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El Nino changes may cause many storms to land
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El Nino changes may cause many storms to land

Normally, in the years of the El Niño phenomenon, there are fewer storms on the Atlantic than usual. However, a new study suggests that El Niño can morph into form and c…

December 16, 2018
Coping with climate change in 2050
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Coping with climate change in 2050

A new type of refugee emerges and tends to increase dramatically: environmental refugees. Around 2050 there will be about 200 million refugees of this type.

December 16, 2018
'Strange smoke from Hanoi' is acid mist
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'Strange smoke from Hanoi' is acid mist

In the days of being covered by smoke, many Hanoi people find it difficult to breathe and sting their eyes. When light rain appeared, I measured and found that the pH of…

December 16, 2018
Detecting a huge hollow cave
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Detecting a huge hollow cave

British geological explorers have discovered a cave classified as the largest in the world, has a massive space equivalent to York Minster cathedral, England.

December 16, 2018
The tragedy of whales in South Africa
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The tragedy of whales in South Africa

The police were forced to shoot at the heads of exhausted whales on the beach as people flocked to see. The rain poured down, making the scene become more and more pitif…

December 16, 2018
Abundance of marine life in the past
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Abundance of marine life in the past

Before the whale hunt in the 1800s, the waters surrounding New Zealand had about 27,000 head whales - about 30 times the current number of whales.

December 16, 2018
White lions escape the scene of
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White lions escape the scene of

Global White Lion Foundation prepares to bring a white lion family of extremely rare goods to be returned to the natural environment to save them from the situation of a…

December 16, 2018
Exotic clouds in the sky
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Exotic clouds in the sky

Floating clouds in Cedar Rapids, Iowa State, in an un-dated photo may be examples of a new form of cloud discovered since 1951.

December 16, 2018