by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 14, 2020 | Earth Science
A study, reported in February 2020, presents detailed estimates of global extinction of planet and animal species from climate change by 2070. By combining information on recent extinctions from climate change, rates of species movement and different projections of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 14, 2020 | Earth Science
On February 9, 2020, scientists in Antarctica recorded a new record temperature of 20.75 degrees Celsius (69.35 Fahrenheit), breaking the barrier of 20 degrees for the first time on the continent. The reading was taken as part of a 20-year-old research project on the...
by Spectrum | May 24, 2020 | Earth Science
In the Atlantic Ocean, there operates a large system of ocean currents, through which the waters are circulated between the north and the south. Termed Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, or AMOC, this system is such that the waters of the oceans are continually...
by Spectrum | May 24, 2020 | Earth Science
Two new bamboo varieties have been discovered through fossil study. Found in Assam, they are said to be among the oldest fossils of Asian bamboo to be found so far—about 25 million years ago in the late Oligocene period, according to researchers. With more than 49,000...
by Spectrum | May 24, 2020 | Earth Science
The geographical mass that constitutes the small, but thickly populated, country of Bangladesh was formed in a unique geological process, according to a consortium of Indian and US earth scientists. As reported in September 2019, researchers state that soil erosion...
by Spectrum | May 24, 2020 | Earth Science
The Weather Company, an IBM Business initiative, has announced that it proposes to use the latest IBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System (GRAF) to serve the needs of “an under-served population” across the globe. As per a report in September 2019,...
