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Singapore is concerned about forest fires in Indonesia
The National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA) leads satellite data to show that there has been a significant increase in forest fire hotspots over the past two days…
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Oil slicks attack Thai island island coast
On July 29, about 50,000 liters of oil spilled onto the beach of Ao Phrao of the famous tourist island of Ko Samet, leaving many tourists to leave the island.
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'Snatch' is 4 water cannons on the sea
Seeing a hard-water cannon was hard, but the lucky Italian named Roberto Giudici also took pictures of all four cannons at the same time while outside of Orthoni Island…
Environment
Jebi storm level up in the East Sea
After entering the East Sea, storm Jebi is getting stronger. The storm is expected to sweep through Hainan Island (China) with a strong intensity of level 10 before ente…
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Discovering the 'massive' iceberg in Antarctica
A giant iceberg, about eight times the size of Manhattan (USA) and across the city of Hamburg (Germany), broke out in an Antarctic glacier.
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Bishop Rock: The smallest island on the planet
Bishop Rock is a typical challenge to the power of nature, and symbolic of the land of fog as an island nation ...
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Magical fireflies cave
Located on the outskirts of Waitomo town in North Island, New Zealand, the Waitomo Glowworm cave system is an attractive tourist attraction.
Environment
Visit the beautiful island named
Located in the northwest of Kuala Lumpur capital of Malaysia, Langkawi island is considered as a
Environment
Indonesia bombarded the forest with water bombs
Air quality in Singapore increased markedly after Indonesian officials mobilized aircraft to flush water on forest fires on Sumatra island.
Environment
The first victim died of dust and smoke in Malaysia
Both Singapore and Malaysia are facing the worst dust crisis in years. The dust still continues to spread to some areas of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur on June 26.
Environment
Amazingly, the crab island spreads all over the city
Each year millions of crabs migrate across the island to the sea, their journey can last up to 9km within a month.
Environment
Strong earthquakes rocked Greece, Nicaragua
In the afternoon of June 15 (local time), a magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook the islands of Crete in southern Greece but initial information showed no significant damage.
Environment
Smoke from Indonesia covered the city of Malaysia
On June 16, some Malaysian cities were covered with haze from Indonesian forest fires on Sumatra island, causing levels of health pollution.
Environment
Malaysia declared a state of emergency due to haze
The Malaysian government on June 23 announced a state of emergency in the southern Muar and Ledang areas of the country, due to haze from Indonesian forest fires causing…
Environment
Earthquake of 8.2 Richter scale in Russia
A strong earthquake occurred in the Far East Russia on May 24, 2013, forcing authorities to issue tsunami warnings on Sakhalin and Kuril islands while aftershocks reache…