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Boat creating clouds - Solution for global warming
The boats create clouds in Pacific waters will be an effective solution to overcome global warming.
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Tropical paradise beats with gasoline
The small island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific wants to stop using fossil fuels and produce electricity from renewable energy before 2020.
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The terrible 'made in China' dust around the Earth
Japanese scientists first discovered the strange phenomenon: Clouds created by a giant dust storm and existed for so long that they circled more than one round of the ea…
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Tsunami risk in the West Coast of the United States
The likelihood of a massive tsunami from the Pacific to the west coast of the United States may be larger than previously thought, according to a new study of geological…
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Seabirds can predict El Nino
It took 18 years to study the number of birds living on the Great Barrier reef, scientists have discovered a predictable law of El Nino.
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El Nino changes may cause many storms to land
Normally, in the years of the El Niño phenomenon, there are fewer storms on the Atlantic than usual. However, a new study suggests that El Niño can morph into form and c…
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Earthquake 7.9 degrees, causing tsunami warning in the South Pacific
A magnitude 7.9 earthquake shook the nation of Tonga in the South Pacific today, causing authorities to issue a tsunami warning.
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2009 will be the record hot year
British weather researchers say 2009 will be one of the five hottest years in history, with global temperatures above the long-term average of 0.4 degrees Celsius.
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Asia suffers severe climate change
In 2008, the earth's climate was colder than the previous year but still warming and climate change could kill millions of people in Asia.
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The era of super disasters in Asia
The Asia-Pacific region is about to face a period when large-scale natural disasters can take millions of lives at a glance.
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Earth's stealth equator
British scientists claim that the atmosphere of the northern and southern hemispheres is separated by a huge chemical band in the western Pacific.
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Mexico: Strong earthquake in Chiapas
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, the area in front of the southern coast of Mexico on October 16,
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Red spots warn of the coming flood and rain!
These are red points that represent storms and regions that are likely to become storms in the northwest Pacific and northern Indian Ocean that appear on the map of JTWC…
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3 strong earthquakes shake the Pacific Ocean
Yesterday three strong earthquakes happened near New Zealand and Guam, USA, but fortunately their epicenter was out of the Pacific.
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APEC leaders sign an agreement on climate change
Asia-Pacific leaders have reached an agreement on climate change, revealing an ambitious, long-term goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the agreement does…