Six million years ago, massive erosion of the Alps mountains occurred by a sudden drop in the level of the Mediterranean Sea, a team led by Sean Willett, a University of Washington geologist discovered.
With erosion more or less keeping pace with the.
Climate change led to Alps erosion 6 million years ago! Read More »
The ice storms that may lush the planet in future, may largely damage, especially, the commercially important loblolly pine trees. And, this may lead to a huge economic loss. But, what is the solution against the loss? — increased levels of carbon…
� A child needs 6000-10,000 disposable diapers prior to toilet training. Soiled diapers are usually tosses into household, hospital or roadside garbage.
* In the US alone, 18 billion diapers end up in landfills every year, adding 5 million…
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Do you know, the Arctic was extremely warm, unusually wet and ice-free 55 million years ago?! This is found by the ocean-floor sediment cores’ new analysis, which was collected near the North Pole. This finding bolsters the prediction that massive…
Arctic was warm, wet and ice-free 55 million years ago! Read More »
The ‘Corpse Flower’ bloomed at the Virginia Tech greenhouse. People who don’t know much about the flower must be frowning at the word — Corpse – used to define the flower! This large Indonesian plant is powerfully malodorous.
The plant emits a…
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An earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu with magnitude 6.7 today, according to the US Geological Survey. Centered deep below the earth’s crust, the quake was registered 75km (45 miles) from the country’s largest island at 0918 (2218GMT…
Does the Pacific quake hitting near Vanuatu risks a tsunami?! Read More »
The flash flooding caused by the burst of the Dechatu river that swept through an eastern Ethiopian town over the weekend has killed nearly 200 people, with 300 others still missing, according to police source.
On Saturday, the river burst flooded…
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Floods in many parts of the Indian state Maharashtra have killed over 20 people, over the past three days. It has forced over 20,000 people to evacuate. On Sunday evening alone, 10 people were swept away in the floods. Though the loss to property has…
Indian state floods killed 20, evacuating 20,000! Read More »
Scientists has for long, blamed global warming fort he increasing rate of glacier melting. But, do you know that the Earth’s crust flexes inward slightly when glaciers gets heavy, and springs back with their disappearance?
Based on these phenomena,…
Global warming growing mountains taller Read More »
When the world has focused its attention on the hundreds of people died and still dying in the 3-week-old conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the battle of power is quietly driving the surrounding towards disaster – perhaps a point of no…
Lebanon Battle may take environmental disaster to a point of no-return! Read More »