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Seasonal snowstorm in Europe makes traffic stagnant
Seasonal snowstorm in the UK has left hundreds of people stranded in cars on the night of March 11 and disrupted the Eurostar high-speed rail service across Europe the n…
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Earth's temperature changes abnormally hot and cold
The Earth is currently experiencing an unusually sudden change in temperature, from the coldest to the lowest peak in the shortest time in history, in just 100 years.
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Forests are at risk because of disposable chopsticks
Mr. Bo Guangxin, Chairman of Jilin Forestry Corporation, addressed the delegates at the annual parliamentary session on the dangers of the habit of buying disposable cho…
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Japan's new
It took two years after the earthquake accompanied by a terrifying tsunami, Japanese experts officially completed the new early warning system, to minimize the damage of…
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Producing electricity from beer residues
Alaskan Brewing is a brewing company in the port city of Juneau, Alaska, USA. Like all beer companies, handling beer residues - including the rest of malt and barley gra…
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Flower carpet holds the beach environment
More than 1000m2 of Long Hai coastal alluvial land, Vung Tau City has just been experimented with carpeting of green plants by technology from the Middle East. This mode…
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Earthquake 8 degrees Richter causing tsunami in Pacific Ocean
The powerful seismic shaking Solomon Islands on February 6, caused small tsunamis along the Pacific coasts, and killed at least 5 people. The US Geological Survey said e…
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Heavy rain in Pakistan killed 34 people
The Pakistan Disaster Control Agency on February 6 said heavy rain in the last three days in the country killed 34 people and injured many people.
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Air pollution reduces infant weight
Researchers in 14 regions of 9 countries - including South Korea and Canada - gather data on atmospheric micro dust concentrations and the exposure of dirty air to pregn…
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The scene dissipated after the tsunami in the Pacific
After many difficulties, humanitarian organizations reached villages affected by the tsunami after the magnitude 8 earthquake in Solomon Islands on February 6, and also…
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China: breaking the dam, sinking 19 villages
The collapse of Khuc Dinh dam, Hong Dong district (Son Tay), China killed at least two people in Nam Duong Hai village when more than 100 meters of broken water dams bro…
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Dust pollution in Beijing contains deadly poison
Analysis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the smog that struck Beijing and its northern provinces last month contained a large amount of toxic chemicals.
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Learn how sea urchins catch carbon dioxide
To reduce CO2 in the atmosphere one can 'catch' carbon and then put it into underground reservoirs. However, this way is both difficult to achieve high efficiency in pra…
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Super volcanoes capable of causing apocalypse are forming
American geologists found a super volcano is forming near New Zealand and it is capable of causing extensive extinction if erupted.
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Future electricity production technologies
Aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% compared to 1990, the world is looking for new, feasible and sustainable solutions.