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Chinese hydroelectric dams slow down the Earth
The Three Gorges Dam in China, which provides clean energy for the pressing needs of the people of this country, also causes many environmental impacts.
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Discover how Turkish people move tombs weighing 1100 tons
This costly move brought the tomb out of the area affected by a huge reservoir that would flood the Tigris River valley when it smashed Ilisu into operation.
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Strange where the ducks walk on their backs, they administer thousands of fish
Lake Pymatuning in the US is where visitors can witness the sight of ducks standing on the back of fish to feed.
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See how the US 'patched' the highest dam in California
The risk of breaking Oroville dam, California, has decreased but police chief Butte County, California state - Mr. Kory Honea, on February 15 warned people they are stil…
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'New forest' 20 years living alone in the deep forest
Leaving the village, Mr. Ho Van Chau went to the mountain to build a hut to live for 20 odd years between the deep forest on the middle of Ca Dam mountain, highland dist…
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What is under the West Lake?
The West Lake also has other names such as Dam Dam fox, Ho Kim Nguu, Lang Bac, Dam Dam, Doo Ho, which are the largest natural lake in Hanoi city.
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Singapore is flood-proof by keeping every drop of water to use
The way of flooding the country with small area and serious lack of fresh water source is very smart: the water is flooded by rain and rivers are transferred to the dam…
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Ambition to dry up the Mediterranean to create super-continental Europe - Africa
A German architect put forward an ambitious plan to annex Europe and Africa to a supercontinent by absorbing Mediterranean waters and building dams.
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7 myths about famous landmarks
The British clock tower named BigBen, China's great wall of vision can be seen from the universe ... It's a mistake.
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Cyprus hunts for a mysterious
The story of a strange animal living at the Kouris Dam was mentioned by Cypriot people three years ago when the media reported a crocodile was thrown into the dam.
Oceanography
Thanks to sharks, the pearl island in the Philippines revived miraculously
After heavy devastation from Typhoon Haiyan, a famous resort island in the Philippines has been revived thanks to the ferocious sharks hiding in the deep sea.
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Kazakhstan indebted to save the dead sea
The Kazakhstan government has secured a multi-million dollar loan from the World Bank to save the Aral Sea - the worst man-made environmental disaster in history. The mo…
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Save the Aral Sea
When the Sun began to appear on the Aral Sea (located in Central Asia, north of Kazakhstan, South to Uzbekistan), Alek sailed to the sea. After a moment of letting go of…
Archeology
Discovering stone carvings of 2.6 million years old
This 2.6 million-year-old stone carving has a length of up to 8m, a width of 70cm with a description of the hunting and gathering scene of the ancient people.
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Discovered the mummy 'beauty sleeping in the lake' 2,000 years old wearing a silk dress
The remains of the 2,000-year-old 'beauty' were discovered in the upstream reservoir of a giant dam of 242m high, in the Yenisei River, Siberia, southern Russia, Mirror…