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'Paradise Island' in Australia
Aboriginal people in Australia say that their gods want to create a paradise under the earth. So they created Fraser Island.
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In 40 years the Arctic will run out of ice?
Scientists warn that, with the current warming rate of the Earth, only 30-40 years later, ice will not exist in the summer, even in the center of the Arctic.
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Huge ice breaking in the North Pole
US scientists say an ice sheet of four times the size of Manhattan Island (260 km2) and a height of about 180m have been separated from the Petermann glacier in northern…
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Why hot world record?
The Earth is nearing the farthest position of the sun in 2010, but temperatures in many cities around the world are reaching record highs in several decades.
Environment
Half of the earth may become dead before 2300
Climate change can turn half of the world into a land of death due to rising temperatures, scientists warn.
Environment
Earth's temperature will exceed the stamina of humans
Earth's temperature may exceed human tolerance, if the increase in greenhouse gas emissions continues as it is today.
Environment
The holy river is about to die
The Jordan River, where Jesus is baptized, is heavily polluted and
Environment
Lizard is endangered
About 20% of the lizard species on the earth can permanently disappear by global warming, causing the risk of outbreaks of insects.
Environment
Volcanoes change human history
Volcanic activity in Iceland has made the world reel in the past few days, but its influence is very small compared to many other volcanoes in the past.
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Dynamic earth 7.8 Richter off Indonesia
Early in the morning of April 7, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, accompanied by a tsunami warning, caused panic among the populat…
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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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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.
Environment
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 earthquake caused a city to move nearly 2m
Seismic measuring devices said: The 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck a week ago, leaving Concepcion city at least 2 meters to the west.
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Add a giant iceberg from Antarctica
A giant iceberg about the size of Luxembourg (Western Europe) that broke off from the eastern South Pole earlier this week may threaten marine life, scientists warn the…