Tag Archives: Geography
Shanghai Uses Satellites to keep Track of Manhole Covers
Authorities in Shanghai take drastic measures to get a grip on the manhole cover problem the city is facing since years. Every year thousands of the 6.5 million manhole covers in Shanghai are stolen....
Central Asia Glaciers Will Melt by 2050
Glaciers worldwide are shrinking faster than ever before. According to a new research, one of the longest mountain range in Central Asia Tian Shan could disappear by 2050.The Celestial mountains have...
New Centipede From Hell Discovered
An international team of scientists has discovered the deepest underground dwelling centipede. The animal was found by members of the Croatian Biospeleological Society in three caves in Velebit Mts,...
Researchers Say American Wilderness Needs Buffer Zones
As the United States population grows, wilderness and designated national regions face encroachment. What happens when humans push against the naturally established wilderness? Destruction of habitat...
Greenland Glacial Lakes Disappearance Mystery Solved
Last year scientists were left confounded when a meltwater lake in Greenland atop an ice sheet suddenly drained. A team of researchers from US claim they have figured out the phenomenon behind...
Early Humans Left Africa through Egypt to Reach Europe
While the roots of humanity lie in Africa, the exact routes followed by early man out of the Dark Continent remain a mystery. Two beelines leading through Egypt and Sinai as well as Bab el Mandeb to...
430,000 Old Murder Case Discovered
Scientists discover a murder that could be the oldest crime we know of today. Lethal wounds identified on a human skull in the Sima de los Huesos, Spain, may indicate one of the first cases of murder...
New 7.4 Earthquake hits Nepal
Reports hit the wire that Nepal has been hit by another big earthquake today. The epicenter of the 7.3 earthquake is near Kodari and close to Mount Everest according to USGS. The time of the quake...
NASA Satellite shows Tons of Sahara Dust fertilize the Amazon Rainforest
It may seem at first sight as though the hot and barren sands of the Sahara Desert are a far cry from the humid and lush tropical rain forest that is the Amazon jungle. Yet, believe it or not, there...