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Air pollution causes children to learn ignorance
Children who live near heavily polluted roads have lower IQ and score worse on tests, compared to children who breathe fresh air.
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High-tech companies reduce emissions
The largest companies in the world including Nokia, Sony, Hewlett-Packard, Nike, Tetra Pak and a number of other companies have joined in fighting global warming.
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German agreement to help Italy solve the garbage crisis
February 18, the German Association of Waste Recycling and Processing Enterprises (BDE) has signed an agreement with the Naples city government to help relieve thousands…
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Frost from Europe to Asia
According to the Chinese government's announcement, the new cold wave in the south will last at least until February 21. In particular, Yunnan province is most affected…
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Continuous earthquakes on the Mexican and American borders
At 1441 (local time) on February 19, an earthquake of magnitude greater than 5 Richter shook the border areas of Mexico and the United States. At present, the authoritie…
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Thailand warned of a tsunami after an earthquake in Indonesia
Immediately after the earthquake in Indonesia, the Thai disaster warning center issued a tsunami warning on Phuket Island and five neighboring provinces.
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Galapagos Islands - Contaminated fuel is prohibited from use
The Ecuadorian government introduced a plan to eliminate fuels that pollute the ecological environment on the Galapagos Islands from now to 2015.
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Big snow record in New York
The worst snowstorm in two years has happened in New York yesterday. Snowfall is as high as 15.24 cm in the largest city in the US, causing traffic to be interrupted and…
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The carbon recovery strategy will open the car-free era
Scientific researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a project to recover, store and eventually recycle carbon from vehicles to prevent it from b…
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New materials are capable of capturing selective carbon dioxide
UCLA chemists have announced a major step forward in reducing heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions on February 15 in Science.
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Carbon dioxide emissions related to human life expectancy
A Stanford scientist for the first time published a direct relationship between the rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the increasing human mortality. He used sophis…
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For the first time found earthquakes according to ... seasons
The storms often appear seasonally, but no one thinks about earthquakes. Scientists have found in the Himalayas, they also appear in certain cycles and in the winter.
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Australia suffered the worst flood in two decades
East Australia has witnessed the worst flood in 20 years, causing thousands of people to be trapped. Parts of the country's most populous state, New South Wales, have be…
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Snow storm raging in Asia
Heavy snowfall and cold weather have killed and blocked traffic in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan. Some areas have snow for the first time in year…