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Find meteor craters to kill dinosaurs
Space science

Find meteor craters to kill dinosaurs

Scientists have shown that a large 25km-diameter crater was discovered on Victoria Island (Canadian archipelago) formed by a meteor shower that killed all dinosaurs, acc…

December 17, 2018
Amazing world of Komodo dragons
Animal world

Amazing world of Komodo dragons

Komodo Dragon Island or Komodo National Park is an island located in the center of the Indonesian archipelago, between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores.

December 16, 2018
Discovered new birds in Indonesia
Animal world

Discovered new birds in Indonesia

Zoologists from the Indonesian University (UI) have discovered a new species of bird in the Togian archipelago in North Sumatra province. They named the new bird Kacamat…

December 16, 2018
Tropical depression intensified into storm No. 2
Environment

Tropical depression intensified into storm No. 2

This morning (June 5) after entering the northwestern area of ​​the Hoang Sa archipelago, the tropical depression intensified into a storm (storm No. 02 in 2018).

December 16, 2018
Storm No. 13 is approaching the Paracel Islands
Environment

Storm No. 13 is approaching the Paracel Islands

At 4:00 am on 11/11, the location of the center of the storm is about 17.4 degrees north latitude; 116.5 degrees Kinh Dong is about 540 km from Hoang Sa archipelago to t…

December 16, 2018
Japan - the land of big landslides
Environment

Japan - the land of big landslides

Historically geologically, Japan is an archipelago within the Pacific volcanic belt, so the geological structure is unstable.

December 16, 2018