Thfire.com Everyday news that matters Penguins, the most beautiful species of our Planet, has started to decline, says a new US study on Tuesday. Penguins, who were once present in large numbers such as 8 millions have drastically fallen down to 2 – 3 million thanks to low availability of food caused by the changing climate and melting ice. The study pointed out “Young Penguins ... Read More »
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The Downside to the Recovery of the Ozone Hole
While the hole in the Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly healing, its recovery might have a downside, scientists say: Climate change could change wind patterns and send ozone from high in the atmosphere down to the surface, where it is a major component of smog. The discovery of a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica was announced by ... Read More »
£100m boost for UK government lab
The UK research institute at the centre of the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak two years ago has been given £100m to build new laboratories. The head of the Institute for Animal Health (IAH) at Pirbright in Surrey, said that the state-of-the-art facilities are as safe as they can be. Research at the new laboratory will focus on controlling the spread of ... Read More »