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Why do tornadoes rarely appear in the city?
The easy answer to this situation is because cities are too small for an entire landscape, said Joshua Wurman, director of the Center for Special Weather Research in Col…
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Effective catalyst to produce oxygen for artificial synthesis
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the US Department of Energy and the Japan Institute of Molecular Science are trying to simulate part of the complex natural…
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Written examination on the environment:
In 2008, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) called on countries, businesses and communities to strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global cli…
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The link between global warming and the disappearance of frogs is a challenge
The group of biologists has selected heterogeneous evidence, targeting many factors that cause widespread disappearance of frogs that change color.
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Hydropower challenges the environment
Quang Nam's hydropower development strategy lacks an overall view and leaves negative impacts on the environment. Comments of Mr. Nguyen Duc Hai, Chairman of Quang Nam P…
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The earth warms up badly affecting traffic
The situation of global warming may cause serious damage to the transportation network in the future, for example when hot weather and storms occur frequently, the deman…
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Electronic invoices help protect the environment
The green environment protection process will have a significant change if electronic invoices are put into use. PayItGreen Alliance Alliance says the annual web-based t…
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Climate change threatens Japanese rice fields
Japan is trying to find ways to mitigate the effects of warming Earth phenomenon on rice in the country. Not many people worry that extreme weather changes - as scientis…
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Serpentine Stone: Potential risk of earthquakes
A relatively soft, dark blue layer of rock called Serpentine covering tectonic plates can play an important role in terrifying earthquakes, according to research by Fren…
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Latin America faces natural disasters
As noted by the Brazilian government, landslides occurred continuously on February 3 in Itaipava, in Rio de Janeiro, causing at least nine deaths. The constant rain and…
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Tornadoes continued to land through the southern states of the United States: 54 people were killed
Yesterday morning, after tornadoes passed the states of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi, at least 11 people were killed and more than 30 injured. By this morning, to…
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Next week, snowstorms can happen in China
Emergency rescue teams are rushing to restore power systems in southern China damaged by unusually heavy snowstorms. Yesterday (February 8), meteorologists forecast the…
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Afghanistan is still sinking in the cold
Nearly 100 Afghans had to cut their fingers or toes due to freezing, the health agency announced on February 10. This winter was judged to be the worst ever in Afghanist…
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Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after the earthquake
Early this morning (February 14), a strong earthquake struck off Indonesia's Maluku province caused authorities to issue a tsunami warning. There is no information about…
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Dust storms from the Sahara desert cause an explosion of plankton in the East Atlantic Ocean
Scientists working on RRS Discovery are studying sand dust from the Sahara desert blown off the coast of Africa and causing an explosion of plankton in the eastern Atlan…