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Survey on plastic pollution

A comprehensive survey on plastic pollution has been conducted by marine scientists on the Australian external territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Around 600 people live in these remote...

May 17, 2019

Nepal launchs 45-day ‘Mt Everest Cleaning Campaign’

The Government of Nepal has launched an ambitious 45-day ‘Everest Cleaning Campaign’ to bring back tonnes of trash from Mt. Everest from 14th April 2019. The campaign is...

April 30, 2019

Rama Sengupta Paul Veteran lady mountaineer passes away

Rama Sengupta Paul (66), the Veteran lady mountaineer, has passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal. She led the first successful all-women expedition to Kedarnath Dome in Garhwal Himalaya...

April 27, 2019

Oil-Eating microbes discovered in Mariana Trench

UK researchers have discovered a type of bacteria that has the ability to eat compounds that are similar to those found in oil at the bottom of the...

April 19, 2019

Nepal expedition to remeasure the height of Mount Everest

Nepal’s Survey Department has commissioned a team of surveyors climbers to remeasure the height of Mount Everest to quash persistent speculation that the world’s tallest mountain has shrunk....

April 11, 2019

Nepal sends a team of experts to re-measure height of Mount Everest

The Nepal government has recently sent a 4-member team of experts to re-measure the height of Mount Everest. Chief Survey Officer Khim Lal Gautam and Survey Officer Rabin...

April 11, 2019

Alaska temperature to increase 40 degrees above normal

The NOAA stated that march 2019 for Alaska will be ranked the warmest once again for the 29th time since 2013. It is not only March, many more...

March 30, 2019

Tourist taking photo in Grand Canyon dead

A tourist who was taking pictures fell over the Grand Canyon on Thursday. The man was in his 50s and was from Hong Kong. He was standing at...

March 29, 2019

Australia discovers a network of lakes beneath Totten glacier in East Antarctica

The researchers from Australian Antarctic Program have discovered a network of lakes lying under the ice during their 160-day expedition to the Totten Glacier, the largest in eastern...

March 28, 2019

Doomsday vault warming faster than the other

Doomsday vault is a global seed reserve. With 4 months of daylight and 4 months of darkness, the place is the favourable to reserve seeds in case of...

March 27, 2019

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