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Breaking the global trend of rising waters in the sea, the Arctic sea level has been falling rapidly – it is by a little over 2mm a year! These data are gathered by radar altimeter of the European ERS-2 satellite. Congratulations to the Dutch-UK team…

Several wildfires across the rain-deprived Arizona have burned through more than 20,000 acres! The strong winds blowing there turned havoc as it was thwarting the efforts to battle these gourmand wildfires.

Forcing more than 100 homes to evacuate on..

How many of you have ever seen the Rare White Bengal Tiger? Universally ccepted to be a rare species, the ‘Big Cat Rescue’ website claim the Bengal tiger as a myth and an illusion created. But why? “It is a small part ethics and a large part…

These pictures are of a huge dust storm. It swept across the Arizona Valley Tuesday afternoon. This early evening dust storm followed thunderstorms that kicked up throughout the state driving strong winds out in front of them.

The huge wall of dust…

A crocodile has catapulted India’s state of Orissa to the list of Guinness Book of World Records. The Bhitarkanika National Park in Orissa’s Kendrapara district possesses the largest crocodile in the world. The estuarine crocodile is 23-feet long, as…

This year’s monsoon is creating havoc across the world, resulting from flash floods and mudslides. Following monsoon rains in India’s northeast, nearly 300 people got trapped on a train after the track was buried by mudslides. Authorities rescued…

Monsoon in China has triggered flash floods, tearing through a southwestern China province. In its course, it has already killed 19 people, and 31 went missing. The government reported on Tuesday.

The Monday night of the mountainous region of Guizhou..

Britain considered as one of the most studied and explored countries in the world have shown that it still preserve some of the undiscovered and unusual lives on Earth. Scientists here have discovered two new fly species, both in the Scottish mountains.

Polar bears turning to cannibalism! Yes. But how? Here again global warming is to be blamed. The polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean are becoming cannibals. This is because seasons without ice are getting longer. And this.

To add to the destruction of corals caused by humans, bacteria and algae join hands. A microbial mechanism is involved indirectly in the plundering process. In this mechanism, it is with the help of algae that bacteria kill coral, according to a study..