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Temperatures in Death Valley rose to 54.4 degrees C on Sunday, hottest recorded air temperature on Earth
Trendingdesk •The all-time highest temperature ever recorded is 56.7 degree Celsius on 10 July 1913, at the Greenland Ranch in the Death Valley.
Green Banana dive to mysterious spot off Florida coast could help shed light on underwater sinkholes
•The NOAA-funded mission in August this year will lower a 300 kg lander underwater, for divers to collect water and sediment samples, and carry out a biological survey.
Ozone layer is recovering, thanks to climate change treaty signed over 30 years ago, finds study
Trendingdesk •Earth’s ozone layer, responsible for protecting the planet from Sun’s ultraviolet rays, has been healing and might even fully recover, a recent study has revealed
Global warming: October 2019 might have been second-hottest month in the second-hottest year on record
Tech2 News Staff •The report comes after numerous similar studies of monthly global temperatures that show Earth's climate has warmed steadily.
When and where you can catch SpaceX's third Falcon Heavy launch live
Tech2 News Staff •The mission will last 6 hrs and is carrying 24 payloads which are to be deployed in multiple orbits.
Researchers find a couple dozen of distinctly different killer whales near south Chile
•Scientists are waiting for DNA tests from a tissue sample but think it may be a distinct species.
2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, next five years to be much hotter
•The US temperature in 2018 was the 14th warmest on average, said NOAA climate monitoring chief.
Arctic Report Card details effect of record melting on global environmental changes
•The Arctic report, in its 13th edition, explains changes, impacts of melting on the ecosystem & marine life.
Declining levels of depleting chemicals prevent ozone hole from becoming larger
Ians •According to NASA, the annual ozone hole reached an average area coverage of 22.9 square km in 2018.
Administration clueless as tar balls wash up along India’s western coast; experts claim it's a deep, recurring problem
Shubhra •Even though Central Board of Pollution Control claims that there has been no oil spill along India's western coast, tar balls are not only more excessive than previous years, they are also bigger in size, with beaches from Southern Gujarat, Daman and now even Mumbai’s coastline being covered with waxy formations lending the air a distinctly oily smell