Silver_shades25

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Mantis Shrimp has 12 - 16 photoreceptors in its midbrain. It means that it can perceive more colours than we human beings can.

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Coffee chains create a lot of waste, from disposable takeaway cups to used grounds that are sent to rot in landfills. But UK startup BioBean is turning thousands of tons of used coffee grounds into biofuels. BioBean estimates that the recycling process reduces emission by 80%.

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The largest glacier in the world is the Lambert-Fisher Glacier in Antarctica. At 400kms long, and upto 100kms wide, this ice stream alone drains about 8% of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

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The Denman Glacier in East Antarctica has retreated almost 3miles in the last 22 years. If it fully thaws, sea level would rise almost 5 feet, according to a study.

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Nightingales, the tiny birds known for their beautiful song, may be less likely to survive their annual migration because climate change is causing them to evolve with shorter wings, according to a study.

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Some of the world's most breathtaking landscapes, from the Maldives to Mount Everest, are at risk due to climate change.

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Air quality in the US is declining dramatically, leaving about 150 million people - nearly half of the America's population - breathing unhealthy, heavily polluted air, according to a report. It can trigger cardiovascular issues, strokes and asthma attack.

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The level of microplastics on the sea floor is at its highest level, upto 9million pieces covering just 1 square metre, according to a study. The garbage patches of bottles, bags and straws often seen floating on the surface of Ocean water.
#SaveOcean
#Say_No_To_Plastic

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There were more than a dozen wildfires raging across Florida on Sunday, burning property and promoting evacuations, as excessive heat and dry weather continues to take its toll on the state. Florida is known for its hot weather, but this year has been exceptionally torrid.

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Deforestation in Amazon has already seen a more than 50% increase in the first trimester of 2020 as compared to 2019. Though most of the businesses remain shuttered under lockdown,many believe illegal loggers and miners continue to operate with little to no regulation.

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The Arctic Ocean in summer will very likely to be ice free before 2050, at least temporally. The efficacy of climate-protection measures will determine how often and for how long. These are results of a new research study involving 21 research institutes from around the world.

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Environment Concerns :
Levels of two major air pollutants - Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate matter, have been drastically reduced since COVID-19 lockdowns began, but a secondary pollutant - ground-level ozone has increased in China, according to the new research.

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Potentially fatal combinations of humidity and heat are emerging across the globe (in parts of topics and subtropics) which rarely if ever experienced before by humans. Such conditions would ravage economies and possibly even surpass the physiological limits of human survival.

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The Grand Canal of China is the world's longest man made waterway. It is a series of waterways in eastern and northern China starting at Beijing and ending at a city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, linking the yellow river with Yangtze river.

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London, with six commercial airports in its metropolitan area, is the busiest City airport system in the world although Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest individual airport.

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The world's longest bridge is the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge in China,part of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway. The bridge spans 102.4 miles(165km).

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Juancho e Yrausquin Airport, located on a small mountainous peninsula on the Dutch Island Saba, has the shortest commercial runway in the world-- it's just 400m long !!

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Trans-Siberian Railway, spanning a length of 9,289 km, is the longest and one of the busiest railway lines in the world.

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The first electric passenger train was presented by Werner von Siemens at Berlin in 1879.

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In 1878, the world's first hydroelectric power scheme was developed at Cragside in Northumberland, England by William Armstrong.
William Armstrong is regarded as the Inventor Of Modern Artillery.