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Thanks to China rescuing the Mekong
Thailand's prime minister yesterday announced that the country will ask China for help in an effort to cope with the Mekong's record low water level.
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Huge smoke column rising from the sea
A volcano in the Japanese seabed woke up, creating a column of dust and smoke as high as a 30-storey building on the water. Scientists predict that this eruption could c…
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China only has 45 wild tigers
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) claims China only has about 45 tiger individuals alive in its natural environment.
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Fear for tigers in the year of tiger
The world has only about 3,200 tigers left in the wild and they are facing increasing risks.
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Scary places for tigers
The largest animal in the cat family is facing extinction by demand for tiger products in China, Southeast Asian countries and the US.
Environment
The climate is warmer, causing soil to emit more CO2
Xinhua cited the latest research by Finnish scientists, saying that climate warming is the cause of increased CO2 emissions in the soil.
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Eating cotton seeds and growing rice underground
Food scarcity is the source of instability globally and in every country. People have applied many scientific advances to create new foods.
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Earthquake - the worst disaster of the decade
Earthquake - the most horrifying disaster in the past 10 years according to the UN report.
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Obsession lacks water
Everyone must behave correctly with daily water use, hoping to save themselves.
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Nearly 7 magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook some of the eastern regions of the country on February 16.
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Snowfall buried dozens of people in Pakistan
On February 18, a horrific snowfall claimed 20 lives in a mountainous village in northern Pakistan, while another 30 were still buried in a 1.5-2m thick snow.
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Earthquake shook China-Russia-Korea
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said a magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the border area between China, Russia and Korea on February 18.
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Dozens of relatives of people are about to disappear
Cat Ba and the Eastern black crested gibbon of Vietnam are in the list of 25 endangered primates.
Environment
Assassins invisible on the street
A study in the UK showed that emissions from vehicles are the biggest killer on the streets every year.
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America actually returns to nuclear power
After more than 30 years of not building any nuclear power plant (NPP) since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, the US has started to build a new nuclear power plan…