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Established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly, the World Environment Day (WED) is hosted every year by a different city. It is commemorated with a week-long international exposition of June 5. The UN uses the day as a platform to stimulate.

When the world is burning with environment concerns and researchers and various agencies are busy spotting and predicting the environmental disasters and various after-effects, the United Nations Refugee Agency – UNHCR, is arranging to help internally.

These are the largest known crystals on earth! These magnificent crystals were formed in a natural cave that is totally enclosed in bedrock. Appearing to be a Land of the Giants, these crystals are found deep inside a southern Chihuahua Mexico mine….

The devastation caused by the 6.3 magnitude quake, hitting the ancient city of Yogyakarta, needs at least six-month relief operation to gather up themselves and reassemble their homes. Thinking on these lines, the United Nations has planned a six-month.

Water quality is deteriorating across the world, with some areas crating havoc on the habitats. Industrial development, holite towards the environment is to be blamed for this. Contaminated water system in Faisalabad, an eastern Pakistani city has…

Air quality at Yellowstone National Park is worsening. Accoding to a new study by the National Park Service, air quality in four of six categories has deteriorated. Ground-level ozone is one pollutant, which is on the rise in Yellowstone. This toxic…

More than one billion people in more than 100 countries are threatened as desertification and land degradation is endangering their livelihood. With this phenomenon rising, the U.N. also estimates an annual economic loss of $6.5 billion.

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Ancient figs dating between 11,200 and 11,400 years old have been discovered in the Jordan Valley. This finding in an archaeological site there may reveal one of the earliest forms of agriculture, according to scientists. Scientists can come to this…

Politics has always been a major factor in decidng the development of a region. Similarly, a tug-of-war arises between environment and defence — more than a dozen wind farms are been ordered to stop from whirling by the U.S. government….

New Orleans is sinking! – and it’s sinking faster than previously thought. According to a new research, parts of the city are sinking from before Hurricane Katrina hit it last August. This is one of the major reasons about why some levees were easily…