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St Kilda Islands (England)
This tiny island is lurking on the Atlantic Ocean, 160km from the Scottish coast, formed by the ruins of a volcano whose disintegration and freezing created vertical wal…
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Port of Angra by Heroísmo - Portugal
The port is located on Terceira island in the Acores archipelago and is a European bridge to
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Thai Son - A natural wonder
Thai Son Mountain is 1545m high compared to the sea and extends 400m, in the Yellow River Delta, is the cradle of China. According to geologists, Thai Son began to appea…
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Ayers - giant stone
The giant stone that lurks on the wild steppe of central Australia is a mountain, but there is only one rock. It is located south of the Macdonnell Mountains, 350 km eas…
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China: Use satellites to track cranes
In order to collect data to protect the black-necked crane, China will continue to use satellites to track this bird as it travels in the southern province of Yunnan. Th…
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The largest artificial lake in the world
Volta artificial lake has the largest area in the world located in Ghana (East Africa). The artificial lake with the largest water volume is Lake Bratsk on the Angara Ri…
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Major environmental events in 2005
Natural disasters are the main environmental theme in 2005, a year marked by the devastating tropical storms of the North Atlantic Ocean and a series of large-scale eart…
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Galapagos beach stinks because ... sea lions
Galapagos Islands are famous throughout the world for beautiful flora and fauna. But if you're lucky enough to have a chance to visit here, don't expect to see the islan…
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Global warming is more serious than anticipated
A new British study has concluded that our planet will heat up faster than expected. But the paradox is that the advances in anti-pollution make the situation even more…
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Ecological change - A threat to human health
According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the emergence of more and more new killer diseases such as SARS and bird flu may be related to envir…
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Building the largest solid waste treatment area in the country
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has granted investment licenses for construction and operation of the solid waste treatment complex, with a capacity of 3,000 ton…
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Plateau Tassili N 'Ajjer (Algeria)
Located in central Sahara, Eastern Central Algérie, this vast plateau (known as Hecbe called Tassili) is 72,000 km2 wide. With an average altitude of 1500m, this plateau…
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The most isolated land
The farthest inhabited land is the island of Tristan da Cunha, which is 98km2 wide and has a population of only 350 people. The closest island, Saint-Hélène is also 2,12…
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Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro conservation area
The Serengeti National Park consists of 1.5 million hectares of savannas and forests with the world's largest herbivores. Migration of wild animals, zebras and antelopes…
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Ice layers at Mount Angola, memorandum of rainfall
According to studies conducted by French and Bolivian scientists, the ice sheets on the Mount Estonian do not store data like those found in Antarctic ice sheets. The co…