Scientists cored Clear Lake, finding ancient pollen records in sediment that reveal how California forests changed with past climate shiftsThe sediment cores from Clear Lake present a captivating window into California's forest history over the last half-million years. Research...
30 Aug, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
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...
04 Aug, 2026, 05.31 PM IST
What Scientists Found Beneath the Southern Ocean Changes Climate ScienceScientists have uncovered new details about iron from Antarctic icebergs. This iron, once thought to boost ocean life and absorb carbon, is...
18 Mar, 2026, 09.48 PM IST
Pay attention to dry facts about waterIndia is grappling with an acute water crisis. Recent studies reveal that the Western Himalayas are experiencing the driest spring seasons ...
08 Mar, 2026, 11.51 PM IST
The 9,000-Year-Old Forest That Is Technically One Single TreeHigh in Sweden's mountains, a Norway spruce named Old Tjikko reveals a root system over 9,000 years old, challenging our understanding of i...
02 Mar, 2026, 04.07 PM IST
If Land Can Rise and Sink, What Other Landscapes Might Be Fooling Us?Beneath Earth's surface, powerful internal forces continuously shape landscapes, a fact often overlooked. Deep lithospheric processes and m...
13 Feb, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
From Kedarnath to Dharali: Uttarakhand's unheeded warnings and rising disastersFlash floods in Kheer Ganga revive memories of past disasters for survivors. Uttarakhand faces increasing extreme rainfall and landslides. ...
06 Aug, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
Melting Himalayas are waking up 1,700 ancient viruses sleeping for 41,000 yearsResearchers have uncovered nearly 1,700 ancient virus species in the glacial ice of the Himalayas, with about three-quarters previously unk...
04 Sep, 2024, 02.31 PM IST
Climate change, pollution, construction: multiple whammy to fuel more Sikkim-like disasters, warn scientistsAs Sikkim picks up the pieces following flash floods that saw many thousands being displaced, major infrastructure projects destroyed and s...
22 Oct, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
Antarctic sea ice sets new record. Check its impact on global weather, climateAntarctic sea ice reaches its largest size during the colder winter months. However, this time, there was an unprecedented wintertime low.
08 Oct, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
Dollar will stay the world's problemUS inflation is still two-and-a-half times higher than target, and the Federal Reserve has paused its interest rate-hiking cycle as stress ...
23 May, 2023, 10.57 PM IST
Uttarakhand: Massive rockslide melted ice and triggered Chamoli flood, says new reportThe findings, released on Friday, said the energy of the fall of about 22 million cubic metres of rock mixed with ice and snow “remobilised...
06 Mar, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
CO2 levels hit record high in 3 million yearsScientists from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany succeeded to do a computer simulation that fits ocean floor se...
05 Apr, 2019, 07.57 AM IST
Himalayan glaciers retreating at alarming rate: Parliamentary panelThe panel has also suggested the Centre to constitute a committee of experts to formulate the guidelines to be observed while preparing the...
23 Dec, 2018, 05.18 PM IST
- Humans wiped out megafauna in Australia
New York, Jan 21 (IANS) The poop of some of the ancient huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia has indicated that the pr...
21 Jan, 2017, 04.00 PM IST
Mars emerging from Ice AgeMars emerging from an Ice Age, according to radar images of Mars's polar regions that are shedding new light on our climate cycle.
28 May, 2016, 07.58 AM IST
Mars emerging from Ice Age: StudyThe findings are based on data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been circling Mars for 10 years.
27 May, 2016, 03.47 AM IST