Massive 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits Russia

The earthquake, which was originally recorded at a magnitude of 7.0, struck 33 km deep off the coast in the Bering Sea.

Mar 29, 2017

Donald Trump signs executive order to roll back Barack Obama's climate change policies

The executive order directs the EPA to begin a formal "review" to roll back Obama's Clean Power Plan, under which states were mandated to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Mar 29, 2017

Cyclone Debbie batters coastal areas in Australia

Towns along the Queensland coast in Australia have been hit hard as Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Airlie Beach and Bowen at around 2am GMT on Tuesday (March 28). The Insurance Council of Australia has declared the cyclone a catastrophe as powerful gale-force winds and flooding prompted authorities to evacuate around 30,000 people.

Mar 28, 2017

UP meat sellers' strike: Is CM Yogi Adityanath claiming credit for executing 2015 NGT order?

The decision to ban mechanised slaughter houses in the state is contradictory to the policy of the Central Government, which has granted 'industry' status to them.

Mar 27, 2017

International Cloud Atlas officially recognises wave-like asperitas and 11 more clouds! [VIDEO]

The term "asperitas" stands for "rough-like" in Latin.

Mar 27, 2017

UP meat-sellers' strike: Crackdown on illegal, mechanised abattoirs affects livelihood of over 25 lakh people

The crackdown would also mean a massive loss of revenue for UP as well as starvation for carnivores in the state's zoological gardens.

Mar 27, 2017

This bizarre 'two-headed creature' has stunned the internet! [VIDEO]

This creature goes by the scientific name 'Deilephila elpenor', it is often found in woodlands, city gardens and the countryside.

Mar 27, 2017

Can a river flow uphill? If it's in Antarctica, it looks like it certainly can!

According to a 2015 study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, molecular cohesion and gravity seem to be involved in the process

Mar 27, 2017

Keystone XL Pipeline: Trump approves controversial US-Canada oil pipeline rejected by Obama in 2015

Keystone XL Pipeline will span nearly 1,200 miles across six US states, moving over 800,000 barrels of carbon-heavy petroleum daily from Canadian oil sands through Nebraska to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

Mar 24, 2017

Yellow fever is decimating Brazils monkeys

Yellow fever, a virus carried by mosquitoes and endemic to Africa and South America, has killed thousands of brown howler monkeys since late 2016 in Brazil. Scientists are now ready to census the monkeys that remain at a reserve near the city of Caratinga to see how they can be better protected.

Mar 23, 2017

Global water crisis in numbers

783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water worldwide but what else do we know about one of the worlds biggest crisis?

Mar 21, 2017

Indian Army rescues tourists stuck in blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh; Bulgarian woman falls to death

The Indian army has rescued 127 people including five foreign nationals from a blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mar 20, 2017

British cruise ship damages Indonesian coral reef

A British cruise ship ran aground and damaged a coral reef near the Raja Ampat island in western Indonesia on 4 March. The 4,290-tonne Caledonian Sky, owned by Noble Caledonia, caused more than 17,000 square feet of damage. The reef is one of the world’s most diverse marine environments.

Mar 15, 2017

Mysterious green ice spotted in Antarctica by NASA's Operational Land Imager!

A similar phenomenon was spotted by researchers off East Antarctica's Princess Astrid coast in 2012.

Mar 15, 2017

Andaman & Nicobar earthquake: Islands hit by 5.9 magnitude quake

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in Nicobar struck the Andaman & Nicobar islands; no causalities or loss of property were reported.

Mar 14, 2017