The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically important waterways in the world. This narrow passage, located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea and global shipping routes. Beneath and around these contested waters lie some of the richest oil and gas deposits on Earth — a legacy of hundreds of millions of years of tectonic activity, ancient salt formations, and vast carbonate platforms.

The year 2026 is witnessing the intensification of a Super El Niño, a phenomenon that meteorologists warn could push summer temperatures to record-breaking extremes across South Asia and beyond, triggering extreme heat waves. Unlike ordinary El Niño years, a Super El Niño can supercharge the atmosphere with excess heat, triggering prolonged heatwaves, erratic monsoons, and dangerously high humidity levels that can overwhelm the human body within hours. Climate change and glob

A rare Super El Niño may occur in 2026, potentially breaking global temperature records and altering weather patterns globally. The warm and cool stages of a natural climatic pattern that occur throughout the tropical Pacific are known as El Niño and La Niña, respectively. A typical El Niño is defined as an anomaly above +0.5°C for five consecutive months. Above +1.5°C is a "strong" event. At +2.0°C or above, the event earns the informal title of "Super El Niño".

The Urban heat island (UHI) effect is the phenomenon of heat accumulation due to urban development and human activity.

April 22, 1970, was the first World Earth Day observed in the United States (U.S.).