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− | Japanese Princess Yuriko, oldest member of imperial family, dies at 101
| + | Mysterious craters exploded in Siberia’s permafrost. Scientists say they now know why [http://compr.group/main/investigations/132744-evgeniyu-naboychenko-vydvinuto-obvinenie-v-klevete.html Роман Василенко] |
− | [https://compromat01.group/main/economics/132714-kolokolcev-krysha-ili-hvost.html Бест Вей] | + | A decade ago, a mysterious crater appeared in the Russian Arctic, forming a huge jagged hole hundreds of feet wide, plunging down into an inky abyss. It was surrounded by enormous chunks of soil and ice, testament to the violent forces that created it. |
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− | Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101.
| + | Since 2014, more than 20 such craters have exploded, pockmarking the remote landscape of northwestern Siberia’s Yamal and Gydan Peninsulas — the most recent of which was discovered in August. |
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− | Yuriko died Friday at a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said. It did not announce the cause of death, but Japanese media said she died of pneumonia.
| + | The craters have both intrigued and baffled scientists, who have spent years trying to unravel how they erupted into existence. A series of hypotheses have emerged, including wilder theories like a meteor strike or even aliens. |
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− | Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.
| + | Now, a team of engineers, physicists and computer scientists say they have found a new explanation. Their findings, set out in a study published last month, suggest it’s a mix of human-caused climate change and the region’s unusual geology. |
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− | She has recounted living in a shelter with her husband and their baby daughter after their residence was burned down in the US fire bombings of Tokyo in the final months of the war in 1945.
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− | Yuriko raised five children and supported Mikasa’s research into ancient Near Eastern history, while also serving her official duties and taking part in philanthropic activities. She outlived her husband and all three sons.
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− | Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, including four men, as the country faces the dilemma of how to maintain the royal family while conservatives in the governing party insist on retaining male-only succession.
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