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Arctic sea ice area is at a record low
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Arctic sea ice area is at a record low

Antara cited sources from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), saying the Arctic sea ice area has dropped to 4.21 million km2, the lowest level since the satel…

December 16, 2018
Tropical storm Isaac has a trajectory like Katrina
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Tropical storm Isaac has a trajectory like Katrina

On August 28, US meteorologists said Tropical Storm Isaac nearly repeated the trajectory of Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the lives of about 1,800 people, almost seve…

December 16, 2018
America seeks to develop green energy from waves
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America seeks to develop green energy from waves

US space engineers are using artificial seawater tanks from Texas A&M University to test the idea of ​​placing underwater turbines, through which wave energy rotates tur…

December 16, 2018
53 Filipinos died of Saola
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53 Filipinos died of Saola

The total number of people killed in the last flooding week in the Philippines has increased to 53, when the rain continues to pour, causing a spill, thousands of people…

December 16, 2018
Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
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Volcanic eruption in New Zealand

Tongariro, the name of one of the three volcanoes in the center of New Zealand's North Island, began operations just before midnight on August 6. Many loud explosions ra…

December 16, 2018
China evacuated people because of storms
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China evacuated people because of storms

More than 1.54 million people in Zhejiang Province, eastern China and 252,000 Shanghai residents were evacuated after the Haikui storm hit Zhejiang on August 7, Xinhua q…

December 16, 2018
Lake of death in Cameroon
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Lake of death in Cameroon

Unlike other volcanic lakes, underneath Lake Nyos there is a great amount of ghosts. Once a shock occurs, CO2 gas will leak into the water, forming carbonic acid. It can…

December 16, 2018
South Africans are busy catching the rare snow
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South Africans are busy catching the rare snow

The phenomenon of snowfall, which is considered popular in Korea, has appeared in the city of Johannesburg (South Africa), a region of the hottest continent in the world…

December 16, 2018
Natural disasters raged in China and Korea
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Natural disasters raged in China and Korea

The Bureau of Hydrometeorology in Anhui Province said that in many areas, the rainfall was 100mm, especially in Hoang Son City, a famous tourist destination of the provi…

December 16, 2018
The danger of a hidden killer
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The danger of a hidden killer

In the old days, Campi Flegrei was no different from the door of hell that was half-closed. Located along the Bay of Naples, not far from the old city, Pompeii was destr…

December 16, 2018
Strange rainbow twin
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Strange rainbow twin

Most rainbows appear alone. The rest is a double rainbow, containing two different concentric rainbows; or more rarely is rainbow triangle, quad rainbow. However, the ra…

December 16, 2018