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Bratten, Switzerland: Landslide Devastation in May 2025 Alexandre Agrusti/AFP via Getty Images In May 2025, the picturesque village of Bratten in the Swiss Alps was tragically…
Numerous levees have collapsed, over a dozen highways have been shut down, and one fatality has been reported in Washington state as an atmospheric river storm…
According to a recent study, severe and long-lasting river droughts, lasting over 85 years each, impacted the Indus basin from 4,400 to 3,400 years ago. This…
Indus Valley Civilization ruins in Moenjodaro, Pakistan Sergey-73/Shutterstock A changing climate and intense droughts significantly impacted the Indus Valley Civilization, a remarkable urban society that thrived…
What portion of the ocean is made up of whale urine? Contrary to popular belief, the salinity of the ocean is not due to whale pee.…
Kiel Starmer is seen as a manifestation of Prime Minister’s “Reverse Midas Touch,” with overall support for digital IDs plummeting following his announcement about implementation plans.…
Do Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies that were responsible for an estimated $400 billion loss in 2022 and caused significant market turbulence, pleaded…
The Birch Glacier triggered an avalanche of ice, snow, water, and rocks as its edge collapsed. Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Many glaciers in the Swiss Alps separated from…
The company acknowledges that X’s revenue and profits plummeted in the UK when Elon Musk took over the social media platform. A decrease in ad spending…
Iceberg calving from a Greenland glacier can carry rocks to distant coasts Professor Ross Mitchell The rocks transported by icebergs from Greenland to Iceland add to…
Four years after the radio telescope at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory collapsed. Report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sheds light on the…
Overview A recent report has highlighted the concerning state of Earth’s snow and ice, indicating that various key climate tipping points are more likely to be…
The frozen River Thames is being hit by cold winds, the Mersey docks are blocked by ice floes, and crops are failing in the UK. Meanwhile,…
The basic idea of a warp drive is that rather than directly exceeding the speed of light in a local frame of reference, a “warp bubble”…
The partial dam failure occurred after three days of heavy rainfall that caused the Minnesota River to reach its third-highest flood level since at least 1881.…
The people of Easter Island built hundreds of monolithic statues called Moai. Stephanie Morcinek via Unsplash The widely held claim that the ancient people of Easter…
A former director of Blockchain Global, an Australian cryptocurrency company that went bankrupt and owed creditors $58 million, has been banned from leaving the country. The…
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature warns that wildfires, deforestation, and global warming could permanently disrupt the water cycle in parts of the Amazon…
Ocean currents flowing from the tropics to the North Atlantic have a major influence on Europe's climate.jens carsten roseman As the planet warms, is there a…