulated fishing activities in the area.

Residents of New South Wales Blue Mountains have declared their area a nuclear-free zone, a federal government report released on Wednesday said.

A few days after alarming levels of radioactive cesium and iodine 131 were reported near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, local officials plan to decontaminate homes within 60 kilometers, NHK World News reported.

In the first India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue held in Beijing, Indian delegates headed by Deputy-chairman of the Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia told media the dialogue serves as a "knowledge transfer" conveying substantial benefits to both countries, The Hindu reported.

A Virginia resident last week sent in proof of the this next step in the evolution of the cane toad with five legs. Five legged cane toads have been discovered before most notably back in 2007 with a five legged frog by the name of Jake the Peg in Tumbling Waters near Darwin River.

Women account for 75 percent of the agricultural producers in sub-Saharan Africa, but the majority of women farmers are living on only $1.25 per day, according to researchers from the Worldwatch Institute.

Starting on September 1, 2011 the official single use plastic bag ban has begun in the Northern Territory. Some people are cheering and happy but others are now scratching their heads… what do we now use to line our rubbish bin?

Hydrogen-based energy technology currently lacks the ability to effectively and efficiently produce hydrogen on a large scale apart from the heavy input of fossil fuels which defeats the purpose entirely.

The federal government stamped its environmental approval on the Chevron-led Wheatstone liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that experts said would lead to billion-dollars of investments but could disrupt the marine eco-system off the coast of Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

Retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming has teamed up with British business tycoon Richard Branson in convincing Chinese citizens especially the affluent families against eating shark fins emphasizing the government must be strict in implementing the law on their trade and use.

A 17-year-old mysteriously wanders into Germany's capital from a nearby forest, adding to the long and often tragic history of kids raised in the wild.

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Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a warning to Honshu residents for constant vigilance as Typhoon Roke blasted into the region late Wednesday.

A study on a human skull found in the Iwo Eleru cave in Nigeria, West Africa, shows that modern humans and older subspecies of human might have lived at the same era and even reproduced in the region. Modern humans are estimated to have first appeared in Africa 200,000 years ago. Some scientists are saying that older humans must have lingered and interacted with the new generation of human life.

Typhoon Roke swept through central and westerrn Japan Tuesday night with 144 kph (90 mph) winds, leaving one person dead, two others missing, and more than a million residents fleeing their homes, Japan's weather agency said.

Two Australian retirees invoke the 'father of modern science' in their fight against the hegemony of settled climate science. But their arguments - and the advisors supporting them - draw from a deep history of climate science denial and distortion.

Scientists in the UK, Spain, and Brazil are collaborating to find a way of producing valuable biomass-derived chemicals, materials and fuels from orange peel.

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Scientists discover a novel way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

Scientists find a dozen unknown 'night frogs' in remote western India, but half may already be threatened with extinction.

Romanian authorities have seized 15 truckloads of imported Dutch tulips, turning back three of these to suppliers in the Netherlands because the flowers were allegedly contaminated with dangerous bacteria.

A trial started in Italy on Tuesday for seven scientists charged with manslaughter for apparently predicting that no major earthquake will hit L'Aquila one week after the deadly temblor struck the city in 2009.