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The bright yellow footprint floated in the sky
A giant yellow glowing footprint appeared in the sky of the Strait of Mangang. A man living in southern England has recorded this interesting image.
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Old forest is an important carbon sink
A new analysis published in the journal Nature shows that the old forest area is often
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'Roof of the world' used to be in the middle of the sea
About 50 million years ago, Everest and hundreds of other peaks in the Himalayas used to be islands.
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Greenhouse effect 'push' many animals up high
Global warming is pushing many tropical animals and plants to places higher than their usual environment.
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Ho Chi Minh City: Pollution threatens tap water
Economic and budgetary board of Ho Chi Minh City People's Council has just published survey results on water pollution in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Mexico: Strong earthquake in Chiapas
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake was recorded in the Pacific Ocean, the area in front of the southern coast of Mexico on October 16,
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Forest fire and ozone pollution
A new study concludes that forest fires can push ozone pollution to levels that exceed US health standards.
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The Arctic may run out of ice in the next 5 years
The pace of climate change is happening faster than anticipated by the scientific community and that situation can have frightening consequences after half a decade, the…
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The benefit of behavior
The spider-eating spiders give it more offspring than the mother spider
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Pour electronic waste into poor countries
New America Media reported that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not seem to do anything about the US situation of e-waste dumping into third world count…
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Indonesia: flood, 2,000 people evacuated
At least 2,000 people in the province of Gorontalo, Indonesia were forced to evacuate when floods raged in the eastern part of the country.
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China: Rich countries need to help poor countries improve their climate
China on October 29 called for developed economies to take the lead in international efforts to deal with climate change.
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Earthquake in Pakistan
The 6.4-magnitude quake shook Baluchistan province, near the Afghan border, on 29 October, destroying 2,000 houses in a series of villages.
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The risk of 'ecological credit collapse'
Environmental organizations have just announced an independent study confirming that Earth is facing an 'ecological credit collapse'.
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Sensors protect laptop hard drives from detecting earthquakes
This device senses movements, strong bumps that can scratch the data reader on the hard disk surface and warn of earthquakes.