Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghubir Singh Garia Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 22/04/2025. The matter related to illegal mining of soap stone in village Papon, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The complainant, a resident of the village said that illegal mining of soap stone …
The Arabian geological plate, the land mass that is now Saudi Arabia and Yemen, is struggling to break free and drift north of the fixed Nubia and Somalia plates, which also hold Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti, scientists say. The tectonic battle has raged for 30 milion years, according to Isabelle …
Scientists are winning a battle to end the ancient terror of a killer volcano's blasting unexpectedly to life, and the eruption of Mount Usu is proof. When the volcano shot superheated steam and ash into the air, the small towns and villages at its base were largely empty. Scientists like …
the Earth has already witnessed the warmest era some 14.5-17 million years ago during the Miocene period. Referred to as the "Miocene Climate Optimum", it is regarded as the warmest era in the last 35 million years. Fossil evidence suggests that the mid-latitude temperatures were as much as 6 degree …
A series of background briefings on the upcoming Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, designed to map up to 80% of the Earth's populated surface in 11 days, will be held on Jan 21. The mission designated STS-99, also is designed to produce unrivaled three-dimensional images of the world.
India has joined an international programme aimed at helping scientists, teachers and students to study and research the dynamics of the earth's environment.The programme called 'Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE)'is expected to particularly help students in enhancing their awareness of the environment and provide opportunities to …
This year's strong earthquakes in Turkey, Taiwan and Southern California were the most monitored in history, but months later scientists are just beginning to understand the data. A record number of instruments on the ground and in space analyzed every quiver of the ground before, during and after the earthquakes, …
The crustal movements of Miyakejima island (Japan) have accelerated since a large-scale eruption of Mt. Oyama on Aug. 18, the Construction Ministry's Geographical Survey Institute said Thursday. The Coordinating Committee for the Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions on Thursday afternoon examined data obtained by the institute to analyze whether the acceleration …
Astronomer Yoshio Kushida believes he will receive forewarning should a major earthquake hit. "The signs of all major earthquakes that have occurred could have been observed," Kushida said in a recent interview at his private observatory in Yamanashi Prefecture. He was recording radio echoes in the very-high-frequency band to observe …
New detailed images of the bottom of Crater Lake in Oregon, US, are giving scientists a new look ag a previously hidden place. Crater Lake, with a depth of 608 metres, is the deepest in the US and it was formed 7,700 years ago when a volcano collapsed and the …
The Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan said Thursday it has developed technology to analyze the heat island phenomenon accurately to a degree that closely reflects how people feel heat. Conventional methods can only measure the thermometric distribution in the air. The new system can predict how people …
Quake-prone Delhi that is lying in India's second-most seismic hazard zone and currently experiencing mild seismicity is least prepared to cope with an earthquake or any other disaster like floods or fires, warn experts.
There is bad news for Bhavnagar residents. The coastal town could be situated on a seismologically active fault line extending from Bhavnagar to Kodinar which has been causing numerous tremors over the last month and a half. Scientists of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad, who camped in …
A US electromagnetics expert believes that microwave radiation could prevent the formation of tornadoes. Ben Eastlund, a former head of nuclear fusion research for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, intends to prove that man really can play god with earth's natural disasters, by fighting off the feared phenomenon, possibly with …
Hyderabad has been pinpointed as having "high" vulnerability to earthquakes along with some of its peripheral area, such as Rajendranagar, Moinabad, Patancheru, Sangareddy, Shankarpalli, Serilingampalli, Ramachandrapuram, Medchal and Shamirpet and 95 other places spread all over the State.
some recent research into the link between the climate and tectonic activity within the Earth's bowels could have important implications for predicting climatic phenomena. This could be especially important for a country like India, which depends overwhelmingly on the monsoons. Climate modelling and prediction is traditionally based on understanding ocean-atmosphere …
it was during a geological field study in February that K Satyanarayana of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Regional Geology Laboratory came upon the fossils of a dinosaur in the Kuar Bet island in Kutch, the west coast of India, which is controlled by the Indian Army. It was …
The Richter scale , known for decades as the universal measure of earthquakes great and samll, is now considered outdated and no longer used by scientists among themselves, a leading seismologist has said. "Seismologists no longer talk about the richter scale when discussing the magnitudes of earthquakes," seismologist Lucy Jones …
for the residents of Izmit, Turkey, the nightmare began in the wee hours of August 17. As the entire nation was violently jolted awake by the century's most powerful earthquake, the town's oil refinery near Golcuk went up in flames
The hazards posed by the blazing oil refinery caused by Tuesday morning's earthquake in Izmit, Turkey, though reported to be under control, may have far-reaching and serious consequences. Six of the 30 storage tanks containing 700,000 tonnes of crude oil went up in a blaze. Some 12 hours later, the …
