Scientists discovered a previously unknown fragment of an ancient continent in the Chidliak Kimberlite Province in southern parts of Baffin Island. Baffin Island Baffin Island is a part...
A recent study revealed that the North Atlantic Craton, an ancient continent fragment, was 10% more expansive than previously thought. Craton Cratons are parts of the continental crust...
A state legislative assembly member of Jharkhand recently called for declaration of mica flakes collected from forests as a ‘forest produce’. About Mica Mica is a group of...
Environmental organisations from Central and Eastern Europe wrote to the European Union calling for the halting of the Danube Oder Elbe Canal project. About the Project The Danube...
Located in the Paracel Islands of the South China Sea, the Yongle Blue Hole is officially recognized as the deepest known underwater sinkhole on Earth. Locally referred to...
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a renowned Prussian naturalist, explorer, geographer, and polymath whose scientific investigations laid the foundations of modern disciplines such as biogeography,...
Aragonite is a crystalline form of calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) that occurs naturally in a wide range of geological and biological environments. It is one of the three common...
The Bab al-Mandab Strait is a narrow waterway situated between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and...
Cabo Verde, officially known as the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island nation situated in the central Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. It is...
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the Earth’s five oceanic divisions, covering approximately 85,133,000 km² (32,870,000 sq mi), which represents about 17% of Earth’s total surface and...
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a vast submarine mountain range that extends down the centre of the Atlantic Ocean, running roughly north–south for about 16,000 kilometres. It is one...
The Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean and one of the most prominent geological features of the Caribbean region. Located to the north...
