Sci/Environment

Toxic mud travelling down the Rio Doce river in Brazil from a collapsed dam has reached the Atlantic Ocean, amid concerns it will cause severe pollution. Since the dam at an iron mine collapsed two […]

A bright blue sea slug, or nudibranch got beached on Australia’s Gold Coast. The bizarre looking marine creature is better known as the blue dragon and is only 3-4cm in length. The invertebrate was filmed wriggling […]

Scientists in Sweden have created the world’s first “cyber plant”, an electronically augmented plant that can live off of electricity and grow its own robotic parts.  The scientists at Linkoping University built analogue and digital […]

A team of respected and prominent scientists gathered in Texas ahead of the UN climate summit to declare that the theory of man-made global warming was “based on nonsense”, “irrational”, and had “nothing to do with science”. The […]

An archaeologist has revealed that a 12,000-year-old network of thousands of underground tunnels stretch from North Scotland towards the Mediterranean.  Dr Heinrich Kush says that the tunnels exist possibly as protection against predators, or were […]

Lucara Diamond Corp. has dug out a 1,111 Carat diamond, the largest in a hundred years, and the second largest gem quality stone ever, from their mine in southern Africa. Lucara (LUCRF) has mining assets in […]

This years monster El Nino is gathering strength in the Pacific. Sea surface temperature rising in the ocean indicate that a record breaking El Nino event is gathering strength. It could have devastating consequences for […]

One of Greenland’s biggest glaciers is crumbling. The melting of the huge Zachariae Isstrom glacier on Greenland’s east coast could mean a rise in sea levels by half a metre. Scientists are warning that a […]

Days after the collapse of two Brazilian dams at an iron ore mine, authorities are still uncertain of the cause. Nine people are now confirmed dead, and a further 19 remain accounted for as it is assumed they […]

A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake has struck off the South West coast of Japan. The Japanese meteorological agency have issued tsunami warnings for three regions Tsunami advisories issued for portions of southwestern #Japan, including the Tanegashima […]