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Poland
Suspected Sabotage on Railway
Polish authorities are investigating what Prime Minister Donald Tusk calls an “unprecedented act of sabotage” on a key railway line used to transport aid and weapons between Poland and Ukraine. An explosive destroyed a section of track near the village of Mika, about 60 miles (97 km) from the capital and some 80 miles (130 km) from the Ukrainian border, on the busy Warsaw–Lublin route that handles more than 100 trains a day. Police and security services are also probing a second incident on the same corridor, where a train carrying 475 people made an emergency stop, probably due to damage to power or track infrastructure. The army is now patrolling around 75 miles (120 km) of the line toward the border. The attack comes amid a wider pattern of arson, cyberattacks, and suspected sabotage across Poland and Europe since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
This map depicts the location of the reported sabotage on the Warsaw-Lublin rail corridor. Click on the map to learn more.
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Indonesia
Central Java Landslide Disaster
Two separate rain-triggered landslides in Indonesia’s Central Java have killed at least 18 people and left more than 30 others missing as rescuers continue digging through deep mud and debris. The worst-hit area is Cilacap, where at least 16 people died after torrential rain buried dozens of homes. More than 500 personnel, excavators, and sniffer dogs are searching for seven people still missing. In Banjarnegara, another landslide killed two people, destroyed around 30 homes, and left 27 missing, forcing over 800 residents to flee. Officials have begun cloud-seeding operations to stabilize weather conditions and warn that ongoing monsoon rains could trigger more landslides and flooding across the region.
This map depicts where a landslide occurred in Central Java, Indonesia. Click on the map to learn more.
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China
Earth’s Largest Impact Crater
Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid impact crater in China, which is 984 yards (900 meters) wide, more than eight times the length of a football field. Located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, China, it is one of only about 200 identified craters worldwide and is very young in geological years. The structure, known as the Jinlin crater, was likely formed by a meteorite impact during the early to mid-Holocene, which began approximately 12,000 years ago. It is the largest known impact crater from this era. One of the most surprising traits of this crater is how well-preserved it is, especially given the region’s monsoons, heavy rainfall, and high humidity. The impact crater is a record of Earth’s impact history and can provide researchers with a more objective basis for understanding the distribution, geological evolution, and impact history of small extraterrestrial bodies.
This map depicts the location of the Jinlin crater in China. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: Dating back at least 55 million years, which desert holds the title of being the world’s oldest?
A: Namib Desert
Located along southwestern Africa’s Atlantic coast, the Namib Desert extends more than 2,000 km (1,242.7 mi) from southern Angola through Namibia and into northern South Africa. Dating back at least 55 million years, the Namib is believed to be the world’s oldest desert (the Sahara is thought to be just two to seven million years old). It stretches eastward from the coastline, reaching up to 160 km (99.4 mi) inland to the edge of southern Africa’s Great Escarpment. One of the most dangerous areas of the desert is a 500 km (310.6 mi) expanse of soaring dunes known as the Skeleton Coast, which is scattered with whale carcasses and nearly 1,000 shipwrecks.
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Q: How many Chinese provinces does the Great Wall of China pass through?
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