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Too late to be able to prevent extreme heat waves
Although current carbon dioxide (C02) emissions are more or less, it is too late for people to prevent the risk of climate change from causing more extreme heat waves ov…
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96 people died due to prolonged flooding in Pakistan
The Pakistan National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on August 15 said floods due to heavy rains in the past two weeks have killed 96 people nationwide and affecte…
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Singapore studies electricity generation from ocean waves
In order to diversify power sources and meet increasing domestic demand, Singapore is actively researching to produce electricity from ocean waves.
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Climate change affects fruit quality
Climate change reduces crunchiness, but increases the sweetness of apples. This conclusion, published in the August 15 issue of Nature Scientific Report, was carried out…
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Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupted
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said the Sakurajima volcano in southern Japan erupted on the afternoon of August 18, tossing up as much as 5,000 meters of ash.
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Herbicides alter global ecosystems
Research in a laboratory in Germany shows that using pesticides or herbicides can harm organisms more than people know.
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Floods raged across China, 105 people died
Floods at both ends of China have left at least 105 people dead and 115 others missing in recent days.
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Russia: Floods forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate
The country's Far East is suffering a serious flood when 6,018 houses in Amur, Khabarovsk provinces and Jewish autonomous regions are submerged in water and more than 20…
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European forest at the risk of saturation absorbs CO2
The ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) of old European forests is approaching saturation, threatening one of the main protective barriers of
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Philippines: Rainstorms flood half of Manila
Heavy rains caused by the Trami tropical storm flooded the Philippines' Manila capital in just 24 hours, causing landslides and killing at least seven people and affecti…
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Project to turn desert into ... forest
Five German scientists have proposed a new strategy to reduce the impact of climate change: Turning desert coastal into ... forests.
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Emergency response to hurricane Jebi
Last night (August 2), Typhoon 5 crossed North Hainan Island (China), went into the Gulf of Tonkin. At Bach Long Vi island station, a strong wind of 17m / s (level 7) wa…
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Bagan, the land of thousands of forgotten temples
The ancient Bagan city was once the capital of the Pagan kingdom, a key cultural, economic and political center of the Pagan empire during the 9th to the 13th centuries.
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Damming contributes to global warming
Research results have been published in the Journal of Science, Technology and Environment (Germany) showed that the construction of dams on rivers and lakes, or in ente…
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Typhoon hit Quang Ninh
At 10 am this morning, the storm of Jebi entered Quang Ninh province with strong winds of level 9 (maximum winds of 102km per hour). The storm stormed many corrugated ir…