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In 1923, a geologist said a sudden, catastrophic Ice Age flood carved Washington's landscape. Scientists rejected him for decades. At 96, he received geology's highest honorJ. Harlen Bretz, a pioneering geologist, introduced a groundbreaking theory about the Ice Age floods sculpting eastern Washington's terrain...
Hidden world beneath the Persian Gulf? Scientists say a lost freshwater oasis may have sheltered early humansNew research suggests the Persian Gulf was once a green landscape. Underground aquifers may have fed freshwater springs, creating a habitab...
Quote of the day by Harrison Ford, 'Nature Doesn't Need People – People Need Nature; Nature Would Survive the Extinction of the Human Being and Go on Just Fine, but Human Culture, Human Beings, Cannot Survive Without Nature', shows nature's influence on human health, happiness and human civilization's dependence on natureQuote of the day by Harrison Ford expresses a profound truth about humanity's place in the world. Nature has sustained life for millions of...
In 2018, workers building a major English highway uncovered giant Ice Age bones that revealed Britain sits on an ancient mammoth territoryA Cambridgeshire highway project crew unearthed massive Ice Age mammoth bones, revealing a prehistoric landscape. This significant find, un...
This submerged prehistoric site is changing what we know about Stone Age BritainArchaeologists discovered a prehistoric landscape at Bouldnor Cliff on the Isle of Wight, revealing Mesolithic settlements with woodworking...
In 1908, George McJunkin Found Ancient Bones After a Flood And Rewrote American HistoryA storm in 1908 unearthed ancient bones near Folsom, New Mexico. Cowboy George McJunkin recognized their importance. Archaeologists later f...
What Scientists Found Inside a Cave in Texas After 100,000 YearsResearchers exploring a flooded cave near San Antonio discovered 100,000-year-old fossils of giant ground sloths, mammoths, camels, and Hol...
Under the North Sea, Archaeologists Mapped a Drowned Stone Age ForestA lost prehistoric world, Doggerland, once connected Britain to Europe, teeming with life before rising seas submerged it. Scientists are n...
Insurers plan performance-linked battery cover as EVs gain tractionInsurers are adapting motor insurance for electric vehicles (EVs) to address battery-related risks, a major EV cost component. Performance-...
NDMA, J&K SDMA launch survey to study causes of cloudbursts, flash floods in HimalayasNDMA and J&K SDMA have started a survey. The survey aims to understand cloudbursts and flash floods in Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Hi...
Revealing New York city's shifting landscape: NASA study unearths sinking skyscrapers and surprising upliftNew York City is experiencing a transformative shift in its urban landscape, according to a study by NASA and Rutgers University. Using adv...
Mother Dairy introduces slew of 15 new productsThese new products were aimed at tapping into indulgence and the consumer's evolving consumption pattern. The new products include a ready-...
How rise in Earth’s average global temperature is affecting our planet- US-German Earth gravity measuring satellites end mission
Washington, Oct 28 (IANS) Facing a battery issue after more than 15 years in orbit, the US-German GRACE -- Gravity Recovery and Climate Exp...
Wadia Institute comes up with study on impact of climate change on MonsoonWadia Institute of Himalayan Geology has come up with a study on impact of climate change on the Indian summer monsoon in last 10,000 years...
Climate change likely to extend for next 10,000 years: StudyRising global temperatures, glacial melting and rising sea levels are the climatic changes that could lead to the submergence of coastal ar...
- Washington DC sinking fast, adding to threat of sea-level rise
Scientists have found that land under the Chesapeake Bay — the largest estuary in the US — is sinking rapidly and the country's capital, Wa...
Washington DC sinking fast, adding to threat of sea-level rise: StudyThe falling land will exacerbate the flooding that Washington, DC, faces from rising ocean waters due to a warming climate and melting ice ...
Govt plans underpasses to save elephants from being run over by trains, but is it feasible?Jurisdictional disputes between railways and state authorities apart, placement would also be difficult to decide.
- Iceman cometh
Chewang Norphel hates making small talk. But he likes building glaciers. Busy recording the process for posterity, the 74-year-old from Lad...