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Red River infected with toxic algae?
Red alluvial red river water suddenly suddenly flows through Hanoi to turn green.
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Earthquakes in China killed 400 people
In the early morning of April 14, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Yushu County, Qinghai Province, China, killing at least 400 people.
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Strong earthquakes this year
The earthquake in China on April 14 was just one of dozens of strong earthquakes that occurred from the beginning of the year.
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Broken ice caused 'tsunami' in Peru
The waves as high as 23 m attacked a city in Peru after a giant block of ice fell into the lake.
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Earthquakes in China are very unusual
Instead of appearing at the intersection of two tectonic plates like the big earthquakes of the year, the earthquake in China yesterday occurred inside a tectonic plate.
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Volcanoes erupted again on the glacier
About 700 people in Iceland left their homes after smoke and dust rose from a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier.
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A huge methane gas leak in the Arctic was discovered
A large amount of methane is leaking from a huge hole that has just been discovered below the permafrost of the Arctic Ocean.
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Mother of the polar bear floating in the sea
The Daily Mail UK has just released pictures of a pair of polar bear mothers stuck on an iceberg and floated in the middle of the sea 12 miles away.
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Mekong water level is the lowest in 30 years
The Mekong, the big river flowing from China through five Southeast Asian countries, has a low water level for the past 30 years, a Thai official said.
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Equatorial Earth has been covered by glaciers
A recent study found that the Earth equator with wet characteristics was covered by an ice layer about 700 million years ago.
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Japan shook by earthquakes
A seismic intensity of 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred on the east coast of Japan yesterday that shook buildings in the capital and many other places.
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Overcoming pollution by ... grass
Broccoli, ferns, vetiver grass, betel nut grass ... are used to overcome heavy metal pollution on ore mining and processing areas.
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Use laptop to alert earthquakes
Elizabeth Cochrah, an earth scientist working at the University of California (USA), suggested the idea of turning a laptop with accelerometer into an earthquake disas…
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The United Nations is concerned about the survival of tigers
A senior UN conservation official today said the world has failed to protect wild tigers.
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Europe will no longer have butterflies?
The European Red Book has warned of a significant decline in butterflies, beetles and dragonflies in Europe.