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California's coastal sand dunes are becoming history, and the first-ever map shows how 165 years of development and erosion have shrunk a natural shield against storms and rising seasCalifornia's iconic beaches are losing their natural sand dune protectors, with over half disappearing since the Gold Rush due to developme...- Quote of the Day by Florence Nightingale: 'Rather, ten times, die in the surf, heralding...'- The 'Lady with the Lamp's' powerful words about courage still inspire the world todayFlorence Nightingale, a pioneering nurse and statistician, transformed healthcare. She gained fame as the 'Lady with the Lamp' during the C...
- Quote of the Day by William Wordsworth: 'The mind of man is a thousand times more…'-Top quotes by one of the founders of English RomanticismWilliam Wordsworth, a key figure of English Romanticism, believed the human mind's capacity for imagination and emotion far surpasses the b...
- In 1850, islanders clearing storm-stripped dunes on Orkney uncovered buried stone homes that revealed one of Europe’s best-preserved Neolithic villagesA prehistoric village, Skara Brae, lay hidden for thousands of years under Orkney's sand dunes. A powerful storm in 1850 uncovered this anc...
- Planet trapped record heat in 2025: United NationsThe amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands o...
- India recorded over 3.2 crore disaster displacements in a decade: IDMCA recent report reveals India faced significant internal displacement. Disasters caused 32.3 million people to move between 2015 and 2024. ...
- 2024 becomes warmest year on record, 1st to breach 1.5 deg C guardrailIn 2024, global temperatures reached a record high, averaging 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The year saw extreme heatwav...
- China reports warmest autumn since records beganChina recorded its warmest autumn since 1961, with average temperatures 1.5 degrees Celsius above normal. This follows the country's hottes...
- Giant ghost lake re-emerges after 130 years in California, drowning thousands of acres of farmland; here's how that happenedIn a recent development it has been known that the giant ghost lake which was once found in California has again reemerged after more than ...
- COP29: What is the latest science on climate change?Scientists warn that the world may have already surpassed the critical 1.5°C warming threshold, pushing past a point of irreversible climat...
- The great climate change wealth transfer is hereSigns of a turning point in humanity’s fossil fuel addiction are everywhere, from evidence that China’s emissions are peaking this year, to...
- China expects searing heat, more weather extremes in 2024This year has seen China lurch from some of its hottest temperatures logged since 1850 to a harsh cold snap that froze many parts of the co...
- India saw extreme weather events almost every day in first 9 months this year: ReportIn northwest India, Uttar Pradesh had the most extreme weather days at 113. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan w...
- This year 'virtually certain' to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists sayThis year is "virtually certain" to be the warmest in 125,000 years, European Union scientists said on Wednesday, after data showed last mo...
- This year 'virtually certain' to be warmest in 125,000 years, EU scientists sayLast month smashed through the previous October temperature record, from 2019, by a massive margin, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Serv...
- Cyclone Amphan of 2020 resulted in $14 bn economic losses in India: UN reportThe 'State of the Global Climate 2020' report, released on Monday, said that extreme weather combined with COVID-19 dealt a double blow for...
- UN forecasts even warmer temperatures over next 5 yearsThe annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least one degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels in each of the next five years, ...
- 2018 sixth-warmest year in India, says IMDIMD said annual mean surface air temperature (averaged over the country) during the year was 0.41 degree Celsius above (1981-2010) average....
- Hurricane Matthew is a $15 billion threat headed to FloridaThe eye of Matthew is moving near the central Bahamas with maximum winds at 115 miles (185-kilometers) per hour and is expected to intensif...
- 2013 one of warmest years on record: World Meteorological OrganizationThe first nine months, January to September, tied with 2003 as the seventh warmest such period on record, with a global land and ocean surf...
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