Just one hour at the shore of Lake Karachay would be enough to kill. The radioactive lake, located in the southern Ural ...

This city was built around a former prison where thousand of people died, and the life expectancy is 10 years lower than the ...

Norilsk is said to be the coldest inhabited city on the face of the earth, and has been historically quite prosperous due to ...

Although Chernobyl is the most well known, there are a host of other radioactive places in the world in countries including ...

fell into the top 10 most polluted places in the country. On Friday, Rajgir, with an AQI of 313, was the most polluted city and the only one in the ‘very poor' category in the country.

Some phenomena on Earth are so baffling that even scientists struggle to explain them. In 2000, two miners unexpectedly discovered the Cave of Crystals. What remains a mystery is the extraordinary ...

When you think of the United States, perhaps things like baseball, McDonald’s, the New York Times Square, or the Grand Canyon ...

About 99% of Earth is uninhabitable; in deep underground places with high pressure and ... creating an environment hostile to most life forms. It raises interesting questions and perhaps poses ...

There are many rivers on earth. According to various sources, their number ranges from 2.5 to 4 billion. Throughout the history of mankind, rivers have been a source of life and prosperity, but the ...

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Once a tranquil fishing community, Tanjung Uma is now ground zero for Indonesia’s pollution crisis – a place where unchecked development, environmental degradation and government neglect collide.