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Ash clouds, emergency alerts, mass evacuations: What's happening in Guetamala after violent volcano eruption?Guatemala's Fuego Volcano has erupted with increasing intensity, prompting an emergency alert. Towering ash clouds and lava flows are forci...
If India wants to compete with the world, it has to have one or two large airlines: IndiGo’s Rahul BhatiaIndiGo MD Rahul Bhatia defended the airline’s 66% domestic market share, saying 34% of its capacity operates on routes where no rival flies...
Monopoly talks don’t appreciate that our one-third capacity is deployed where no other airline connects: IndiGo MD Rahul BhatiaIndiGo's managing director defended its large market share, citing unique routes and global competition needs. He explained that 34% of cap...
Did violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? A landmark 2016 study linking the East African Rift Valley to Homo sapiens around 300,000 years ago says they may haveDid violent volcanic eruptions create modern humans? New science says yes. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, massive eruptions shook the ...
Buried for over 3,000 years: Why this mysterious human skull and turtle-shaped artifact have archaeologists excited about a forgotten civilizationArchaeologists in El Salvador have uncovered a mysterious face-down human skull believed to more than 3000 years old at a burial site datin...
Japan's 7.1 quake leaves 50+ injured, several feared dead; tsunami warning liftedA powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan, triggering a tsunami warning. Thousands of homes lost power, and roads and b...
Pyrocumulonimbus: France-Spain wildfires are creating rare 'fire clouds' that spark their own lightningPyrocumulonimbus Cloud Formation: Fierce wildfires in southwest France generated towering storm clouds, a phenomenon called pyrocumulonimbu...
In 1980, one of America's worst volcanic eruptions flattened this land. Now, 58 beavers have brought it back to lifeBeavers have revitalized a Mount St. Helens wasteland into a thriving wetland. These industrious rodents created a vibrant ecosystem after ...
A 1,900-year-old Roman toilet may have finally revealed why ancient concrete lasts for thousands of yearsAncient Roman concrete's remarkable durability is being studied through a 1,900-year-old toilet. This material contains calcite which forms...
What happens if a submarine volcanic eruption in the central Bismarck Sea gives birth to a new island? NASA scientist explainsA rare submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea, has scientists buzzing with the possibility of a new isl...
A 2,000-year-old scroll buried by Vesuvius has finally given up its ancient secretsScientists have finally uncovered hidden words from the ancient Herculaneum scrolls using AI technology. Buried by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,...
Flowering plants may have recruited dinosaurs long before birds or mammals, with hundreds of fossil fruits revealing an ancient seed-spreading strategyFossil discoveries in New Mexico reveal that flowering plants were producing large, animal-attracting fruits millions of years earlier than...
Lost world of birds and frogs: Scientists open a million-year-old cave time capsule in New Zealand, where 12 bird species and four frogs reveal a lost world reshaped by volcanoes and climate long before humans arrivedA remarkable fossil discovery in a New Zealand cave has unveiled a lost world of ancient birds and frogs, dating back one million years. Th...
In 1967, an archaeologist’s spade bit into volcanic ash on Santorini, and Akrotiri emerged like a Bronze Age time capsuleAn extraordinary archaeological discovery in Akrotiri, Santorini, has unveiled a hidden prehistoric metropolis. Entombed under layers of vo...
In 1748, workers digging near Naples hit painted walls, and Pompeii began returning from ashIn a serendipitous turn of events in 1748, excavations near Naples revealed the buried city of Pompeii, a Roman gem preserved by the volcan...
A 2022 volcano eruption in Pacific may have vented a new weapon to fight climate changeA 2022 volcanic eruption unexpectedly revealed a powerful methane destruction mechanism in the stratosphere. Researchers observed high form...
Dinosaurs found frozen mid-sleep after prehistoric ash burial similar to PompeiiA dramatic volcanic eruption in ancient China 120 million years ago unleashed superheated ash and gas. This deadly event, similar to Pompei...
Volcanic ash plumes impact flight services; Air India cancels flights, inspects aircraftFlight operations faced disruptions on Tuesday due to volcanic ash from Ethiopia. Several international flights were cancelled and delayed....
Akasa Air cancels flights to Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi after volcanic ash disrupts air routesAkasa Air cancelled flights to Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi on November 24 and 25. A volcanic ash plume from Ethiopia created unsafe flyin...
Volcanic ash plumes: Carriers cancel flights; DGCA issues advisory to airlines, airportsIndia's aviation regulator DGCA has issued an advisory to airlines and airports regarding potential disruptions from an Ethiopian volcanic ...