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Super tsunami scenario in Japan
A 9-magnitude Richter earthquake originating from the trench Nankai, running along the eastern island of Honshu to the southern island of Kyushu, can create a giant wave…
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Venice is both sinking and tilting
The rise in sea level is not the only threat to the famous urban area with the extensive canal system along the Italian coast. The results of a team of experts from the…
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Why doesn't the earthquake in Mexico cause disaster?
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake that occurred in the afternoon of March 20 in Mexico left only negligible consequences for people in the affected area, especially no dead, du…
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The deepest water in the world disappears mysteriously
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report, Antarctic bottom water (AABW) is disappearing with an average rate of about 8 million…
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Japan seeks to reduce radiation levels in Fukushima
The Fukushima government reduced the level of radiation to 30 to 50% in the process of detoxifying forests, residential areas, agricultural and road zones and striving t…
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Australia is trying to overcome the consequences of natural disasters
The State of New South Wales of Australia on March 26 said that there are four more areas of the state included in the list of Natural Disaster Areas, after the long flo…
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Alien mountain in France
Independent said the believers of the New Age believed that the world would collapse on December 21, 2012. They claim that aliens are living in a spacecraft inside this…
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Vietnam in the group is threatened by seawater in Southeast Asia
Vietnam belongs to a group of countries with a coastal population that is directly threatened by sea level rise, in the context of climate disasters causing more than 42…
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Nearly half of a mangrove forest
In 63 years (from 1943-2007) the rate of loss of mangrove forests in Vietnam is very high. The area of mangroves has decreased from 408 thousand hectares (in 1943) to…
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Warning of the risk of serious water shortage
Security Water resources and food security are topics that the United Nations (UN) offers for World Water Day (March 22) this year. On this occasion, the UN warned the w…
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At the end of the century, the sea will submerge 4 million Americans
According to two recent studies, scientists predict that about 4 million Americans, living on an area larger than the state of Maryland (about 32,000 square kilometers)…
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Burning about 100 hectares of forest in Hoang Lien National Park
After 4 days, the fire in Hoang Lien National Park (Lao Cai) burned about 100 hectares of forest. The control of fire still faces many difficulties due to the inability…
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Sydney caught the biggest rain in 100 years
The Minister of New South Wales Duncan - Gay State Road said the city of Sydney on March 8 had suffered the heaviest rain in 100 years, causing the city to fall into cha…
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Losing 40% of the Mekong Delta if the sea level rises by one meter
One meter sea level rise, nearly 40% of the Mekong Delta area is submerged in water, which is the climate change scenario estimated for the end of this century, announce…
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Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan
According to AFP, on March 8, scientists deployed a seabed research program off Japan, where a strong earthquake struck the tsunami last year, to observe the disturbance…