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Strong earthquake in Peru
A strong earthquake shook northern Peru. Officials have not announced the level of physical damage and casualties.
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Detecting underground river below
Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river at a depth of about 4,000 meters below the Amazon.
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America: Many states
New York governor Andrew Cuomo on August 25 announced a state of emergency in the state in preparation for the impact of Hurricane Irene.
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Earthquakes up to 6.8 on the Richter scale off Vietnam
Earthquakes are caused by faults of the subsoil, where there were many active volcanoes.
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El Nino contributed to the civil war
El Nino climate phenomenon contributes to civil war, social unrest in many poor countries in the tropics, according to new research by American scientists.
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Radiation from Japanese factories is 168 times the atomic bomb
A newspaper in Japan said that radioactive cesium-137 leaked from Fukushima I nuclear power plant equivalent to more than 168 atomic bombs falling on Hiroshima city duri…
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Super typhoon Nanmadol swept through the Philippines
At least 4 people died and went missing when super typhoon Namadol today directly affected the northernmost region of the Philippines.
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Hurricane Irene continued to rage the United States
Hurricane Irene on August 27 caused power outages and destruction of jetties in North Carolina, whipping Virginia with strong winds and sweeping the coast before attacki…
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Limit climate change with artificial forests
Recently, mechanical engineers have come up with ideas
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Lake changes color in Indonesia
Kelimutu is not famous for its destructive power like many other volcanoes in Indonesia, which is famous for its natural beauty.
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Investigation of the mechanism of the earthquake in Japan
Japanese and international scientists will conduct exploration, studying the mechanism of the March 11 earthquake in the country that has killed tens of thousands of peo…
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The Arctic ice melted four times faster than forecast
US scientists have confirmed that the Arctic ice sheets are thinning at a rate four times faster than the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast.
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Huge lava lake on Kilauea volcano
Geologists say lava flows continue to flow from the vented mouths of Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and have created a giant lava lake on the cracks of the eas…
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Radiation from the Fukushima 1 plant has spread to the United States
On August 16, Kyodo news agency said US scientists have discovered a small amount of radioactive sulfur dispersed from Japan's No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant on the…