Tag Archives: Physical geography

New Island emerges in Japan

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Japan's Bonin Islands is home to over 30 subtropical and tropical islands. That number will increase this week as a new island has been birthed off the coast of Nishinoshima, an uninhabited island...

Singapore-sized Iceberg floats in the Southern Ocean

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The Pine Island Glacier or PIG is a giant ice steam that is considered to be the world's most rapidly shrinking glacier on Earth. Scientists predicted that the PIG will give birth to large icebergs...

123-year-old Man in Bolivia is World’s Oldest Person

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The verified oldest person living right now is Misao Okawa. She is 115 years old and lives in Japan. Now a report from Bolivia says that Carmelo Flores Laura is the world's oldest person. He is...

Discovery of Ocean Water on Mars

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Mar is the red planet. It is the closest thing to earth that can be said to have once possessed a climate and even some possible specimens of life. The experts who have studied it have found striking...

Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon Tightrope Walk Made History

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Famous American acrobat Nik Wallenda just completed his latest amazing stunt. He walked over the river Gorge near Grand Canyon on a tightrope. The walk performed without a harness took 22 minutes....

400-year-old Plants Grow Again

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Scientists performed a little wonder and revived 400-year-old plants that were frozen 400 years ago during the Little Ice Age. I have never heard of the Little Ice Age. Must have been sleeping during...
    


Valery Rozov Makes World’s Highest Base Jump from Mount Everest

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48-year-old Russian extreme sport star Valery Rozov jumped off the north face of Mount Everest for the world's highest base jump. The jump off point was at 7,220 meters (23,688ft) above sea level....
    


Archaeologists Discover Cave Paintings in Mexico

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The images shown by Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History, are strange to look at after so much time has elapsed between their original formation and the historical evidence we see...
    


James Cameron completes Mariana Trench Dive setting new Record

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Movie Director James Cameron beat Richard Branson in the Mariana Trench Dive. James Cameron's submarine needed about 2 and half hours to decent to the deepest spot on earth. The Mariana Trench is 6.8...