'Lost Kingdom' Under 1815 Volcano Eruption Uncovered

It was in 1815, the island of Sumbawa in the East Indies blasted witnessing the most violent volcanic eruptions in history. Known as the "year without a summer", 1816 saw a global cooling caused by sulfurous gases and fiery ashes from Mount Tambora....

Blame Europe's Chill for the Great Plague Mass Death

14th Century Black Death plague may have triggered Europe's "Little Ice Age". And the Bubonic plague may have wiped out over a third of Europe's population, a new study suggests. According to BBC, the Great Plague skeletons were discovered from...

Bill to Ban Using Toxins in Cell Phones, iPods

Hazardous materials are used for making cell phones, iPods and other electronic devices. And California, concerned with the effects, would require manufacturers to phase out the use of these under a bill introduced by a state lawmaker. Assembly Member...

Baltic States Attune Nuclear Plant in Lithuania

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia - the three Baltic States have signed an agreement to build a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania. The Lithuanian, Estonian and Latvian state-owned energy companies each wants to take an equal share in the project, the...

Ancient Sun Temple Excavated in Cairo

Surprisingly, all these were dug out from under an outdoor marketplace in Cairo, Egypt. It is a pharaonic sun temple with large statues believed to be of King Ramses II. Egypt's antiquities chief informed this on Sunday. The site has been partially...

Digging Glaciers to Extract Gold: Money Defines Environment Concerns

Here is another dilemma between economy and environment. The world's largest gold mining company, Barrick Gold Corp. of Canada planned to relocate three huge ice fields or glaciers to dig for gold high up on the spine of the Andes Mountains. It is...

Africa's Lions May Disappear In Just a Decade! Study

It is only in the next decade, we may no longer witness lions in Africa. Yes, it's a story for just a decade to go, and the lion population could die out. Something needs to be done to save the estimated 30,000 animals. A South African newspaper has...

River Rio Grande Disappearing Dramatically

One of the world's great rivers -- the Rio Grande is today reduced to a feeble trickle. It only seems to be awaiting its disappearance from the world map?! It is being said the land, next to the Rio Grande in Texas, has probably been continuously...

Bird Flu: It's Hard Time for Chicken Lovers

Ancient Climates Clue Found in Fossil Wood

When dinosaurs dominated, the Earth was not overcome by a greenhouse period, but experienced rapid fluctuations in temperature and sea level change that resulted in a balance of the global carbon cycle, new research into a missing link in climatology...