- Be prepared for some major power failure, degradation of oil pipelines and disrupted telecommunication in next three to four months due to the reversing of the polarity of Sun’s magnetic field, said Dr BN Dwivedi, professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Dr. Dwivedi is also an associate scientist of...
- West Antarctica has warmed much more than scientists had thought over the last half century, new research suggests, an ominous finding given that the huge ice sheet there may be vulnerable to long-term collapse, with potentially drastic effects on sea levels. A paper released Sunday by the journal Nature...