As sea levels climb and weather grows more extreme, coastal regions everywhere are facing a creeping threat: salt. Salinization of freshwater and soils adversely affects 500 million people around the ...

Climate is a description of the average weather conditions in a certain place for the past 30 or so years. Different areas of the world have different climates. We call these climate zones.

Biomes are areas of the planet with a similar climate and landscape, where similar animals and plants live. Some of the world’s main ... is meant to be. After all that monkey-ing around, I ...

There wasn’t much novelty in this year’s Polity section, with UPSC largely sticking to its traditional playbook—though not without its trademark mind games. The number of questions dipped to around 12 ...

UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise ... These are examples of extratropical cyclones caused by low-pressure zones created by the interplay of polar and tropical winds. Western ...

The world seems to have avoided truly catastrophic climate scenarios, and global emissions may be about to peak. But we’re by ...

In a new analysis, the World Meteorological Organization has predicted that global average warming will remain above 1.5°C ...

After being declared extinct in 1996, the Monte Gordo grasshopper has been rediscovered in Cape Verde's highlands. Dutch ...

A mountain of scientific research has shown that climate change is ... of over 1.5 percent of all summertime deaths—roughly 60 percent more. If extended world-wide, that would mean more than ...

Afghanistan has experienced a series of earthquakes, with a 4.2 magnitude tremor striking early Sunday, the fifth in just over a week. While assessments are ongoing, no immediate reports of ...