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Based on animals to predict concussions
Environment

Based on animals to predict concussions

Before Chengdu City suffered a devastating earthquake 32 years ago, animals had strange behaviors and signs that prices as survivors could notice before the disaster.

December 16, 2018
Special soil to overcome climate change
Environment

Special soil to overcome climate change

Can a solution to global warming problem be in the soil under our feet? A group of Newcastle University scientists aim to develop a soil that can separate carbon from th…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution reduces flower fragrance
Environment

Air pollution reduces flower fragrance

A new study from the University of Virginia says air pollution from power plants and cars is damaging the scent of flowers and thus limiting the ability to follow the sc…

December 16, 2018
Storm No. 1 entered the Central Coast
Environment

Storm No. 1 entered the Central Coast

This afternoon, the tropical depression in the South East Sea has become strong into a storm, the No. 1 storm (international name is Neoguri). Typhoon is strong at level…

December 16, 2018
Global sea level may rise by 1.5m
Environment

Global sea level may rise by 1.5m

According to a recent scientific analysis, by the end of the century, global sea level could rise to 1.5 m, higher than the previous forecast of the United Nations Inter…

December 16, 2018
Manufacturing environmentally friendly plastic
Environment

Manufacturing environmentally friendly plastic

Each year, more than 30 billion bottles of water are filled in US landfills, causing a huge environmental problem. However, if the study of Missouri University of Scienc…

December 16, 2018
Dead ... environmentally friendly!
Environment

Dead ... environmentally friendly!

If there is not enough time to live more beneficial to the environment, then be environmentally friendly when away from the world. This is the trend being encouraged in…

December 16, 2018
Global climate changed by a volcano
Environment

Global climate changed by a volcano

Four centuries ago, a volcano in Peru sprayed huge columns of dust and smoke into the sky. That disaster may have opened a new phase in the history of world climate.

December 16, 2018