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Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period
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Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period

The Head of the Sun Research Department of Pulkovo Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences - PhD in Mathematics Li Habibullo Abdusamatov said, since 2014 the Earth…

December 16, 2018
Philippines: earthquake, 5 people injured
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Philippines: earthquake, 5 people injured

This morning 6-3, a moderate intensity earthquake cracked many high-rise buildings in the central Philippines, causing at least 5 people to be injured and causing many o…

December 16, 2018
The Atlantic Ocean will have less typhoons in 2012
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The Atlantic Ocean will have less typhoons in 2012

On March 5, at the annual Charleston (US) hurricane conference, US National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said there will not be a lot of heat-related typhoons thi…

December 16, 2018
Huge cloud rolls in Brazil
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Huge cloud rolls in Brazil

The photo was taken last month, but it was recently published by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) on the Earth Science blog Picture of the Day.

December 16, 2018
The snow fell back heavily, affecting France
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The snow fell back heavily, affecting France

The snow has returned to the northern and eastern cities of North France, especially Lille, the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, which has been hit hard, almost paralyzed on M…

December 16, 2018
Sydney caught the biggest rain in 100 years
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Sydney caught the biggest rain in 100 years

The Minister of New South Wales Duncan - Gay State Road said the city of Sydney on March 8 had suffered the heaviest rain in 100 years, causing the city to fall into cha…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi faces the risk of flooding
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Hanoi faces the risk of flooding

Climate change (CC) makes rain and floods occur more frequently. Therefore, Hanoi needs to anticipate and have a plan to control the hazards during operation of the wate…

December 16, 2018
Strong earthquake in northwest China
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Strong earthquake in northwest China

The magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in Lac Pho district (Lop), Hoa Dien district (Hotan), belonging to Xinjiang Uyghur ethnic group, at 6:50 am this morning in Beijing a…

December 16, 2018
Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan
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Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan

According to AFP, on March 8, scientists deployed a seabed research program off Japan, where a strong earthquake struck the tsunami last year, to observe the disturbance…

December 16, 2018
Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes
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Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes

A year after the tsunami earthquake, Japanese people in Tokyo still have to live in a sense of anxiety when scientists in the country recently issued a warning about the…

December 16, 2018
The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes
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The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes

Japan's terrifying earthquake, followed by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused effects on both the globe, from the surface to the atmosphere, changing the gravitational p…

December 16, 2018