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Use an early warning tsunami radar
For the first time, scientists used coastal radar systems to alert tsunamis in Japan and Southeast Asia a few hours before.
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Can accurately guess the time when volcanoes are active
On August 9, US scientists said for the first time successfully judged the eruption time of one of the most active ocean volcanoes off the coast of the state of Oregon,…
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Pull the ice from the North Pole to Africa
A group of French experts have successfully implemented a model of dragging a giant iceberg from the North Atlantic to northwest Africa, a realistic project that will he…
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Earthquake in Fukushima, Japan power plant area
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean early this morning, near the area once destroyed by seismic and tsunami in Japan.
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Japan discovered rare earth mines on the ocean floor
BBC news agency reported on July 4, Japanese researchers said it had discovered a rare earth mine with reserves of 100 billion tons off the Pacific.
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Seagrass is in danger of extinction
A group of 21 researchers from 11 countries including Virginia Marine Institute Professor Robert J. JJ, USA, have completed the first studies of the extinction risk of g…
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WMO: La Nina's weather phenomenon is about to end
On May 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said La Nina's weather phenomenon caused heavy rain and storms in many areas and droughts in many parts of the wor…
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Pacific water level is rising
The unusual melting of the Arctic ice archipelago, called the Canadian archipelago, has raised the Pacific sea level.
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Water in the Indian Ocean flows into the Atlantic Ocean
The study, published in the April 27 issue of the journal Nature, shows that the Indian ocean currents flowing into the Atlantic could increase from 1.4 to 4 million cub…
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Changes at the two poles of the Earth affect the climate
Ice and snow on the two poles of the Earth have dramatically reduced human, animal and plant life as well as the circulation cycles of the atmosphere and oceans.
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Warming in the Arctic will affect Vietnam
The phenomenon of ice melting in the Arctic could cause global sea levels to rise by up to 1.6 meters this century, threatening many of Vietnam's delta and coastal citie…
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2011 Earth Day Human Reminder
April 22 is the Earth International Day (aka Earth Day) launched by Gaylord Nelson, a former Wisconsin Democratic senator on April 22, 1970 with 20 million participants.…
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Japan blocked the leak of contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean
Fukushima I, the plant operator, today said it had blocked a leak of highly contaminated water into the sea.
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Garbage after tsunami in Japan drifted to America
Cars, houses and even fragments of bodies washed away from Japan after the March 11 tsunami were found in America's West Coast.
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Radioactive clouds have not yet entered Vietnam
In the Atlantic Ocean, radioactive clouds continue to spread east to Europe and North Africa.