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Eighteen new sites from around the world have got the prestigious UNESCO Global Geopark designation, which was announced the other day.

New York is sinking, and what makes its sink? A new study shows that the city’s skyscrapers are bringing it down. The new study that modelled the geology beneath the city compared to satellite data showed its footprint is collapsing into Earth.

Sea waters are rising alarmingly and in the last 30 years, sea rose by 9.1 centimetres, according to the assessment by NASA.

With about 40 per cent of the world's population living within 100 kilometres of the coast, UN agencies and experts call for...

More than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice have been lost in the Antarctic Region over a 25-year period, which shows the disaster ahead in the coming years, according to a new study.

Ice may still exist at shallow depths in Mars, which is yet again strengthened by revelation by scientists  through their discovery of a relict glacier near Mars' equator. The scientists made the announcement at the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held in The Woodlands, Texas.

From extreme floods to heat and drought, weather and climate-related disasters have affected millions and cost billions in 2022, according to the...

Most of the world was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, according to...

Economic losses from drought, floods and landslides have rocketed in Asia with the region suffering a total damage of 35.6 billion dollars,...

As the world leaders and stakeholders meet in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt for COP 27, a new report from the World Meteorological Organisation says...