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On March 11, 2011, Japan recorded its biggest earthquake ever. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the north-eastern coast was followed by a deadly 40-metre tsunami that sent a wall of water crashing through ports and coastal regions, washing away everything in its path and killing more than 20,000 people.

A mega diamond of a staggering 1,174 carats was recently recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, making it one of the largest natural diamonds ever recovered. More remarkably, the stone was found alongside several other similar diamonds weighing 471, 218 and 159 carats — suggesting the original diamond could have had a weight of more than 2,000 carats when it first formed. The latest discovery is hot on the heels of another mega diamond of more than 1,000 carats which was recovered from t...

What’s Behind The Monster Gem Boom? Share Published 2 hours ago: July 12, 2021 at 10:00 am   A mega diamond of a staggering 1,174 carats was recently recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, making it one of the largest natural diamonds ever recovered. More remarkably, the stone was found alongside several other similar diamonds weighing 471, 218 and 159 carats — suggesting the original diamond could have had a weight of more than 2,000 carats when it first formed. The latest discovery...

Staff The Fukushima Daichi Nuclear Power Station, as seen from above. Officials announced treated wastewater will be released into the ocean. Image: TEPCO/Wikimedia Commons In roughly two years, the Japanese government will begin releasing the contaminated Fukushima nuclear power station water into the Pacific Ocean. Officials made the announcement on Tuesday. Ever since the ground shook and the tsunami wave hit back in 2011, the containment ponds at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powe...

The Japanese Government has announced it is to go ahead with releasing radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean

The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images Japan plans to release Fukushima’s contaminated water into the ocean Apr. 13, 2021 , 10:25 AM Japan announced today it will release 1.25 million tons of treated wastewater contaminated by the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. The government said it is the best way to deal with tritium and trace amounts of other radionuclides in the water. “Releasing the treated water into the sea is a realistic solution,” Prime Minis...