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Saudi Arabia is covered in sand, yet it imports millions of tons every year, and the reason lies in a tiny detail hidden in every grainSaudi Arabia imports sand from Australia for its massive construction projects. Desert sand is unsuitable for building concrete. River sand...- 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...
- 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...
- Why Uttarkashi’s flash flood was a disaster waiting to happen & how your favourite mountain routes are at risk too: Experts warnA devastating disaster struck Dharali village in Uttarakhand, triggered by a massive collapse of glacial debris, not a typical cloudburst. ...
- Is glacial snout detachment at over 6,000 m reason for Dharali disaster?Authorities investigate the cause of the devastating flash flood in Uttarkashi. A glacial snout detachment upstream of Dharali is suspected...
- India should take lead in preserving glaciers: Sonam Wangchuk writes open letter to PMClimate activist Sonam Wangchuk, after his US tour, urges Prime Minister Modi to lead initiatives for preserving Himalayan glaciers. Wangch...
- Moraine crash caused 20 m wave, pushed water equal to 20,000 pools in valleyThe 2023 Sikkim Glacial Lake Outburst Flood was triggered by the collapse of 14.7 million cubic metres of moraine material in South Lhonak ...
- GLOF early warning system takes off; Centre targets 188 critical glacial lakesThe Indian government initiates an early warning system (EWS) for 188 critical lakes in the Indian Himalayan Region prone to glacial lake o...
- How to insure the insurance industryThe insurance industry in India is facing allegations of tax evasion, with companies accused of evading GST amounting to ₹5,500 crore. Tax ...
- Authorities evacuate residents near Shako Cho Lake as it nears bursting pointThe district magistrate of Gangtok, Tushar Nikhare, said that the discharge from the lake is less so far, but the advisory for evacuation h...
- IISc & Japanese scientists discover 600-million-year-old ocean water in HimalayasResearchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Niigata University have located droplets of water created during an ancient oce...
- NASA's Curiosity rover discovers carbon which may yield clues to ancient Mars: StudyOn Earth, a strongly carbon 13 depleted signature from a paleo surface would indicate past microbes consumed microbially produced methane. ...
- How scientists are using drones to lower the risk of catastrophic flooding from large glacial lakesHeavy rainfall and rock, snow or ice avalanches can raise water levels in moraine-dammed glacial lakes, generating waves that overtop the m...
- 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...
- RBI Deputy governor Viral Acharya suggests selling off PSU bank laggardsIndia may need a 'Sudarshan Chakra' to clean up the banks effectively as the pace of action at banks are slow, deputy governor Acharya said...
- 'Funnel' on Mars could host key ingredients for habitabilityWashington, Nov 11 (IANS) A funnel-shaped depression on Mars could be a new place to look for signs of life on the Red Planet, a study says.
- Humans reached the tip of South America 14,000 years agoNew York, Sep 30 (IANS) Humans reached the southern cone of South America some 14,000 years ago, earlier than previously thought, says a st...
- Ice deposits waxed and waned on Mars: StudyScientists have found new evidence that glacier-like ice deposits advanced and retreated multiple times in regions of Mars in recent past.
- Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metresThe researchers, from Imperial College London, and their academic partners studied mud samples to learn about ancient melting of the East A...
- Global warming 5 million years ago raised sea levels by 20 metresGlobal warming five million years ago may have caused parts of Antarctica's large ice sheets to melt and sea levels to rise by approximatel...
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