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Monsoon climate
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Monsoon climate

Monsoon is an important form of activity of the atmosphere. The direction of wind changes almost in opposite directions between winter and summer. In the world where the…

December 16, 2018
Discover a new source of atmospheric pollution
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Discover a new source of atmospheric pollution

According to Nature, European researchers have discovered a source of pollution so far unknown that releases nitrogen acid, a gas that contributes to the fog on sunny ci…

December 16, 2018
Mother's volcano - Taal Volcano
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Mother's volcano - Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano is a very strange volcano. In the crater pit there is a small volcano, like a kangaroo kangaroo carrying its child in the belly pocket. Taal volcano along w…

December 16, 2018
CO2 content increased to a record level
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CO2 content increased to a record level

American meteorologists have just noticed that the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased to a new record. The highest concentration of CO2 measured about…

December 16, 2018
The sea currents have rules
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The sea currents have rules

In 1856, some sailors in distress on a sandy beach in the Atlantic found a tar ball, the asphalt covered a coconut skull, including a goat skin letter with symbols stran…

December 16, 2018
Korea: Training on climate change experts
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Korea: Training on climate change experts

Recently, the Korean Ministry of the Environment said the ministry will fund three universities, namely the National University of Korea (SNU), Korea University and Keim…

December 16, 2018
Pacific: islands are threatened by storms.
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Pacific: islands are threatened by storms.

The island nations in the Pacific must strengthen measures to protect against the increase in strength and the frequent occurrence of swirling storms in the region, reco…

December 16, 2018
Use pigeons to track pollution
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Use pigeons to track pollution

The research team at the University of California in Irvine (USA) will use 20 pigeons to monitor air pollution in San Jose, California. Each bird will be worn on a speci…

December 16, 2018
The village is contaminated
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The village is contaminated

Le Minh Xuan commune (Binh Chanh, Ho Chi Minh City) has a gathering place for many establishments specializing in collecting and recycling plastic bags, plastic bags ...…

December 16, 2018
Rain water is not clean water
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Rain water is not clean water

In the past, when scientific knowledge was still uncommon for people, people living in poor and backward regions believed that rainwater was the cleanest, so it always s…

December 16, 2018
Desert climate
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Desert climate

The desert climate is extremely dry, lying on latitudes, so the temperature in the regions varies greatly. Based on latitude, people are divided into low latitude desert…

December 16, 2018
Global temperatures increase rapidly
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Global temperatures increase rapidly

New evidence of a particularly warm world has just been published in Science magazine. New research shows that never during the past 1200 years, the Northern Hemisphere…

December 16, 2018