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Microplastics found in beef and pork for the first time
Microplastics have been found in supermarket food and farm animals in the Netherlands, however, its impact on human health is unknown.
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Rare 'cave clouds' found in China
Explorers have discovered a special natural mineral in Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, Guangxi Autonomous Region.
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Create renewable jet fuel from bacteria, replacing fossil energy in the future
A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has successfully harvested alternative jet fuel from commonly found species of soil bacteria in the genus…
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An island as beautiful as paradise, but tourists are afraid of shark attacks
Réunion Island attracts a large number of tourists but is also home to the world's leading concentration of sharks.
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Earth has a new hole, 7 times larger than the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer
The Earth's ozone layer has appeared a new, extremely large hole, active all seasons in the lower stratosphere than the tropics.
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Found microplastics in unexpected places
Scientists have proven that microplastics are everywhere, in the air, in the oceans and even in the human body for many years.
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How do humans change the world's rivers?
Over the past 40 years, humans have altered the world's largest rivers at an unprecedented rate.
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Catastrophic avalanche in the Alps kills many people
The ice collapse on the top of Mount Marmolada in the Italian Alps sent a mass of ice, snow and rocks down on a large number of climbers, leaving dozens dead and missing.
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World's oldest trees reveal biggest solar storm in history
The Carrington Event of 1859 gave us a foretaste of just how dire the Sun was to humanity. But it could turn out to be worse than we imagined.
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The world's 'strange' lake: In the coldest place in Antarctica, even minus 50 degrees can't freeze
Scientists have always wondered that Lake Don Juan is in the coldest and driest part of Antarctica, but even though the temperature drops to minus 50 degrees Celsius, th…
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The dreamlike natural wonders of the world have disappeared forever in just the past 10 years
A series of wonders, famous tourist attractions have been permanently unable to return because of human impact.
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Photographer recreates photo more than 100 years old to warn about melting ice
Photographer Neill Drake recreated this photo of a glacier taken in the Arctic more than a century ago.
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The most unique river in the world: Filled with precious things only when the flood water recedes will appear more
In Canada's smallest and most remote federal territory - the Yukon there is a river called the Klondike. Just scooping up a few ladles of water in this river can change…
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Climate change can reduce the frequency of storms and tropical cyclones
Climate change appears to be reducing the likelihood of tropical cyclones around the world, researchers have found.
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Why was the Afghanistan earthquake below 6 degrees but more than 1500 people died?
The earthquake on June 22 in Afghanistan had a very large death toll, up to more than 1500, due to its shallow epicenter, taking place at night and the fragile infrastru…