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El Nino 2015 looks strange with the peak of 1997
Environment

El Nino 2015 looks strange with the peak of 1997

This year's El Nino phenomenon is on track to become one of the most horrific incidents of this type ever recorded, and may even be more intense than the historic El Nin…

December 16, 2018
12 volcanoes make the world wary
Environment

12 volcanoes make the world wary

Large volcanoes with powerful eruptions always threaten to rob people of their lives and bury their surroundings.

December 16, 2018