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Indonesia: Great earthquake again in Java
Yesterday morning (December 2), an earthquake occurred in Indonesia's Java island. Indonesia's meteorological and geophysical agency said earthquakes are not at risk of…
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Hoping for an agreement to save humanity
Time is not waiting for anyone, and this is even more true when 185 countries gather in Bali (Indonesia) today to agree on a roadmap to stop climate change.
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Mexico: dusty volcanic eruption
During the six outings on November 30 and December 1, dust and smoke spilled from the crater of Popocatepetl (southeastern Mexico) and lifted thousands of meters in the…
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North America: 17 people died in early winter snowstorms
On December 3, the first snowstorm of winter in North America blew through most of the northeastern United States and Canada. According to preliminary statistics, 17 peo…
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Forest protection will be rewarded with billions of dollars
On December 5, delegates from the countries worked together to find a mechanism for buying and selling emissions quotas so that developing countries could sell their emi…
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Don't be subjective to the storms at the end of the season
Under the rule of storm operation in the East Sea, the storms in November and December are often likely to land in the South Central and Southern provinces. Statistics f…
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The possibility of tsunamis in Vietnam
The last 7.1-Ritchter earthquake on December 26, 2006 in Taiwan, followed by a tsunami warning disturbed and worried Vietnamese coastal residents. Although a 0.8 m high…
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The EU proposes air emissions quota regulations
On December 20, the European Commission proposed applying regulations to impose CO2 emissions quotas on airlines to support efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in th…
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China: 12,000 people evacuated due to gas leaks
More than 12,000 people living in southwestern China were evacuated after a gas leak occurred. Experts are now investigating the plan to seal the leak after an unsuccess…
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Tsunami no longer threatens Vietnam
Around 19h30 on December 26, in the southern island of Taiwan, a strong magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred. Vietnam for the first time issued a warning about tsunamis, wh…
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Indonesia and Malaysia welcome the new year in the flood
Yesterday (December 29), Indonesian rescue workers went to remote villages, distributing food and medicine to thousands of people who had to leave their homes due to flo…
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A giant ice sheet in the Arctic was separated from the mainland
On December 28, Canadian scientists announced that a giant ancient strip of ice had separated from Ellesmere Island south of the Arctic region of Canadian territory. Exp…
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Earthquake and tsunami warning on the Indian Ocean
At 15:48 and 15:57 hours, on the afternoon of December 30, the US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PWTC) and the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the first notice…
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Australia: burning hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest
Smoke of forest fires covering Australia's second largest city of Melbourne on December 9 made the city postpone flights and fire sirens at the port.
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Vietnam may be affected only by storm surges
At 12:00 pm on December 11, the international storm No. 10 named Utor continued to move up to the northwestern direction. Satellite image of the US Navy shows that the s…