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Indonesia: Breaking down affects 40,000 people
Indonesia's THX news media reported on January 2 that about 40,000 people living in 11,000 homes in Central Java province have been affected by floods after three river…
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Cambodia's ancient capital declined due to drought
Severe droughts are one of the reasons Angkor, the world's largest city during the pre-industrial revolution, declined and disappeared.
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Techniques for fracking oil cause earthquakes in America?
Concerns that some small earthquakes in the US state of Ohio may have formed from sewage generated during the use of fracking has forced one to shut down an extraction w…
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Ensuring nuclear safety and security in Vietnam
In 2012, the Nuclear Radiation Safety Department continued to complete the project
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Add the strange thing about Loch Ness
When measuring the change in water level at Loch Ness due to tidal effects, scientists found almost no change.
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Philippines: Landslide, 25 people died, 100 people missing
At least 25 people were killed and 100 people were missing in southern Philippines today, after a terrible landslide, engulfing the community of gold miners.
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China's largest freshwater lake shrinks
The water surface of Phan Duong Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China, has decreased by 200 km2 due to prolonged drought.
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Flood threatens the Netherlands
The Netherlands is facing the risk of widespread flooding as many dikes in this country are threatened by rising water levels after heavy rains.
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Beijing must change its way of measuring pollution because of pressure
The government in Beijing on January 6 gave in to the country's massive Internet campaign, demanding to change the way air quality is measured in the capital, one of the…
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Indonesia: Many volcanoes are in alarm condition
Indonesia's National Disaster Reduction Agency (NDMA) warned that seven volcanoes along the country's islands are in alarming state.
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Climate change threatens many species in Europe
According to studies recently released on January 8, rapid warming in Europe has made many butterflies and birds unable to adapt and have to move to cooler climates and…
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The magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Solomons Islands
A strong 6.6-magnitude quake occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Solomons island group today, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warnings were…
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CO2 capture from the air is not feasible
This conclusion is drawn from a research report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University (USA), recently published in the Proceedings of the…
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Filipinos are miserable after the storm
Washi survivors in the Philippines are facing the risk of cholera and typhoid, while the number of people killed by the storm has exceeded 1,000.