The total death toll due to a massive avalanche in the Chamoli district near the Indo-China border has now reached 13, officials said on Monday. Ten bodies were recovered on April 24 while one more dead body was recovered on April 25. Two more dead
After graphic footage of animal cruelty in a facility surfaced, the regional Spanish Authorities were prompted to place a ban on all animal testing in Spanish lab, Vivotechnia. Established in 2000, Vivotechnia is a contract testing facility located in Madrid, Spain, which conducts product safety
Following in the footsteps of Nagaland, another North-Eastern state, Arunachal Pradesh, has initiated a campaign to protect the wildlife and forests. Though the state’s tribal population has a long history of hunting wild animals for survival, the state government is determined to save the wildlife.
It is widely known that global warming has profound impacts on oceans and contributes to sea-level rise. Recently, a study used satellite imagery to confirm the strengthening of ocean eddies that could devastatingly disrupt the oceans’ CO2 absorption capability. Scientists used three decades of data
Once an enormous Antarctic iceberg, the infamous A68 iceberg melts away into the Atlantic Ocean after nearly four years of journey. Dubbed the world’s largest iceberg, the iceberg was headed to the South Atlantic island oasis, threatening life there, after it broke off from Antarctica’s
While the world is trying to protect threatened wildlife species, the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard is being hunted by poachers in Pakistan. In a shocking incident, few hunters in Pakistan shot two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) and later got themselves photographed while holding the
Climate change and warmer temperatures have given this world a new hybrid species of bear known as pizzly bear. The bear is a cross between polar bears and grizzly bears. They are better suited for warmer temperatures and are more resilient to climate change. Climate
The World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast on the English Channel coast of southern England has suffered a huge rockfall that covered the beach with gigantic boulders. Recently, a large section of Dorset’s Jurassic Coast cliff collapsed into the sea in one of the
Google Earth has recently released the Timelapse feature that exhibits the horrific changes upon earth, brought by various anthropological activities in the past four decades. Using millions of satellite images from the past 37 years, the feature allows people to scroll through time to see
China’s plan to build a mega hydroelectric dam in Tibet has sent shock waves to the environmentalists and its neighbor India alike. The projected dam to be made on Yarlung Tsangpo River is expected to produce around 300 billion kilowatts of electricity. Its capacity is