Sacred and protectedIn a groundbreaking move, the city of Linhares, Brazil, has granted legal personhood to ocean waves, recognizing their intrinsic right to e...
13 Apr, 2025, 11.07 PM IST
Life, water on Mars? Morning frost detected on red planet. What does this mean?A significant discovery has been made as early morning frost was found on Mars. The discovery came by chance -- no one expected to find fro...
11 Jun, 2024, 11.26 PM IST
Scientists found "spooky golden egg" at the bottom of Pacific OceanScientists have discovered a mysterious object, dubbed the "spooky golden egg," at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Using remote-controlled...
03 Sep, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Campi Flegrei: Is the volcano that erupted nearly 500 years ago, active again?Scientists said that a volcanic field in Italy named "Campi Flegrei" that erupted 500 years ago may be on the verge of blowing up again. He...
28 Jun, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Mauna Loa, World's largest volcano, erupts in Hawaii: History, hazards; here's all you want to know about itFive volcanoes, including Mauna Loa, make up the Big Island of Hawaii, the southernmost island in the Hawaiian archipelago.
29 Nov, 2022, 09.56 PM IST
On the trail of unknown: The PNG island is an ideal destination for any adventurerA place for backpackers and lovers of the great unknown.
13 Jul, 2017, 05.21 AM IST
How world's biggest volcanoes formed unveiledThe study found that the volcanoes formed along twin tracks due to a shift in the Pacific plate's direction three million years ago.
04 May, 2017, 02.25 PM IST
Dinosaurs, Mars volcano went extinct about the same time: NASAThe research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every one to three million years du...
21 Mar, 2017, 03.03 PM IST
Storm of fire, ice led to 'snowball Earth' 700 million years agoUnderstanding how these dramatic changes occur may help better understand how extinctions occurred and how climates change on other planets.
14 Mar, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Oxygen-starved oceans delayed recovery after 'Great Dying'Global ecosystems collapsed as some 90 per cent of species perished in this Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago.
18 Feb, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Asteroid impact, volcanoes together wiped out dinosaursAn asteroid impact 66 million years ago accelerated the eruptions of volcanoes in India for hundreds of thousands of years, dealing a one-t...
02 Oct, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
World's largest chain of volcanoes discovered in AustraliaThe volcanic chain is reportedly running from Cape Hillsborough on the central Queensland coast, south-west through central New South Wales...
15 Sep, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
- World's largest chain of volcanoes found in Australia
The world's longest chain of continental volcanoes created over the past 33 million years have been found in eastern Australia stretching f...
15 Sep, 2015, 11.08 AM IST
Australian scientists discover huge and ancient underwater volcanoesA cluster of submerged volcanoes, thought to be about 50 million years old, have been discovered around 250 kilometres off the coast of Syd...
13 Jul, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
We're in the early stages of a mass extinction: StudyThe new study, published today in Science Advances, explains that we are suffering extremely elevated levels of species losses.
22 Jun, 2015, 02.12 PM IST
MH370: New search images reveal seabed details of Indian OceanThe deep sea search vehicles have sonar that can pick out odd lumps, cameras that can double check if that lump is wreckage or just a rock.
26 Sep, 2014, 08.55 PM IST
Massive extinct volcano discovered beneath Pacific OceanScientists, at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), on a seafloor mapping mission found a new seamount near the Johnson Atoll in the Paci...
07 Sep, 2014, 01.39 PM IST