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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…
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Argentine waters: Two large icebergs appear
On January 5, in the Atlantic Ocean of Argentina, two large icebergs appeared. These two ice sheets move at 2 km / h and are heading north. This is a strange phenomenon…
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Dissemination of knowledge about tsunamis
When you're at the beach, if you feel an earthquake and realize that the sea suddenly recedes, think that the tsunami may be approaching, rushing to the high ground imme…
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Dead sea is 'dead'
Dead Sea is one of the most valuable 'assets' of the land of Israel, a land of mystical things and famous biblical legends. We all know, because the salt in the water of…
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Dry season 2005-2006: Severe drought?
According to the Deputy Director of the Central Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting Nguyen Lan Chau, the dry season 2005-2006, the drought situation i…
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Ice melted massively, 100 years from now, will the Arctic still have ice?
On the occasion of the International Conference on Climate in Monreal (Canada), Arctic is the most impacted area of global warming. It is predicted that within 100 yea…
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Sundarbans National Park (India)
The Sundarbans, comprising more than 10,000 square kilometers of land and water between India and Bangladesh, the middle region, located in West Bengal (India), were mad…