Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice is Coastal Flooding ‘Warning Bell’
Research suggests that the expansion of Antarctic sea ice heralds ocean changes that will hasten ice sheet melting, by trapping heat beneath a layer of cold surface water, worsening flooding around the world.
The Sand Thieves: World’s Beaches Become Victims of Construction Boom. It’s not Just Cape Verde.
Sand is becoming so scarce that stealing it has become an attractive business model. With residential towers rising ever higher and development continuing apace in Asia and Africa, demand for the finite resource is insatiable.
Typhoon Vongfong Slams Japan, Sprints Toward Tohoku
Typhoon Vongfong, the 19th of the season, is likely to blow through the Chubu and Kanto regions early Tuesday before heading out to sea from Tohoku. Eastern and northern Japan should expect more than 80 mm of rain fall per hour along the Pacific coast, where tornados, storm surges and violent waves would all pose dangers.
Cyclone Hudhud Live updates
Cyclone Hudhud pounded the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha with heavy rain and winds of almost 200 kmph on Sunday.