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09/15/2017 / By Robert Jonathan

North Korea’s latest nuclear test caused earthquakes and landslides; dictator’s quest for power seems sure to threaten the world one way or another

The recent nuke test by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un resulted in earthquakes and landslides in his own country, satellite imagery reportedly suggests. From the Daily Mail: The landslides were triggered in the detonation area at the military base of Punggye-ri and beyond, with green mountains reduced to muddy hillsides. North Korea’s latest test caused […]

09/13/2017 / By Tracey Watson

More radioactive material to be released into the Pacific Ocean from the failed Fukushima power plant

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was one of the 15 largest nuclear power stations in the world, until it sustained massive damage when Japan was hit first by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, and then a massive tsunami, on March 11, 2011. Almost 16,000 people died in the disaster, and another 160,000 lost their homes […]

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