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State of emergency has been declared in Iceland after lava from a volcanic eruption damaged key hot water pipes
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New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire
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The extraordinary world of fake cities, and simulated urban environments
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Attempts to plant new Joshua Trees after destructive fires assisted by load carrying camels
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US rail safety legislation still stalled one year after East Palestine Ohio disaster
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Grindavík in Iceland now lies empty. Its people have fled and are beginning to face up to the realisation they may never be able live there again.
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Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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Norway hit by hurricane-force winds – is climate change making Europe's extreme storms worse?
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How a huge rainfall simulator helps Japan study and prevent landslides
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A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?
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Russia State Duma to prepare statement to US Congress and German parliament regarding Belgorod plane crash
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Seaweed could save a billion people from famine after a nuclear war
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Iceland battles a lava flow – countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
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Iceland residents of Grindavík, first evacuated in November, have been told to evacuate again after volcanic fissures opened
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Saving the drought stricken Panama Canal will take years and cost billions, if it’s even possible
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iPhone survives falling 16,000ft (4,876m) from airplane
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Planes collide and catch fire at Japan’s busy Haneda airport, killing five. Hundreds evacuated safely.
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Japan's 7.6-magnitude earthquake lifted land out of the sea, extending parts of its coastline by as much as 820 feet
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Powerful quake rocks Japan, nearly 100,000 residents ordered to evacuate
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Hooked on volcanoes? Tourists vie to catch Iceland's eruptions.
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The world’s largest earthquake simulator, and how it works
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After 800 years, volcanic activity has returned to Reykjanes – Andri Snær Magnason reflects on the Icelandic relationship with volcanoes
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Eruption has started in Iceland
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A man blew up his apartment in Japan while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say
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Why is the Colorado River running dry?
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‘Green roads’ are plowing ahead, buffering drought and floods
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US emergency risk index used for allocating disaster prevention and mitigation spending ignores coastal Washington tsunami risk and other predictable disasters
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The Try Guys make ramen - Without A Recipe 2023
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A matter of millimeters: the story of Qantas flight 32
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House explodes in Arlington VA, as police attempt to execute search warrant
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Windowless skyscrapers. These often misunderstood structures play mysterious roles in our urban landscape. In this video we explore the purposes and intriguing stories of these architectural anomalies
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Weather extremes threaten food security (2012)
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Bamboo rising: Lari Octa Green shelters by Yasmeen Lari in Sindh province, Pakistan
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In the face of mounting climate risks, the US insurance safety net is falling apart
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Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
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Mushrooms, snails and plant roots: The surprising story of how your clothes got their color
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Icelandic authorities are building protective walls around a geothermal power plant in the country's southwest to protect it from possible lava flows
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Iceland volcano won't spew more carbon than humanity – social media is once again filling up with such claims, as it always does when volcanoes make news
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Iceland has declared a state of emergency after a series of earthquakes raised fears of a Fagradalsfjall volcanic eruption
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Deep in the Arctic permafrost, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is protecting Africa's food supply
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Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
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Captain found guilty of ‘seaman’s manslaughter’ in boat fire that killed thirty-four off California coast
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
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Coming up short: The crash of MarkAir flight 3087
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Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption – scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phase
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Drought and salt tolerant pumpkins grown for food in Bangladesh - potential uses worldwide
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Drought in Amazon Rainforest makes water level in Manaus sink to just thirteen meters, the lowest since records began
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Cogs in the machine: The crash of Colgan Air flight 3407 and its legacy
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Asin tibuok, nicknamed the dinosaur egg, is one of the rarest salts in the world. Only a few families on a small island in the Philippines still make it. | Still Standing
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