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Japan plans to make artificial meteor shower opening the 2020 Olympics
Japan intends to make artificial meteor shower instead of fireworks during the 2020 Summer Olympic opening ceremony.
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The truth about the risk of super-earthquakes in Asia
After four strong seismic episodes within 48 hours in South Asia, Myanmar and Japan, the media warned of an imminent earthquake. How big is this risk?
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Where can mercury in the air come from
Mercury can be generated from coal-fired power plants, incinerators and forest fires.
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Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?
A 7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan, after less than 2 days a 6.2-magnitude earthquake also occurred in the region.
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The anger of the Pacific Ring of Fire
Located close to the junction of four lithosphere segments, in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan was subjected to continuous earthquakes every time these plates rushed tog…
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Why El Nino brought a record drought to Southeast Asia
From the prolonged drought in South Africa and Southeast Asia to the record high number of storms on the US coast, the unprecedented strong El Nino phenomenon is raging…
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Cloud shaped sphere of fire in the Portuguese sky
The cloud looks like a blazing fireball flying across the sky that appears above the island of Madeira, Portugal, surprising many local residents.
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Houses crumbling after the earthquake in Taiwan
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck early this morning, damaging many buildings in southern Taiwan, including a collapsed 17-storey apartment building, leaving more than…
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Famous caves in the world
Changes in weather, earthquakes, the effects of nature ... over a long period of time have created wonderful natural caves in the world that amaze people.
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The magnitude 7, 3 magnitude earthquake in the island nation of Vanuatu
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has just occurred in the waters of the island nation of Vanuatu, off the Pacific Ocean, without a tsunami warning.
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The mechanism of 'fire hose'
Fire cannons are fiery columns of fire that rise very high, move slowly, and people can hardly extinguish it with direct methods.
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White poisonous foam-polluted lake caught fire
Lake Bellandur in Bangalore, India, is so polluted that white poisoning bubbles like snow and sometimes burn.
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Indonesia thanks to Russia and Japan to help control fire causing dry blindness
The Indonesian president proposed four countries, including Russia and Japan, to help stamp out the fire, which caused the thick dry haze to spread across the region for…
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Lightning stone - the mysterious guest
In the night of thunder and rain, a bright, spherical object of the size of an orange or grapes flew through the window into the house, or glided across the yard, flashi…
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10 most exotic effects of the greenhouse effect
Rising temperatures, melting ice, rising sea levels in the near future are just a part of the greenhouse effect. It can bend rails, change the circadian rhythm