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Inside the volcano 4,000 years old
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Inside the volcano 4,000 years old

The 4,000-year-old Thrihnukagigur volcano in Reykjavik (Iceland) just stopped working about 40 years ago. It is now considered a sleeping volcano because it can wake up…

December 16, 2018
More than 100 people died from floods in Korea
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More than 100 people died from floods in Korea

The official Korean news agency KCNA said the total number of deaths due to the disaster has soared to 119. 31 deaths due to landslides and lightning strikes in heavy ra…

December 16, 2018
Nature helps curb the global warming
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Nature helps curb the global warming

The results of a group of American scientists published in the August 1 issue of Nature show that, during 1960-2010, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere were ocean and Ab…

December 16, 2018
Saola storms hit Taiwan, 6 people were killed
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Saola storms hit Taiwan, 6 people were killed

Typhoon Saola attacked Taiwan (China) with strong winds and heavy rain that killed six people and caused almost all of the island to stall operations on Thursday. Nearly…

December 16, 2018
Antarctica was once warm
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Antarctica was once warm

In the warm period 52 million years ago, tropical plants were like palm trees, each covering the Antarctic coast. The sediment on the continental shelf near Antarctica h…

December 16, 2018
Dust from Asia stains North America
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Dust from Asia stains North America

A study by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA), published in Science, proves that about half of microscopic dust particles in the North American atmosphere come from outside.

December 16, 2018
First move nuclear fuel in Fukushima
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First move nuclear fuel in Fukushima

Japanese media on July 18 reported that workers working at the Daiichi incident nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture for the first time have moved nuclear fuel here sin…

December 16, 2018
The iceberg was torn from Greenland
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The iceberg was torn from Greenland

A glacier twice the size of Manhattan (USA) was torn off one of Greenland's largest glaciers, the latest sign of a dramatic change in this warming polar island.

December 16, 2018