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Temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-2030: UNGlobal average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Na...
‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
Kremlin envoy proposes 'Putin-Trump tunnel' to link Russia and USA Kremlin envoy has proposed a "Putin-Trump" rail tunnel under the Bering Strait to connect Russia and the United States. The $8 billion pr...
Only human to walk entire earth nears finish line: For 27 years he followed just one ruleBritish adventurer Karl Bushby is close to completing a 27-year mission to walk an unbroken path around the world without using any form of...
Satellites reveal a hidden global water crisis that could change life on EarthSatellite data reveals Earth's continents are drying at alarming rates, impacting billions and accelerating sea level rise. Four major dryi...
Time travel on foot: These islands just 4km apart let you walk into yesterday, but there is a catchThe Diomede Islands—Big Diomede (Russia) and Little Diomede (USA)—are just 3.8 km apart but nearly a day apart in time, divided by the Inte...
Northern Lights: Watch Aurora Borealis in these US states | Best viewing timeGeomagnetic storms have pushed the Northern Lights farther south than usual, with sightings reported as far as Mississippi, Texas, Arizona,...
Northern Lights: When and where to watch the Aurora Borealis in US ahead of Perseid Meteor shower?Skywatchers in certain U.S. states might be in for a rare and spectacular sight as the Northern Lights could appear due to a geomagnetic st...
A new virus on the horizon: How melting Arctic is releasing ancient germs & why it is worryingThis is not the first time that a viable virus has been detected in permafrost samples.
Canadian gold miners discover rare mummified baby woolly mammoth with skin and hairMembers of the local Tr'ondek Hwech'in First Nation named the calf Nun cho ga, which means "big baby animal."
Arctic ice hits its minimum for the year: What's driving the overall decline?In recent years, Arctic sea ice levels have been at their lowest since at least 1850 for the annual mean and in at least 1,000 years for la...
How climate change could expose new epidemicsThe Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe and claimed over 760,000 lives so far almost certainly came from a wild bat, highlighting th...
CIL in talks with Russian company for extraction, import of coking coalVostokCoal-Diskon is developing coal extraction facilities at the Taimyr coal basin of Taymyr Peninsula in central Siberia. It has been exp...
- Arctic permafrost may unleash carbon within decades: NASA
Washington, March 6 (IANS) Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic -- formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded from global wa...
- Arctic lakes melting earlier each year
London, Dec 20 (IANS) Thanks to the warming temperatures, Arctic lakes, covered with ice during the winter months, are melting earlier each...
This French story teller moves mountains to give you a right dose of Folk cultureMireille Gehin, worked as a nurse and then as a teacher in a primary school. In 1996, she attended a workshop about on North American India...
ONGC hydrates discovery may be 4 times bigger than RIL's gas find, India's previous no. 1There are two main technologies being successfully tried to free gas either by depressurising or injecting CO2 which replaces gas in the ic...
China plans to build high speed rail networks to USThe proposed line beginning from China's north east could go through Russia's eastern Siberia, the Bering Strait, Alaska, Canada and then r...
- Arctic sea ice thinnest in thousands of years
Arctic sea ice is at its record low in the recent geologic history, a major international study has claimed. The first comprehensive histor...
- Russia to build world’s longest tunnel to Alaska
Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion...