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As the amount of summer rainfall from 1912 to 2017 has increased by 11.6 mm/10 years, [17] because the number of heavy rain and torrential rain events have increased in frequency, the risk of heavy rain has become much higher in the southern part of a peninsula than the central region of the Korea peninsula. A large amount of water vapour ...
In South Korea, it is known as mugunghwa (무궁화), meaning "eternal flower". The unofficial national animal is the Tiger, for the peninsula seems like a tiger in a point of view. The unofficial national bird is the Korean magpie, which was chosen in 1964 through a poll organized by the Hankook Ilbo. [1]
In particular, the climate disaster has threatened to mass extinction of barely surviving animals and plants. Although they live on the Korean Peninsula, there are representative animals in Korea that are sensitive to climate change, whose habitats are threatened by climate change without our perception. [71] Red-spotted ramie butterflies.
The Korea Carbon Capture & Sequestration R&D Center (KCRC) is an institution in Daejeon, South Korea, specialized in Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) R&D. [1] The Korean government has selected CCS technology as part of core technologies for green growth, and has established the National Comprehensive Plan for CCS to commercialize and ensure the international competitiveness of CCS ...
The APEC Climate Center (APCC) is a governmental institution that conducts research in climate prediction, analysis and climate change application areas. It also provides climate information services and capacity building programs with the aim of strengthening scientific and technological cooperation across the APEC region.
A drought beginning in June 2015 affected both South and North Korea.The amount of rain that year was in places less than half of average, [1] following a dry year in 2014. On 19 June, the water level in the Soyang Dam was 152.24 metres (499.5 ft)—the lowest recorded water level since its creation on 24 June 1978, when the water level was 151.93 metres (498.5 ft)—and the Soyang Lake ...
Dioxin aka "Agent Orange" was used in South Korea during the Vietnam War era, to defoliate areas along the DMZ. [3] The South Korean Army also used Agent Orange to spray areas around NIKE Missile sites in the 1960s and 1970s at such bases as Camp Humphreys. [4] Endocrine Disruptors; Hazardous Chemicals Control; Health Impact Assessment System ...
At 223,179 km 2, the area of Korea is similar to the area of the United Kingdom (244,100 km 2) or the U.S. state of Minnesota (225,171 km 2). Excluding the islands, the area of the Korean Peninsula is 220,847 km 2. The peninsula measures approximately 1,000 km (620 mi) from north to south and 300 km (190 mi) from east to west. [2]