Environment
Kien Giang Sea: World biosphere reserve
The coastal and marine areas of Kien Giang have recently been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world bios…
Life
Explore science in everyday life, from weather and health to wildlife, geography, human biology and unusual phenomena around the world.
Latest in Life
Articles & explainers
9,100 published items in this category and its subcategories.
Environment
Earth's temperature tends to heat up unevenly
The average temperature of the ocean has decreased slightly between 2003 and 2005, after more than a decade of warming, the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO…
Environment
The global warming is close to the critical level
Earth temperatures are approaching danger with the highest level ever predicted occurred in millions of years, scientists have announced. The earth is warming at a rate…
Environment
World GHG mitigation conference
Energy and environmental ministers from the world's 20 most greenhouse gas emissions countries have met in Monterrey, Mexico yesterday to discuss climate change.
Environment
UNEP: The ocean is being turned into a 'landfill'.
In a public report at La Hey (Netherlands) on October 4, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) warned of rapid urbanization in coastal areas plus dumping of wast…
Environment
The world's largest iceberg is broken by a storm
At the end of October 2005, Earth's largest once-known iceberg was broken off Cape Adare in Antarctica. According to a study published in Geophysical Research Letters, s…
Environment
Millions of Asians will lose their homes in 2070
Sea level rise will cause millions of people in Asia - Pacific to lose their home after 65 years. Among them, Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, China and the Pacific islands a…
Environment
Alaska: a village melted because of the warming climate
The small Shishmaref village of the Eskimo on a small island adjacent to Alaska, is being submerged little by little every year into the ocean, prompting the locals to m…
Environment
Sahara desert sand can control storms in the Atlantic Ocean
There is a surprising link between the frequency of Atlantic storms and the sand from the Sahara: desert sand can reduce the frequency of occurrence as well as affect th…
Environment
The world's fifth largest gold and copper mine was discovered in Pakistan
The world's fifth largest gold and copper mine has just been discovered in Pakistan's Chaghi region, Balochistan province, according to Pakistani media reports.
Environment
El Nino phenomenon appeared again silently
Data transmitted from Earth-based satellites have confirmed this: El Nino climate phenomenon has reappeared since September. However, this cyclical climate phenomenon oc…
Environment
In 2025, the world will have 3 billion people lacking drinking water
World experts warn that by 2025, there will be 3 billion people (accounting for 46% of the world population) suffering from water shortages.
Environment
Emergency meeting on Indonesian dust and smoke
Yesterday, environment ministers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Thailand held emergency talks in Riau (Indonesia) to find ways to resolve the dust and s…
Environment
North America is in a snowstorm
A blizzard has swept across North America causing tens of thousands of households to power outages in New York State (USA) and Ontario (Canada), many highways in norther…
Environment
Phu Quoc: proposing the establishment of a 10,000ha marine reserve
Many scientists have agreed to quickly propose marine protected areas in An Thoi Bay area of Phu Quoc (Kien Giang). The Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee and th…