Ocean temperature is one of the primary environmental factors that determine the geographic range of a species. A paper published recently in the journal Fish and Fisheries has used computer modelling to project the global impact of climate change on biodiversity with reference to 1,000-odd fish species.

Geoscientists claim to have discovered an entire ocean that was destroyed 20 to 50 million years ago when its sea floor sank some 1,100km into the earth between Australia and New Zealand. An international team has reconstructed the cataclysm which took place when the tectonic plate underlying the ocean

Washington: A new study has determined that global warming may have hit a speed bump and could go slow down for decades.

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THREE BRITISH explorers have set out on a 90-day skiing expedition to the North Pole, measuring sea ice thickness the whole way to find out exactly how fast it is disappearing, according to the Catlin Arctic Survey.

chemical sciences Sugars preserve organs longer Growth of ice crystals during organ preservation at low temperatures leaves them unfit for transplantation. Several carbohydrates have the ability to prevent the growth of ice crystals. This ability correlates with the hydration number which is the number of water molecules bound to one carbohydrate molecule. A team of scientists