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California: Drowning in a drought
On June 12, the governor of California (Arnold), Arnold Schwarzenegger, declared a state of emergency in a fertile valley in the central region, a leading agricultural p…
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At 7 degrees in Japan, at least 2 people were killed
Yesterday morning, a 7-magnitude earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least two people and injuring dozens. It is known that the earthquake caused landslides and…
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Climate change accelerates the extinction process in Madagascar
The new study, carried out by the American Museum of Natural History, provides the first details that show global warming forces species to migrate to tropical mountains…
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This year may be more stormy than every year
According to Tran The Kiem, deputy head of the short-term meteorological forecast department (Central Hydrometeorological Forecast Center), this year, the number of stor…
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The initial successful redistribution of Caspian terns
The initiative to build a new nesting area for the largest terns in the world and at the same time protecting the salmon and baby sharks on the Columbia River has finall…
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Heal the hole in the ozone layer, affecting the global climate
A new study by Columbia University scientists shows that the attachment of the ozone layer, intended to be carried out in the second half of the 21st century, could have…
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Finding the climate in Antarctica is wrongly predicted
A comparison of Antarctic temperatures and snow accumulation with predictions by the computer model of the global climate has produced good news and bad news.
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Myanmar: before and after the terrible storm
At the beginning of the week, Nargis storms across Myanmar, Southeast Asia, has killed about 60,000 people (so far). NASA's Terra satellite recorded the area before and…
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The terrain increases the destruction of the Nargis hurricane
In addition to the cause of the intensity, the regional topography also caused the devastating Nargis storm, officials at Vietnam's Central Hydrometeorological Center (D…
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Nearly 10,000 people die from earthquakes in China (*)
The massive earthquake in China last afternoon caused nearly 10,000 people to die, hundreds of people trapped under collapsed buildings while rescue teams have yet to re…
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Buried green with alkaline hydrolysis
The classification of clean green burial options is becoming more realistic for environmental awareness.
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The area of ice in the Arctic dropped a record in the summer
According to the Japan Aerospace Agency (JAXA), this summer, the Arctic ice area will fall to its lowest level since Japanese scientists conducted observations of the Ar…
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Obesity also makes climate change!
A group of scientists in the UK has studied the relationship between obese people and the phenomenon of greenhouse gases that cause climate warming dangerously. Their in…
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The greenhouse effect does not increase the number of storms
Many people believe that the warming of the Earth will increase the number of storms, but a recent study proves that it is not true, at least in the Atlantic.
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The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is the highest in 800,000 years
The conclusions of researchers at the University of Berne - Switzerland published in the journal Nature on May 15 show that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is…