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11 people died from landslides in Indonesia
Officials say at least 11 people were killed by two landslides on Sumatra island in western Indonesia today.
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Use volcanoes to produce electricity
Experts say that volcanic heat in Ireland can generate enough electricity for British people to use for a decade.
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Detects large groundwater resources near the Sahara Desert
Scientists say that in some North African countries with large areas such as Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, the volume of groundwater is believed to be the largest. Th…
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Africa lies on a huge underground water tank
British scientists say that the dry continent of Africa lies on a giant groundwater tank, with a volume of over 100 times the surface water. However, extensive well-dril…
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Bulgaria: Heavy rain, heavy snow causing power outages and congestion
Local officials and media say more than 300 villages and towns have lost power. Electricity supplier EVN said it is having trouble recovering power supply in western Bul…
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The world is about to have a new volcanic disaster
Scientists say they recorded more than 500 tremors in and around Katla Crater last month and it is likely that an eruption is imminent.
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Radioactive substances from Japan travel around the world
Japanese scientists say most of the radioactive material released from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has fallen into the sea and circulated around the planet.
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Radioactivity in Tokyo does not come from Fukushima
Japanese officials say unusually high radioactivity was discovered in Tokyo unrelated to the Fukushima I. nuclear power plant.
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Huge lava lake on Kilauea volcano
Geologists say lava flows continue to flow from the vented mouths of Kilauea volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, and have created a giant lava lake on the cracks of the eas…
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'Super sand' purifies water
Australian researchers say that ordinary sand, which is used to filter water in many parts of the world, can be converted into a kind of
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'Paradise Island' in Australia
Aboriginal people in Australia say that their gods want to create a paradise under the earth. So they created Fraser Island.
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Huge ice breaking in the North Pole
US scientists say an ice sheet of four times the size of Manhattan Island (260 km2) and a height of about 180m have been separated from the Petermann glacier in northern…
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China claims not to drain the Mekong
Chinese officials say hydroelectric dams in the world's most populous country are not the cause of the Mekong's water level to hit a record low.
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Record drought in China
Chinese officials say more than 50 million people in the country are suffering from the worst impact of the worst drought in a century.
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Plastic made from sugar can decompose itself
British scientists say they have studied a type of