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The lake is bubbling, burning in the Arctic
NASA is using satellite imagery to study abnormal foaming in lakes in Alaska, USA, resulting from global climate change.
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Earthquake 6.5 Richter in Indonesia, affecting Singapore
A strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurred in Indonesia on June 2, tremors spread to Singapore.
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The truth about the risk of super-earthquakes in Asia
After four strong seismic episodes within 48 hours in South Asia, Myanmar and Japan, the media warned of an imminent earthquake. How big is this risk?
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Where can mercury in the air come from
Mercury can be generated from coal-fired power plants, incinerators and forest fires.
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Why does Japan have so many earthquakes?
A 7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan, after less than 2 days a 6.2-magnitude earthquake also occurred in the region.
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The anger of the Pacific Ring of Fire
Located close to the junction of four lithosphere segments, in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Japan was subjected to continuous earthquakes every time these plates rushed tog…
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Cloud shaped sphere of fire in the Portuguese sky
The cloud looks like a blazing fireball flying across the sky that appears above the island of Madeira, Portugal, surprising many local residents.
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Houses crumbling after the earthquake in Taiwan
The magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck early this morning, damaging many buildings in southern Taiwan, including a collapsed 17-storey apartment building, leaving more than…
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Russian snow country is 2.5 times faster than the world
On December 25, the Russian government admitted that Russia's temperature is rising 2.5 times faster than the average of the world, leading to the risk of flooding and f…
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The magnitude 7, 3 magnitude earthquake in the island nation of Vanuatu
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has just occurred in the waters of the island nation of Vanuatu, off the Pacific Ocean, without a tsunami warning.
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The mechanism of 'fire hose'
Fire cannons are fiery columns of fire that rise very high, move slowly, and people can hardly extinguish it with direct methods.
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White poisonous foam-polluted lake caught fire
Lake Bellandur in Bangalore, India, is so polluted that white poisoning bubbles like snow and sometimes burn.
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Indonesia thanks to Russia and Japan to help control fire causing dry blindness
The Indonesian president proposed four countries, including Russia and Japan, to help stamp out the fire, which caused the thick dry haze to spread across the region for…
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Discover unique natural phenomena
The universe, nature always contains mysteries without answers. There are frequent phenomena but there are very unique phenomena that must be very lucky, you have the op…
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The most confusing accidents
Historically there have been many horrific disasters and huge number of casualties, occurring due to identified causes. But there are still many disasters that no one un…