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TEPCO employees are seen next to the part of an underground ice wall unit at tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture

Explained: What Is the ‘Wall of Ice’ at Fukushima’s Crippled Nuclear Plant?

Elaine Lies and Ju-min Park 25/01/2022

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant recently...

A Planet SkySat image shows a plume of smoke rising from the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai before its eruption

Why the Tonga Volcano Was So Violent, and What It Tells Us About Future Eruptions

Shane Cronin 25/01/2022

Looking at the chemistry of past eruptions, the small...

Eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai off Tonga

Understanding the Geology of the Tonga Volcano

C.P. Rajendran 24/01/2022

The explosive activity on the early morning of January...

Workers clean up an oil spill in Ventanilla

‘Smells Like Death’: Peru Oil Spill Clear-Up Drags on as Fishermen Count Cost

Reuben Loffman 22/01/2022

The oil spill was caused by abnormal waves triggered...

Eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai off Tonga

Tonga Eruption Was 500-Times as Forceful as Hiroshima Nuke: NASA

Reuters 21/01/2022

The blast in the small island nation was so...

Several birds are culled during an outbreak of avian influenza.

In December 2021, Two People Died of Bird Flu in China: Reports

The Wire Staff 20/01/2022

Two strains of the avian influenza virus infected as...

FILE PHOTO: Emirates Boeing 777 planes at Dubai International Airport

Airlines Scramble to Rejig Schedules Amid US 5G Rollout Concerns

Tim Hepher and David Shepardson 19/01/2022

The Federal Aviation Administration had warned that potential 5G...