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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
Freshwater dolphins die in the Mekong River
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Freshwater dolphins die in the Mekong River

10 Irrawarddy dolphins have died in the Mekong (Cambodia) in the past two months. WWF warned that the deaths of the 10 dolphins above raised concerns about the life of t…

December 16, 2018
Bottled water affects the global ecosystem
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Bottled water affects the global ecosystem

According to a new study by the Institute of Earth Policy (US), the consumption of bottled water has more than doubled in the last 6 years and is seriously affecting the…

December 16, 2018
The champions in the invisible world
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The champions in the invisible world

Do not believe in the gentle colors of orchids. Because, there's a mantis in the ambush! As a disguised king, this orchid's mantis color is exactly the same as the petal…

December 16, 2018
The champions in the invisible world (the end)
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The champions in the invisible world (the end)

Watch out for piles of gravel is a deadly trap! In the middle of a copper coral, you can't see a candy crab from your eyes. In the pasture, the giraffe easily deceives p…

December 16, 2018
Warning of global danger of globalization
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Warning of global danger of globalization

In the middle of the twenty-first century, as a result of a dramatic reduction in solar radiation to the earth, it resulted in a reduction in the global temperature of t…

December 16, 2018