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Car companies have to cut emissions
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Car companies have to cut emissions

A spokesman for the EU said the commission is aiming to cut car emissions by 25% in general, and will largely be attributed to the introduction of new car manufacturing…

December 16, 2018
Big snow threatens traffic in the UK
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Big snow threatens traffic in the UK

The UK weather forecast center, the Met Office, forecast heavy snow in most of South Wales, Central and South England, including London. Snow is 5cm thick in London and…

December 16, 2018
Scientists debate the evolution of El Nino
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Scientists debate the evolution of El Nino

The anomalies of the sea surface temperature (SST / Sea Surface Temperature) were reduced when approaching the equatorial Pacific region during January 2007. However, th…

December 16, 2018
Earth warms, ice mountains melt
Environment

Earth warms, ice mountains melt

The ice on the top of the White Mountains (Cordillera Blanca) of Peru, is considered the largest ice in the tropics, is melting fast ... Scientists track the melting of…

December 16, 2018
Tokyo: winter without snow
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Tokyo: winter without snow

Since the beginning of winter, the central area of ​​Tokyo has no snowflakes. This is the first time in 130 years that the Japanese capital has spent a long time in the…

December 16, 2018
A new gas causes a very strong greenhouse effect
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A new gas causes a very strong greenhouse effect

Scientists at the Norwegian Air Research Institute (NILU) at the Zeppelin Observatory have noted an increase in a particularly powerful greenhouse gas, called HFC134a.

December 16, 2018
When the lungs smoke
Environment

When the lungs smoke

Kalimantan also lost quite a bit in the jungle. The first is a few kilometers by boat, and then a few kilometers on the self-made sledge. Across the trees, each flock of…

December 16, 2018
Severe blizzard in America
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Severe blizzard in America

On February 13, a fierce blizzard swept through many places in the United States, causing at least three people to die and air traffic was severely congested. At many ai…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi: Hail again
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Hanoi: Hail again

Around 22:30 last night (February 14), hailstones appeared in Cau Giay, Thanh Xuan and Tu Liem districts within about 15 minutes. However, very few people know that ther…

December 16, 2018
New agreement on global climate
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New agreement on global climate

Top international politicians have reached a new agreement to deal with climate change at the Washington summit. Delegates attending the meeting agreed that developing c…

December 16, 2018
Discovering huge lakes in the Antarctic ice
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Discovering huge lakes in the Antarctic ice

Science magazine published on February 15 said that with the help of space-based laser probes, scientists have discovered huge giant lakes about 700 meters deep beneath…

December 16, 2018
Declaring Kyoto to deal with climate change
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Declaring Kyoto to deal with climate change

Kyoto Climate Action Declaration, called for an urgent discussion of environmental goals after the Kyoto Protocol expired in 2012, was adopted at a conference on climate…

December 16, 2018