Many Gmail and Facebook users have experienced problems logging on to their accounts over the weekend, probably caused by high Internet traffic on Saturdays and Sunday. However, one other possible cause behind the connectivity problems that netizens may have experienced are sharks biting underwater Internet cables, Google Product Manager Dan Belcher told Network World, a technology news site in the US. Google has footage showing the sharks chewing on the cables. A small bite by the deadly creat...
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 18, 2014
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber not only won't get back his pet monkey, Mally. He also has to pay the German government €8,000 for the care of the animal now living at a zoo in North Germany.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 16, 2014
It has been observed that there is alarming rise in Mercury due to pollution which is affecting ocean water considerably.
Pooja Bhagat
Aug 15, 2014
A male and female crocodile pair that the Darwin Zoo imported from the Philippines had to be placed in separated cages after they had mated to prevent the two from tearing each other apart.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 15, 2014
Damages from the two hailstorms that hit north of Calgary could reach over $25 million, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said, with the agency describing the event as catastrophic.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 14, 2014
Cheap airline ticket prices, it seems, is what's keeping the global aviation industry to reduce its carbon emissions, a new research published by the University of Southampton said in the journal Atmospheric Environment.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 13, 2014
You can use Potato and other simple household products to have a cleaner home.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 13, 2014
The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has asked people around the world to do more to protect the threatened oceans; otherwise, it will cause risk of life.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 13, 2014
A dead two headed dolphin was discovered on Turkey beach.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 13, 2014
South Korea has found that its imported scrap metals from Japan bore traces of radiation. It has announced it will return the items to Japan immediately.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 13, 2014
Find out more about these massive sea creatures that have scared and fascinated people for ages.
Janice Somosot
Aug 12, 2014
2010 Chilean earthquake caused icequakes in Antarctica.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 12, 2014
Tourists on Hawaii are now back to enjoying their vacation after back-to-back Tropical Storm Iselle and Hurricane Julio have passed the island.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 12, 2014
Japan got hit by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake on Sunday afternoon. No damage, only briefly disrupted transportation in the region.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 11, 2014
At least nine people were killed and over one million others were forced to evacuate their homes after powerful Typhoon Halong blasted Japan over the weekend. The system is now on its way to Russia's Far East, expected to make landfall by Monday evening.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 11, 2014
Despite the first hurricane expected to hit Hawaii in 22 years weakening slightly, residents as well as tourists on the Big Island are leaving no stone unturned as they prepare for double whammy hurricanes Iselle and Julio.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 08, 2014
The U.S. Climate Prediction Center has said the much anticipated El Niño weather phenomenon has fizzled out in the equatorial Pacific. The chances of it happening in the Northern Hemisphere during autumn and early winter had dropped to 65 per cent, from a previous 80 per cent.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 08, 2014
Local community members of the Tiwi Islands, located 126 kilometres northwest of Darwin in Australia, killed a 2-metre long crocodile on Wednesday afternoon based on the belief that the reptile was the one that ate a missing 22-year-old man from Melville Island.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 08, 2014
Spacecraft Rosetta Makes Historic Meeting with Comet 67P/CG After Decade Long Chase.
Indrani Bhattacharyya
Aug 07, 2014
Passengers aboard the regular 11 am cruise were treated to a spectacular water animal battle on Tuesday, Aug 5, when notorious 5.5-metre Australian crocodile Brutus battled it out with a bull shark at the Adelaide River.
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 07, 2014
When it rains, it definitely does pour, at least for Hawaii which is advising its residents to brace for two storms next week. On the other end of the world, Japan is likewise being eyed by a monster typhoon.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 06, 2014
Four people were rushed to a hospital in Toronto after they were struck by lightning while taking refuge from the rain under a tree.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 05, 2014
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, will be unable to comply with a deadline of clearing out radioactive water around the facility.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 05, 2014
As the reality of climate change is felt across the globe with warmer weather, rising sea levels, and stronger weather disturbances, many communities in the U.S. are working together to create a "green community."
Vittorio Hernandez
Aug 05, 2014
Over 381 people have died after a fatally strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in south-west China at 08:30:13.50 UTC on Sunday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Aug 04, 2014
The changes in global vegetation will be tracked with two new instruments, whose proposals have been selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It will be done from the International Space Station.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Aug 01, 2014
CubeSats, new satellite technology, will be used to test new weather-monitoring technology which could possible unlock secrets of climate change.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Jul 31, 2014
Tests looking for possible Fukushima radiation contamination on the waters along the U.S. coast continued to yield negative results, a group of scientists said on Tuesday. However, they warned low levels of radiation from the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan are still expected to reach the US shore.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jul 31, 2014
Industrial pollution had reached the South Pole 20 years before man had set foot on to it, confirmed a study on lead pollution over the southernmost continent in Earth.
Afza Kandrikar Fathima
Jul 30, 2014
At last one person has died when a 6.3-magnitude quake struck Mexico on Tuesday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jul 30, 2014
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