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The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Ten News Top 5: Summer Science Stories 🦠

The Ten News, News For Curious Kids

Small But Mighty Media

Education For Kids, News, Kids & Family

4.5889 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

🔭 Lots to catch up on before science classes start. Hear our picks for the top science stories of the Summer! 🌙 Did you know that the moon is getting ready to wobble and that Alaska had quite a shake? 🪲 Also, correspondent Laine Farber takes us back to the start of the Summer and the invasion of the cicadas! 🧪 Test your science smarts in today’s Trivia on the Ten! 🧐 📧 Do you have something to tell us? Email us at: hello@thetennews.com 📝 Sign up for The Ten News-letter! 📸 Join us on Instagram 🌍 Visit our website for a list of sources used for this episode and a full episode transcript Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Bethany Van Delft, and this is the 10 News, where we get the lowdown on what's

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up in the world.

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It's Tuesday, August 17th.

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Science has been making big headlines this summer.

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From climate change reports to wobbling moons.

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Today, we're putting on our lab coats and examining the science stories of the summer.

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Let's get caught up.

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From wildfires to a fire in the actual ocean, yes, that really happened.

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This has been a tough summer for our dear planet Earth.

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Here are the headlines that really got our attention.

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Number one. Lots of shaking.

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The biggest earthquake to strike the United States in the last 50 years was recorded off the coast of Alaska on July 28th.

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We're talking 8.2 on the Richter scale.

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That is really big, so big that a tsunami warning was issued as far away as Hawaii.

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The good news is the quake struck deep below the surface of the earth and far away from populated areas.

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That's incredible!

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