Since the 1960s the Central Asian lake that used to be known as the Aral Sea has almost completely dried out, due to human activity. This environmental disaster has created a new desert known as the Aralkum (the “Aral Desert”), which now has a size of 255 km × 255 km across that has appeared since 1960 on the seabed Continue Reading »

On 28th March 2025, a major earthquake of magnitude 7.7 Mw hit Central Myanmar near Mandalay city at 12:50 Hrs local time (GMT + 6:30 hrs). The epicentre of the earthquake (21°59'46.68"N/95°55'32.88"◦E) is located 14.2 km NNW of Sagaing town in the Sagaing region and approximately 16 km west of Mandalay city, the second-largest city in Myanmar. The earthquake occurred Continue Reading »