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24/04/2026

How China is slowing desert expansion by planting massive forests across dry regions

China’s Great Green Wall is a decades long project planting billions of trees across northern regions to reduce desert spread and soil erosion. These green belts act as windbreaks, stabilize land, and improve local climates, though long term success depends on water availability and ecosystem balance.

05/01/2025

Siberia cold: 88 below zero is even colder than Mars👀

Oymyakon, Russia — already considered the world's coldest permanently inhabited town — sank to a mind-numbing 88 degrees below zero on Tuesday.

That's even colder than the average temperature on Mars, which is 80 below zero, according to Space.com.

Amazingly, 88 below isn't even the record low temperature in this remote, diamond-rich Russian region of Yakutia, a part of Siberia.

18/11/2024

Clearest image ever taken of Venus!

25/09/2024

18/05/2024

World's First Floating Tunnel project in Norway. With a length of 27 km & a depth of 400 M

21/04/2024

In Japan, there are bus stops equipped with pedal benches that allow you to get some exercise while waiting for the bus, and to generate electricity to power street lighting.