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China-funded bridge to raze coral reef in southern Philippines: Report
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The 3.81-km four-lane Connector Bridge links Davao's third-largest city and tourist island. The bridge, projected to be completed in 2027, can accommodate up to 25,000 vehicles daily. It is also expected to reduce travel time between Samal and Davao City.
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Chhattisgarh man hoists 'Chhattisgarhiya Olympic flag' at Mount Friendship
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Chaman Lal Kose left Raipur for the expedition on November 10. He started his climb from the Advance Base Camp on November 15 at 10.10pm and scaled the peak, which towers at a height of 17,353 feet above sea level, at 3.40am on November 16.
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Nisha Kumari, an athlete from Vadodara to end the year by climbing Mt Ever
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], November 9 (ANI/PNN): Nisha Kumari, an athlete and adventurer from Vadodara, Gujarat, is set to climb Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse in traverse style with crowd-funded support. The peaks of Mt Everest and Mt Lhotse are located at 8,848.48 and 8,516 meters above sea lev
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Research reveals how fast-moving glaciers might affect sea level rise
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Oxford [UK], October 17 (ANI): Sea levels are rising as a result of climate change due to ocean expansion and ice melting on land. Sea level rise in the near future will be influenced by a number of factors, some of which include how frequently glaciers calve. These happen when big chunks of
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MEIL's Mega engineering marvel in the Himalayas: Char Dham Railway Tunnel
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 1 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. (MEIL) has completed 10 km tunnel works of the 19 km along with 19 cross passages in the package -7B of the Char Dham Railway Tunnel project in Uttarakhand. The company is excavating
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Low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal likely to turn into depress
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Amaravati [Andhra Pradesh], August 18 (ANI): A low pressure area was formed over the northeast and adjoining areas of east-central Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh and Myanmar coasts in the morning and is likely to concentrate into a depression by tomorrow morning, IMD said on Friday.
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Researchers warn Antarctica's ice shelves can melt at accelerated rate
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 14 (ANI): Researchers have warned that Antarctica's ice shelves may be melting at an accelerated rate, which could eventually contribute to a more rapid sea level rise.
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Study finds Antarctic glaciers losing ice at fastest rate for 5,500 years
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 9 (ANI): At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea-level rise over the next several centuries.
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South China Sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900: Study
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Beijing [China], March 28 (ANI): South China Sea's sea level has risen by 150 mm since 1900, according to researchers from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology.
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South Asia faces environmental watershed amid climate change: Experts
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], December 16 (ANI): South Asian region is facing an environmental watershed from rising sea levels endangering the Maldives and melting of glaciers affecting Nepal and Afghanistan to overdevelopment that threatens Tibet's vital ecosystem and destabilisation caused by climate-indu
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43-year-old visually impaired man from Vadodara scales 17,000 ft Himalayan
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], November 18 (ANI): Sanjeev Gokhle, a resident of Vadodara who is visually impaired, recently climbed Mount Friendship at an altitude of 17,346 feet above the sea level in the range of Lesser Himalayas – Pir Panjal.
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Extreme sea levels to become common worldwide as Earth warms: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): A recent study reveals that due to Earth's rising temperature, extreme sea levels will soon become much more common worldwide.
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