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Desert - CO2 sink
Researchers from Washington State University (USA) have discovered that deserts and other arid ecosystems are also capable of sucking CO2 impressively like trees.
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The area of the US capital of Washington is sunk in ice
With up to 50-60cm of snow pouring down on the night of February 12, most of the operations in Washington and two neighboring states, Virginia and Maryland, were paralyz…
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City Ho Chi Minh will be 'submerged' if the 2 pole ice melts
Quite a number of provinces in the North also suffer the same fate
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Many big cities will sink under the sea
Five major Australian cities disappeared and the 'Kangaroo Land' was mixed in a sea of water the size of Ireland.
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Startled the image of Sydney sinking in
With smoke rising in the sky and bright orange light beneath skyscrapers, Sydney is suffering from a huge fire.
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Poisonous open pit earthquake in the United States
Last year's earthquakes were a clear sign of the formation of a giant, gas-filled hole in southeast Louisiana (USA).
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China: breaking the dam, sinking 19 villages
The collapse of Khuc Dinh dam, Hong Dong district (Son Tay), China killed at least two people in Nam Duong Hai village when more than 100 meters of broken water dams bro…
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Many parts of Japan are sinking fast after a 9-magnitude earthquake
The 2011 9-magnitude earthquake that caused tsunamis in Japan seems to be causing many parts of the country to sink quickly into the sea.
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Revealing the iceberg sank the legendary Titanic
The giant iceberg photograph taken by Captain WF Wood on the SS Etonian on April 12, 1912 is most likely the only picture of the iceberg that sinks the legendary Titanic.
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Scotland sinks in the bubble storm
Large winds rippled across the Scottish coastline, creating a white, stormy sponge that erased a fishing village near Aberdeen on September 25.
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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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Thailand's capital Bangkok will be engulfed by the sea
The newspaper Le Monde recently published 'Bangkok is sinking into the sea', in which warnings by 2030, part of the Thai capital will be flooded.
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Bangkok is sinking slowly ... into the sea
Warning by meteorologist Smith Dharmasaraja said, 20 years to Thailand's capital Bangkok will be below sea level.
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The town sinks 'floating' again after 25 years
The worst drought in Venezuela for decades has caused a town flooded in water for the past 25 years to suddenly come back.
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An island in Asia disappeared
For nearly 30 years India and Bangladesh have disputed the right to manage a small rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Controversy has not yet reached the end, the island…