The meteor that streaked across the Russian skies on Friday, injuring around 1,200 people, exploded with a force 30 times greater than the Hiroshima nuclear bomb, Nasa scientists say. The 55 foot wide rock with a mass of 10,000 tonnes lit up the sky above the Urals region, causing shockwaves and damaging thousands of homes in an event unprecedented in modern times. ...
09:41 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Moscow: Climate change on the planet may make the Arctic Ocean ice-free by 2050, a top Russian expert has said. "In 30-40 years, the Arctic may have no ice in the summertime, including the North Pole," Director of the Russian Meteorological Centre Alexander Frolov said. Quoting data from an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, Frolov said level of shrinking of ice cap in 2010 could exceed the 2007...
10:39 PM, Jul 26, 2010
