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Tools used to measure tropical storm strength
The period from August to September each year is the peak of tropical storms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
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The tiny island nation suddenly floats across the social network thanks to a duck
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Little known rite of traditional Japanese hot spring baths
Located in the volcanic region of the Pacific Ocean, Japan is likened to being lying on one
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French athletes swim 8,850km across the Pacific
Beno Lecomte began a journey of more than 8,850km yesterday's trans-Pacific swim off Choshi City near Tokyo, Japan, according to Business Insider.
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The island where the son is taught by the older sister how to
People live in Mangaia, an island in the southern Pacific, with a very open view on sex. At a relatively young age, they began to be taught how to relate well and to ple…
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Coming soon the first floating city in the world
An American research firm has just reached an agreement with the French Polynesia government to build the world's first floating city in the southern Pacific.
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Asia's deadliest storms since the 1970s
Asia-Pacific is home to 60% of the world's population, which is also the most disaster-prone region in the world.
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The difference between the names of storms
Hurricane, cyclone and typhoon are all words used to describe storms, but the use of different names depends on where the storm was formed and appeared.
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How are Pacific storms named?
Weather forecasters have a list of special names for storms. Periodically, a name will no longer be used and replaced with a new name.
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The mysterious story of ethnicity suddenly disappeared 160 years ago
Off the southeast Pacific there is a very famous island now owned by Chile. It is Easter Island - recognized as a World Heritage by UNESCO.
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Detecting strange tectonic plates at a depth of 660km in the South Pacific
For the first time in the history of geology, American scientists discovered the presence of a tectonic plate of Earth's Mantis, in the southern Pacific region.
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Discover the 168-year mystery of the largest volcanoes in Hawaii
Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) have conducted a study to help decipher the mystery of the past 168 years on how to form the largest and most powe…
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Dragon Triangle - The waters of many people do not return to Japan
The Dragon Triangle is symmetrical with the Bermuda triangular triangle on earth coordinates, which caused the most horrifying disappearances and shipwrecks in Japan.
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Discovered the underground continent of nearly 5 million km2 hidden under the Pacific Ocean
New research by an international team of scientists shows that the Earth has a continent named Zealandia hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean and associated with New Zealand.
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Google Earth spotted a giant pyramid at the bottom of the sea?
Google Earth detects a pyramid like a giant UFO