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Obesity also makes climate change!
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Obesity also makes climate change!

A group of scientists in the UK has studied the relationship between obese people and the phenomenon of greenhouse gases that cause climate warming dangerously. Their in…

December 16, 2018
Melting ice will cause a global food crisis
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Melting ice will cause a global food crisis

The chairman of the Earth Policy Institute warned that water for food production in China and India is at risk of exhaustion when global warming causes glaciers to melt.

December 16, 2018
Seismic waves in Sichuan spread across the globe
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Seismic waves in Sichuan spread across the globe

Seismic waves generated from the devastating earthquake in Sichuan spread across the Earth's surface twice, according to Matsumoto Seismic Observatory of the Japan Meteo…

December 16, 2018
Sunscreen threatens corals
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Sunscreen threatens corals

According to a European Commission (EC) research group, creamy ultraviolet filters are used to protect the skin that causes the loss of color of coral reefs in the world.

December 16, 2018
The value of biodiversity for our common future
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The value of biodiversity for our common future

What will the loss of biodiversity cause us to lose in the long run? How much investment should national economies now have to stop this trend? And what price will we ha…

December 16, 2018
American earthquake response exercises
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American earthquake response exercises

'1,800 people died, 50,000 injured and 200 billion dollars lost' is a scenario of an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale if it happens in Southern California (USA). This sce…

December 16, 2018
Based on animals to predict concussions
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Based on animals to predict concussions

Before Chengdu City suffered a devastating earthquake 32 years ago, animals had strange behaviors and signs that prices as survivors could notice before the disaster.

December 16, 2018
Special soil to overcome climate change
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Special soil to overcome climate change

Can a solution to global warming problem be in the soil under our feet? A group of Newcastle University scientists aim to develop a soil that can separate carbon from th…

December 16, 2018