In the early hours of 30 July 2025, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia near the Kamchatka Peninsula, becoming the sixth largest recorded earthquake since 1900. Simultaneously,
In a landmark discovery that reshapes our understanding of life in Earth’s most extreme environments, a team of international scientists has documented flourishing chemosynthesis-based ecosystems at record-breaking ocean depths. This comprehensive study,
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China has officially broken ground on the world’s most ambitious hydropower project — a massive dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, with a projected power capacity of 60,000 megawatts, triple
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Thirty years have passed since the first Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Berlin (Germany). Since then, successive agreements, targets,
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U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin is exploring partnerships with undersea mining companies to exploit its long-held seabed licences in the eastern Pacific, as the race to secure critical minerals intensifies globally. The
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With the UN Ocean Conference set to take place next month in Nice, France, world leaders are being called upon to seize a rare and urgent opportunity to accelerate progress on ocean
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An extreme heatwave that struck Central Asia last month was at least 4°C hotter due to the ongoing climate crisis, with researchers warning that temperatures could have been up to 10°C warmer
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Considering the increasing instances of waste dumping and the ongoing deaths and injuries caused by reckless driving—particularly by bus drivers—one cannot help but feel that the much-publicised Clean Sri Lanka initiative has
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In the world of birds, mating is more than just reproduction—it is a spectacular display of beauty, endurance, and evolutionary strategy. As detailed in The Nature, science writer Matt Ridley’s book Birds,
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Amidst the devastating tragedy of an earthquake will the Myanmar military and the resistance reconcile? On 28 March, at approximately 12:51 pm local time, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck about 21 kilometres northeast
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An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the coast of eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels on fire and prompting a large-scale rescue effort, emergency services reported. The incident
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