Pollution

We all know about pollution. It is produced by factories, cars, cow's digestive systems and much more. It is detrimental to our health and is slowly destroying our planet. But how much pollution is there actually? How does one even calculate such a broad concept?

Source: ForeignPolicy

The Yale and Columbia Universities have come up with the Environmental Performance Index to give the public (and those in charge) an idea of how polluted their countries are and what areas in specific are lacking (or are doing really well).
Do you want to know how healthy [insert country] really is? How safe the drinking water and what about the air quality? No need to wait any longer, they've assembled it all in a very pleasing format, entirely available online.

6.8 Richter Earthquake

On the 18th of September at 6.25 PM, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on the border between Taplejung (Nepal) & Sikkim (India) (National Seismological Centre Nepal). The total death toll in Nepal has reached eight, with 24 persons seriously injured and 77 with minor injuries, the Home Ministry says. Around 156 houses have been severely damaged all over the country, while 124 houses are partially damaged (My Republica).

Summiteers' Summit To Save the Himalayas

On the 4th of December, 2009, Nepal's top politicians followed in the footsteps of the Maldives' underwater cabinet meeting by strapping on oxygen tanks to highlight the dangers of Global Warming. Unlike the Maldives' meeting, however, this one was not held 20 feet (6m) below water, but 17,192 feet (5,250 meters) above it, in the thin air of Mount Everest.