The glacial South Lhonak lake unleashed a devastating flood in northeastern India’s Sikkim region. It all started on Wednesday when the lake’s waters broke through a hydroelectric dam, causing immediate flash flooding.
Over 1,000 individuals have tragically lost their lives and hundreds are injured due to a severe earthquake in Morocco. This catastrophe is marked as the deadliest in over 60 years for the country.
Chinese citizens have demonstrated their displeasure towards Japan with acts such as rock throwing at schools, boycott threats, and hostile phone calls. This anger arises from Japan’s recent release of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. Although the majority of scientists agree that the impact will be minimal, China has publicly expressed strong opposition to the release.
In Mississippi, a team of four alligator hunters has shattered the state’s hunting record by capturing a reptile exceeding 800 pounds in weight and 14 feet in length.
A novel research has revealed a heartrending fact; a staggering number of adorable baby emperor penguins lost their lives in Antarctica last year due to the untimely breakup of sea ice. The British Antarctic Survey attributes the demise of these helpless creatures, who never had a fair chance at life, chiefly to climate change. Their…
Brazil’s highly respected space research hub, INPE, delivered a shocking revelation on a Wednesday – blatant disregard for environmental protection measures results in skyrocketing carbon emissions in the Amazon forest. The data presented showcases a notable increase in the years 2019 and 2020, largely in contrast to the rates witnessed in the preceding decade. The…
Things are getting wilder than usual in the animal kingdom! Believe it or not, chimps and gorillas have been living chill for many, many years. But back in February 2019, stuff got real in Gabon’s Loango National Park that left researchers from Osnabrück University and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany totally shook.
Last week, wildfires left a trail of destruction across the island of Maui, claiming at least 96 lives and causing damage worth over US$5.52 billion. This has raised urgent questions on the preparedness of scientists and Hawaii’s preventive measures against future disasters of this nature.
Landslides were largely caused by torrential rains, which along with continuous construction activities have, in past years, repeatedly caused fatal flash floods and landslides in India’s mountain regions. Similar incidents have also been reported in neighboring countries, Pakistan and Nepal.
A typhoon’s remnants have led to devastating floods in Hebei, a province in northern China, resulting in at least 29 fatalities and economic losses in the billions.
