Category: Science

Kathmandu: Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That happened two years ago with the world’s largest active volcano. About two months before Mauna Loa spewed rivers of glowing orange molten lava, geologists detected small earthquakes nearby and other signs, and they warned… Continue reading World’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa showed telltale warning signs before erupting in 2022

Kathmandu: President Ramchandra Paudel will depart for Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 10 to participate in the 29th UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP-29). He is leading a high-level delegation from Nepal at the summit, which runs from November 11 to 22. The Nepali president is attending the conference at the invitation of… Continue reading President Ramchandra Paudel to attend COP-29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Kathmandu: Mount Fuji is still without snow, making it the latest time in the year the mountain has remained bare since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain typically gets a sprinkling of snow by early October, but unusually warm weather has meant no snowfall has been reported so far this… Continue reading Mount Fuji breaks records as it remains snowless for longer than ever before

Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has urged ministries and agencies to robustly advocate for climate justice at the upcoming COP-29 climate conference. During a meeting of the Environment Conservation and Climate Change Management National Council on Friday, PM Oli emphasized the importance of addressing the concerns of vulnerable nations, including Nepal, as articulated in… Continue reading PM Oli calls for climate justice advocacy ahead of COP-29

Kathmandu: Today marks the last solar eclipse of 2024, set to begin at 9:27 PM Nepali time and concluding at 3:32 AM the following morning. This eclipse is particularly notable due to a conjunction involving the Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Ketu, with the axes of Rahu and Ketu influencing the Pisces and Virgo zodiac signs.… Continue reading Last solar eclipse of 2024 occurs today, not visible in Nepal

Kathmandu: The second-largest diamond ever found – a rough 2,492-carat stone – has been unearthed in Botswana at a mine owned by Canadian firm Lucara Diamond. It is the biggest find since the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond, found in South Africa in 1905 and cut into nine separate stones, many of which are in the British… Continue reading World’s second-largest diamond found in Botswana

Kathmandu: The Ministry of Health and Population has said Nepal falls under the risk of infection of monkey pox (Mpox). According to Ministry Spokesperson Dr Prakash Budhathoki, the infection is spreading rapidly in neighboring India and in this context Nepal too is vulnerable to it.Last year, one 60-year-old foreigner (female) was diagnosed with the Mpox… Continue reading Nepal on high alert for Mpox risk as infection rates surge in India

Kathmandu: A total of 211 people died from monsoon-triggered disasters and other incidents in the past months in the country while 48 have gone missing. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), the deaths from the monsoon-induced disasters were 170 while the remaining fatalities were due to fire, snakebites, high altitude… Continue reading Monsoon disasters claim 211 lives in Nepal so far

Kathmandu: Something remarkable has happened to A23a, the world’s biggest iceberg. For months now it has been spinning on the spot just north of Antarctica when really it should be racing along with Earth’s most powerful ocean current. Scientists say the frozen block, which is more than twice the size of Greater London, has been… Continue reading World’s biggest iceberg spins in ocean trap

Kathmandu: Already more than a month late getting back, two NASA astronauts will remain at the International Space Station until engineers finish working on problems plaguing their Boeing capsule, officials said Thursday. Test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to visit the orbiting lab for about a week and return in mid-June, but… Continue reading NASA says no return date yet for astronauts and troubled Boeing capsule at space station