Ten Nile crocodiles have hatched without artificial incubation. (Representative Image: @StAugGatorFarm) Ten Nile crocodiles have hatched entirely under natural conditions at a wildlife park in southeastern France for the first time, without any human intervention or artificial incubation, after prolonged summer heat kept their nest warm enough for the eggs to develop.The hatchlings emerged at…
(Representative image) DR’s technical monitoring metrics will enable countries to assess their capacity to anticipate, prepare for and adapt to drought (Photo: Reuters). NEW DELHI: Amid reports that three out of four people worldwide could face drought by 2050, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) during its 17th conference (COP17) on Wednesday took…
SpaceX has officially announced Starbase, a new $100+ billion spaceport in South Louisiana near Pecan Island. (Photo: @SawyerMerritt) SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion, 125,000-acre (50,585-hectare) Starship launch complex on Pecan Island in US’ southern Louisiana, an area that serves as protected habitat for dozens of migratory bird species and whose receding wetlands help…
(Representative image) The Typhoon is expected to hit the northern part of Taiwan by Friday (Photo: Reuters) Taiwan is experiencing torrential rains on Monday as it braces for Typhoon Saudel which is expected to hit the northern part of the island later this week.According to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration, the typhoon is currently moving towards…
Wildfires sweep Europe, exposing deadly legacy of buried wartime explosives. Photo credit: AP Europe’s intensifying summer wildfires are exposing a danger that has survived generations: unexploded bombs, mines and other wartime munitions buried beneath forests and former battlefields. Heat and drought are now increasing the risk of these buried weapons exploding.Blasts linked to old munitions…
China issues red alert as Typhoon Dolphin approaches. (Photo: ANI) More than a million people were evacuated across eastern China, including Shanghai, after Typhoon Dolphin made landfall on Sunday, bringing transport services across the region to a halt and raising fears of flooding and landslides.Dolphin first struck Yuhuan in Zhejiang province at 5.30pm local time,…
From ash to wildflowers: two decades of controlled burns on one Kansas prairie (representative image). Image Credits: ChatGPT When Mike Moddrell purchased 320 acres of land in southwest Douglas County, Kansas, in 2002, the land was tired. In the years of neglect, weeds and cedar trees had invaded the land. More than two decades later,…
Extremes of heat, drought and rainfall can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose) PUNE: India is witnessing a clear and worsening rise in extreme weather conditions, with scorching heatwaves, deepening droughts and sudden burst of heavy rain becoming increasingly common, a new study has shown.Conducted by scientists from the National Centre for Medium…
An EU-backed project under the Western Balkans Investment Framework is working to remove 21 of the most dangerous wrecks Europe’s prolonged summer heatwave has driven water levels in the Danube River to unusually low levels, revealing dozens of German warships that were deliberately sunk by retreating Nazi forces during the Second World War.Near the Serbian…
New Delhi: Several parts of Lutyens’ Delhi were inundated Monday. In Connaught Place’s Outer Circle, rainwater entered many shops, including those in G Block near Panchkuian Road. Eateries in Municipal Market, like Kake Da Hotel near M and L Blocks, were also waterlogged.Sharing videos of an inundated Janpath Market, traders alleged the situation didn’t change…
