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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…
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Melting ice will cause a global food crisis
The chairman of the Earth Policy Institute warned that water for food production in China and India is at risk of exhaustion when global warming causes glaciers to melt.
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35 years, the world lost 1/3 of the number of species
According to the report of World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Animal Organization (ZS) in London (UK) and Global Footprint Network (GFN), human activity is the main cause of los…
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Seismic waves in Sichuan spread across the globe
Seismic waves generated from the devastating earthquake in Sichuan spread across the Earth's surface twice, according to Matsumoto Seismic Observatory of the Japan Meteo…
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Nitrogen pollutants in seawater threaten the atmosphere
An international team of scientists, led by professor of oceanography and atmospheric science Robert Duce of Texas A&M University, concluded that a large amount of nitro…
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Biofuel plants are at risk of becoming invasive plants
Countries that rush to develop biofuels are at risk of growing invasive plants, which could lead to an environmental and economic destruction, biologists warn.
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Sunscreen threatens corals
According to a European Commission (EC) research group, creamy ultraviolet filters are used to protect the skin that causes the loss of color of coral reefs in the world.
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The value of biodiversity for our common future
What will the loss of biodiversity cause us to lose in the long run? How much investment should national economies now have to stop this trend? And what price will we ha…
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American earthquake response exercises
'1,800 people died, 50,000 injured and 200 billion dollars lost' is a scenario of an earthquake of 7.8 Richter scale if it happens in Southern California (USA). This sce…
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Every day the world loses 150 animal and plant species
The alarming figure was announced by German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel at the United Nations World Conference on Nature Protection, taking place in Bonn, German…