The “catastrophic” Category 4 hurricane, Laura struck the coast of Louisiana on Thursday, with extreme winds causing flash floods in the US state, the country’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The hurricane is expected to cause an “unsurvivable” storm surge as it
Every year, over 5,000 tonnes of extraterrestrial dust fall to Earth each year, scientists have determined. Our home planet encounters dust from comets and asteroids. These interplanetary dust particles pass through our atmosphere and give rise to shooting stars. Some of them
As climate change is making temperatures soar, more than a third of the Antarctic’s ice shelf could be at risk of collapsing into the sea, and causing global sea-levels to rise, new research has shown. The study, led by a researcher at
Sudan reiterated the need to change the approach to negotiations regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river after 200 “ineffective” days of talks in the previous rounds. “The previous rounds, under the patronage of the African Union chaired
At least 128 people were killed and 72 others remain unaccounted for due to floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in the Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said on Tuesday. The National Disaster Management Agency’s
Conservation scientists at the UK’s Chester Zoo have unveiled a plan to save the world’s rarest species from extinction. Conservationists at the zoo have identified six key targets, including options for future conservation for an additional 150 species, halting or reversing the
Illegal wildlife trade on social media networks is thriving, with wild animals sometimes sold as “lockdown pets”, despite Covid-19 restrictions and the risk of animal to human disease transmission, says a study of advertisements on Facebook. The research published in the journal
