The Layman Way 

In our last blog, we talked about corals and several conditions that are necessary for their survival. In this blog, we will study...

Continental Drift theory was proposed by Alfred Wegener, a geophysicist, and meteorologist in 1912. It explains how continents shift...

Do you know how the Himalayas were actually formed? Ever Wondered why the height of Mount Everest is increasing every decade? Don't worry...

Before we begin our blog today let us start from the basics as usual : What is an Earthquake? An Earthquake is the shaking of the surface...

Concept 1 Earth completes one rotation every 24hrs about its axis and the direction of rotation is from west to east. This rotation...

#physicalgeography #upsc #ias Following are different reasons that prove that earth is a sphere! The shape of the Earth: The shape of...

You might have heard about time standards like IST (Indian Standard Time ), GMT ( Greenwich Mean Time ). Ever Wondered How are they...

#UPSCgeography #Latitudes #Longitudes You might have opened google maps some time and wondered how those coordinates are defined. Let's...

In our last blog, we saw how atmospheric circulation is split into three cells in each hemisphere, Hadley cell, Ferrel cell, and polar...

This is our second blog on our three blog series for explaining the three wind circulation cells that exist in our atmosphere namely...

The climate we experience and the location of the world’s deserts and rainforests are controlled by how air moves around the globe, a...

Easy Explanation of Nebular Hypothesis Theory ! UPSC Geography

1. Tides : The periodical rise and fall of the sea level, once or twice a day, mainly due to the attraction of the sun and the moon is...

Let's Look at each of these concepts one by one. 1. Humidity : It is the amount of Water Vapour in the air around you. The actual amount...

Process of formation of Cyclone and Conditions of formation of cyclones

Image: The GIF shows the simulation of the Big Spat Event There are two theories related to the Formation of the Moon. Theory 1: Big Spat...

It was given by Harry Hess. Before reading the theory let us know some basics: Lithosphere: The lithosphere is the solid, outer part of...