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Storm affected 50,000 boats and 80,000 people
At 04:00 on January 5, the location of the storm center is about 8.4 degrees North; 112.5 Kinh Dong, right on the area of Truong Sa Lon island (belonging to Truong Sa…
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100 people are missing because of forest fires in Australia
Australian police searched cities on Tasmania today to find 100 missing people after wildfires broke out in the south of the island.
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China is suffering from a record cold spell
The China Meteorological Agency (CMA) on January 5 said the northeastern regions are experiencing the harshest winter in 43 years when temperatures have dropped to minus…
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Announcing the cause of Japanese 2011 earthquake super
Seismologists on January 9 claim they have found indications about why the earthquake in Japan in 2011 from a broken crack originally thought to be harmless.
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UNEP warns of the harmful effects of mercury on the environment
On January 10, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) issued a report expressing concern over the fact that mercury is being exploited and used more and more in t…
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The world has a record hot January
January 2012 was ranked 19th in the list of the hottest Januarys since 1880, according to research papers from the US National and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Launch the database to help adapt to climate change
The United Nations on January 30 launched a new online database to provide successful strategies that are being promoted by business and the world community to adapt to…
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Vietnam will use responsible nuclear energy
On January 17, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with the British Atomic Energy Agency, the British Embassy in Vietnam, the World Nuclear…
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La Nina may be the cause of a pandemic
US scientists on January 16 said La Nina weather phenomenon in the tropical Pacific region may be the main cause of dangerous pandemics in the world.
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Japan found concrete to build houses contaminated with radiation
Fukushima prefectural authorities in northeastern Japan said on January 19 that high levels of radiation were found around a protective dike in the province of Motomiya.
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Earthquake magnifies 6.2 Richter off Mexico
On the night of January 21, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the sea off the coast of southern Mexico. There have been no reports of casualties, damage or tsunami warni…
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IAEA assesses the level of nuclear safety in Japan
More than 10 months after the earthquake - tsunami caused a nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima power plant, on January 23, a group of experts from the International Ato…
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Tokyo will suffer an additional big earthquake
According to TNHK Radio Station, Japanese scientists predict that the 2011 earthquake in northeastern Tokyo increases the likelihood that the city will experience anothe…
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Through Manila statement to protect the marine environment
The global conference on the connection between the mainland and the ocean (GLOC) ending January 30 in the Philippine capital Manila has approved the Manila Declaration…
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Landslides in Brazil caused many deaths and disappearances
At least eight people have been killed and 14 people gone missing on January 9 in a devastating landslide in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.