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Are the world’s freshwater sources vanishing before our eyes? Satellite images reveal an appalling global water crisisAcross the globe, our precious rivers, lakes, and reservoirs are diminishing at an alarming rate. Cutting-edge satellite imagery underscore...- A giant lake vanished for 130 years, then returned and flooded 120,000 acres overnightA massive lake in California, Tulare Lake, vanished over a century ago. Recent extreme storms brought it back, submerging farmland. This ev...
- In 1994, two visitors hiking through the Badlands noticed bones weathering from the ground and uncovered an ancient watering hole filled with fossilsHikers in 1994 stumbled upon fossils in Badlands National Park. This accidental find revealed the Big Pig Dig, an ancient watering hole. Ov...
- This surreal floating lake in India is visible from space but beneath its drifting islands lives one of the world’s most feared snakesManipur’s Loktak Lake is unlike any other lake in India. Known for its floating circular islands called phumdis, the lake is also home to t...
- Karnataka honour killing: Father allegedly kills 17-year-old daughter over choice of groom; Hides in temples to evade arrestKarnataka honour killing: A 48-year-old farmer from Karnataka’s Tumakuru allegedly murdered his 17-year-old daughter after opposing her rel...
- Deep beneath Utah’s Great Salt Lake, scientists discovered a giant freshwater system no one expectedScientists have discovered a vast underground freshwater lake extending kilometers beneath the hypersaline Great Salt Lake. This surprising...
- Mexico city’s century-old sinking problem is accelerating under modern strainMexico City is sinking at an alarming rate, with some areas dropping nearly half an inch monthly, revealed by NASA's NISAR satellite. This ...
- Why This Wooden Canoe Stayed Perfectly Hidden Underwater for CenturiesA remarkable ancient dugout canoe found in Wisconsin offers a rare glimpse into the past. Scientists explain how certain lake conditions, l...
- Nature's 'Designed' Desert Patterns: Are They Really Just Random Cracks?Intriguing geometric patterns, resembling tiles, emerge on Earth's driest desert floors. Scientists reveal these natural formations, seen i...
- Death Valley’s Sailing Stones Only Move When Ice Forms, Scientists Finally Captured It on CameraScientists have solved the mystery of moving rocks at Racetrack Playa in Death Valley. For years, stones weighing over 200 pounds left trai...
- Mystery solved (with GPS): How “sailing stones” move across a dry lakebedFor over a century, Death Valley's Racetrack Playa mystified observers with rocks leaving long trails. In 2013, researchers finally capture...
- Scientists discover 40 mysterious craters beneath Lake Michigan. Here's what we know so farScientists found large craters in Lake Michigan using sonar technology. The discovery was made during a mission to map the lakebed. Researc...
- How drying up of nearly 150 lakes is killing the city of gardens, BengaluruOf Bengaluru's nearly 800 lakes, 125 have dried up, and 25 more are on the verge of drying up, highlighting the severity of this year's sum...
- New surprises from Mars: Volcanic rock, more signs of water in the pastThe area containing the Jezero crater is just north of the Martian equator, and it appears the area once was abundant with water and home t...
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- NASA Mars rover may have collected 1st rock sample for return to EarthThe Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Steltzner, called it a perfect core sample.
- Bangaloreans play watchdog as govt fails to check land grabbingOf Bengaluru's 209 lakes, some are maintained by the BBMP, some by the BDA, others by the forest department or the Karnataka Lake Conservat...
- Permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes: StudyA regime shift in lake ice is leading to permafrost thawing below shallow Arctic lakes as a result of changing winter climate, a new study ...
- Devarabisanahalli Lakebed under threat, says IIScThe capacity of the 13.7-acre lake located near Intel and Adarsh Palm Retreat in Bellandur has dropped to 48,863 cubic metres from the orig...
- Garbage disposal suffers; metro work creating traffic snarls in BengaluruEncroachment of the Sarakki lakebed and its surrounding areas, including footpaths, has thrown up many issues like improper garbage disposa...
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