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Asian growth promotes climate change
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Asian growth promotes climate change

Asia's rapid economic growth in recent years has contributed significantly to climate change and environmental pollution, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

December 16, 2018
Image of volcanic smoke column
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Image of volcanic smoke column

Surrounded by clouds, shots of smoke, dust and steam rising from an active volcano are an impressive illustration of nature's power.

December 16, 2018
Africa has enough land to feed the world
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Africa has enough land to feed the world

The world population continues to increase day by day but the shortage of food production land is unlikely, because humanity still has billions of hectares of unexploite…

December 16, 2018
Wind speed is decreasing in the US
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Wind speed is decreasing in the US

Reducing wind speed in many places in the United States can cause a lot of influence not only for the wind power industry, according to climate researchers in Iowa, USA.

December 16, 2018
Remove run massively due to climate change
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Remove run massively due to climate change

Global warming is forcing hundreds of millions of people to leave their habitats. If that situation continues, we will have to witness the biggest migrations in human hi…

December 16, 2018
The tree saves the planet from freezing
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The tree saves the planet from freezing

Humans and all living beings are indebted to plants, because thanks to them, the earth has not been covered by ice for the past 26 million years.

December 16, 2018
Seabirds can predict El Nino
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Seabirds can predict El Nino

It took 18 years to study the number of birds living on the Great Barrier reef, scientists have discovered a predictable law of El Nino.

December 16, 2018
Many people died from flooding in the North
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Many people died from flooding in the North

Floods lasted from 3-5 / 7 in the northern mountains, causing many deaths. Water in some rivers is reaching record levels. Preliminary damage is estimated at tens of bil…

December 16, 2018