China experiences severe floods every year, causing death and destruction. However, over the years, the impact of flooding has exacerbated with climate change and rapid urban expansion. Heavy torrential rains in the past couple of days have caused deadly floods in China. A video of
The more and more we look into the future of the planet, the grimmer it gets. Climate change, human impact and other factors are pushing the planet toward an ultimate crisis. Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization (WMO) recently predicted that extreme weather events and natural disasters
Gold mining in the Amazon rainforest has always been a huge environmental issue. Earlier this year, NASA captured a photo of gold mining which appeared as if rivers of gold were running through the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Given the vulnerable state of this biodiversity-rich rainforest,
Veganism has gained immense popularity in the past few years. Vegan options for a green lifestyle have attracted plenty of people and many firms are trying to invent more such options. After realizing the impact of livestock farming, a French couple decided to establish the
With dramatic changes in temperatures in the past month, the entire of North America has been going through a destructive series of wildfires. In the US state of Oregon, the country’s largest active wildfire, the Bootleg Fire has burned through over 340,000 acres of forests
The oceans have been left a bit unexplored – compared to the surface of Mars and the moon! If the water is drained from the oceans, it would reveal the mostly unknown volcanic landscape that sustains beneath the ocean water. In fact, the majority of
The world experiences damaging flooding every year during the monsoon season. This year too, at least 190 people have died, while hundreds more remain missing after catastrophic flooding hit a large part of Western Europe. Tens of thousands of people are unable to return to
High-tide flooding is a phenomenon quite often experienced by the inhabitants of many cities on the US Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Also known as nuisance floods or sunny day floods, high-tide floods are likely to increase in the US by mid-2030s, partially due to a
With the arrival of the monsoon, the ecologically unstable Himalayan region witnesses many natural calamities. More recently, a cloudburst in Bhagsu Nag area of Himachal Pradesh’s Dharamshala instigated a flash flood, causing massive destruction. Several videos have been making rounds on social media, where vehicles
It is no news that changing climatic patterns have been affecting every nook and cranny on the planet. Ice caps are melting, wildfires are devouring forests and natural wonders are being threatened by this phenomenon. Rising sea levels and more dramatic weather events amid climate