Although Niagara Falls is currently the most famous waterfall of the world, but the Boyoma Falls, formerly known as the Stanley Falls, found along the Zaire River in Africa is considered the biggest waterfall in terms of volume. By measuring the volume of the waterfall by the amount of water flowing down … Read more
The people of Japan are still reeling under the havoc wrought by the earthquake and the resultant tsunami that struck on March 11, 2011. Live coverage of Nature’s fury by the news media acquainted the people living far away from Japan with the true dimensions of this double tragedy. According to the … Read more
There are a few reliable phenomena in the world. The Sun rises to the east and sets to the west. The stars come out at night. And the tides regularly rise and fall. Tides are long-period waves that move through the oceans in response to the forces exerted by the Moon. Tides … Read more
Whether you’re sitting in your class or standing in the middle of a park, there is a massive weight right above your head, even though you do not feel it. And, while it may seem weightless, it’s far being so. This is atmospheric pressure, or air, as we know it. Composed of … Read more
The earthquake and tsunami of 2011 in Japan would always ring a bell as one of the extensive natural disasters that occurred in history. Also regarded as the Great Tōhoku Earthquake or the Great Sendai Earthquake, several catastrophic events brought by the force of nature struck northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. … Read more
On July 22, 2019, a suspected meteorite nearly the size of a football landed on a rice field in Mahadeva Village in northern Bihar, India. The light-brown colored rock, which weighed about 13 kilograms, startled the Indian farmers and sent them fleeing from the field. The rock created a hole around five-foot … Read more
The Himalayas stretching across the northeastern part of India covers approximately 1,500 mi (2,400 km) and passes through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Bhutan, and Nepal. Three parallel ranges comprise the Himalayan Range, often referred to as the Greater Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the Outer Himalayas. It has over fifty mountains exceeding … Read more
Most people assume that the names of the given seas pertain to the colors of the bodies water during specific periods of the year. While these theories may be correct, there are other hypotheses why the Yellow Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, and the White Sea were assigned peculiar names. Yellow Sea … Read more