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Strong earthquake in Turkey, no damage information yet
Earlier, the Kandilli Seismological Center, based in Istanbul, said the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.2 on the Richter scale. The earthquake center is located 50km f…
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'King's tide' raged on the earth
Unusually high tides appear throughout the planet this week as the moon and the sun approach the most Earthly of the year.
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by silviculture
Warming of the Earth's climate is the cause of a rapid increase in greenhouse gas concentrations, including carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrogen dioxide.
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Reveal earthquake 'hot spots' in the world
A new study finds that the most powerful earthquakes that hit Earth, such as the 9-magnitude strong earthquake, shook Japan last year, often appearing in certain 'hot sp…
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The earth doesn't get hot but will it get cold?
Global warming is still a matter of debate among scientists. According to a new hypothesis, based on measurements on the Sun, the new ice age on Earth could happen in 20…
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Earth's permafrost is beginning to melt
Radio Australia reported in the report of the climate change dialogue in Qatar, the United Nations Environment Program said
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'Sandy ghost island' appeared on the map as confusion
New Zealand museum staff Auckland Sean Higgins on December 3 said that the Pacific island of ghosts appearing on many world maps for at least a decade is a mistake, and…
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Warming temperatures change the face of Greenland
Dr. Marco Tedesco, associate professor of Earth and Atmospheric Science at New York City College, and a colleague have studied the impact of climate change on the face o…
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Cruel consequences when the Earth temperature is 4 degrees Celsius
The temperature of the Earth may rise to 4 degrees Celsius by 2060 and will bring devastating consequences if governments do not act urgently to cope with the effects of…
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The mysterious island on Google Earth does not exist
The large sized ghost island on Coral Sea is named Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google maps are somewhere between Australia and New Caledonia in France.
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CO2 gas accumulates a lot of waste in space
The results of an international team of scientists published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the November 11 issue, show that the amount of CO2 accumulated in the Eart…
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Gulf Stream warm currents are releasing methane from the sea floor
A large amount of bio-carbon on Earth is stored under the seabed as methane hydrate, a frozen mixture of methane and water.
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Why does sea level rise faster than forecast?
Why sea levels are rising faster than expected: estimates of future sea levels may be too low.
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The terrible heat once swept the globe
In the period from 247 to 252 million years ago, the earth buckled at the terrible heat waves, when life fell into widespread extinction, known as the Permian cessation…
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August temperature is the fourth highest in history
Livescience reports the US National Weather Data Center, saying that the average global temperature in August is 16.22 degrees Celsius - 1.12 degrees Celsius above the a…