by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 1, 2020 | Earth Science
On October 22, 2020, the first ever nest of the deadly Asian giant hornet was found by Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) entomologists on a property in Blaine, near the border with Canada. Now, there would be an attempt to eradicate the nest of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 1, 2020 | Earth Science
As per news reports in October 2020, a new type of fish was found in underground rocks of state after a social media post made a researcher in Kerala curious. Scientists have named it Aenigmachanna gollum after the dark and conflicted character of JRR Tolkien’s epic...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 1, 2020 | Earth Science
The month of October passed this year (2020) without witnessing a cyclonic storm whereas October to December period is among the favourable months for the development of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Some 80 cyclones occur around the world...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 28, 2020 | Earth Science
As per the news reports in July 2020, a research study published in the journal, Science of the Total Environment, which throws light on forest fires and their impact on carbon emissions. Forest Fires in India As per Sandeep Bhatt from IIT, Roorkee, who has spent...
by Team Spectrum Books | Oct 27, 2020 | Earth Science
As per news reports, in March 2020, paleontologists from China University of Geosciences discovered a 99-year old fossil in Myanmar. The report was published in the science magazine Nature. The discovery is a part of a growing number of amber-bound windows into the...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 14, 2020 | Earth Science
Some three years ago, Zealandia was identified as a continent. Now, results from a scientific drilling expedition, reported in February 2020, show that the largely submerged Zealandia continent, which stretches across five million square kilometres beneath the...
