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Snow fell for the first time in 37 years in the Sahara
The snow covered the sand hills in the Sahara desert for almost a day, marking the second time that snow appeared here since 1979.
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Super storm Meranti landed, Taiwan was deserted
With winds up to 360km / h, super typhoon Meranti swept Taiwan from September 14th. Meranti strong horizontal super typhoon Haiyan has caused 7,000 people to die in the…
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China is rapidly turning into a desert
Desertification is devouring thousands of square kilometers of Chinese agricultural land each year, becoming an unprecedented challenge in this country.
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The most exotic deserts in the world
The vast deserts not only have sandy beaches, harsh climates, but sometimes they also have interesting and strange characteristics that stimulate people's curiosity.
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At midnight there is also the Sun.
The most sunny place on Earth could be on an island in the North Pole, in a land with a midnight Sun.
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The secret of 'the most lonely place in the earth'
Lake Mono is a shallow saltwater lake located in the high desert, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, California (USA) mountain range.
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Danakil Basin - Where the god of death does not sleep on Earth
With temperatures ranging from 37 to 62 degrees C, Danakil concave (Ethiopia) is considered
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Close up of a giant crack can create a new ocean
A giant 35-mile crack created in 2005 in the Ethiopian desert could create a new ocean, according to the researchers.
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Human anti-drought weapons are here
Cactus, a species that often lives in arid deserts, may be the solution to the prolonged drought in California, USA.
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Mysterious 'sand hill to sing'
The phenomenon in some desert areas emits strange sounds like music tracks, sometimes like the sound of playing a bass song, sometimes a ringtone
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Rain of blood and weather phenomena of 'bad crying and laughing' in history
Rain 'blood', snow falling between the desert or fire cannons ... are extreme weather conditions that once threatened human life.
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Every year, 27 million tons of sand and dust fly from the Sahara to Amazon
It is estimated that an average of 182 million tons of Sahara dust is blown away by the wind every year, of which about 27 million tons are trapped in the Amazon.
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Green Walls will save China from sandstorms?
The Chinese government has launched an ambitious plan named
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Rare rainbow suddenly appeared in the desert
An amazing natural phenomenon has just happened in the Atacama desert.