30/04/2014 Newsround


30/04/2014

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It's time for the latest Newsround with exploding whales and big cities

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sinking on the way with me Ayshah. First, to a warning that some of the

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world's biggest cities are at risk of sinking into the sea. A study

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carried out by scientists found that the ground in coastal areas in

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cities like Bangkok in Thailand, New Orleans in America and Jakarta in

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Indonesia is much lower than it was in previous years. One of the main

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reasons for the sinking is because many countries pump water from

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underneath the ground. Scientists say getting water from alternative

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sources would help stop the sinking. Some cities in the world get their

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drinking water from deep underground. They pump it to the

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surface that this has the effect of making the land on which those

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cities are built drop-down. Tokyo, the capital of Japan, went down two

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metres until it stopped pumping waters in this way.

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Exploding whale news next as it looks like being a nervous night for

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people in one town in Canada. That's because they say a dead whale,

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washed up on their local beach, could pop at any point, but moving

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it is trickier than you'd think. Washed up on Canada's Newfoundland

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island, this whale is attracting a lot of attention. Most dead whales

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sing to the bottom of the ocean and decompose naturally but when this

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doesn't happen they can wash up on shore and be very tricky to deal

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with. At over 30 metres in length, it is the largest animal on earth.

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There is lots of stuff that has to decay. The creature the whale has

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eaten will break down in its stomach and gases like carbon dioxide are

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released which create a build-up of pressure. This pressure inside

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builds up lake at the Louvre and eventually if that is no release, it

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will pop causing a mini explosion. At over 60 tonnes in weight it is a

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big task to try to move it so politicians and local people are

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still scientific around the best course of action before it pops.

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And finally, listen up if you ever argue with your brother or sister

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about who's the best. New research suggests kids born first in a family

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are more ambitious than their younger siblings when it comes to

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studying and going on to college and university. The study of 1500

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children suggested parents give more attention to their first kids than

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their later ones. Leah spoke to some of you about it. I think it is a

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stereotype. Who is better at studying? You or your sister. My

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sister. Everybody is different, some people might want to go to college

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while some people will want to go and do something else. Here is what

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you have been saying. Newsround's back bright and early

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tomorrow morning.

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