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Preparing measures for climate change
The World Health Organization has called on European policymakers to take immediate measures to prepare for the consequences of climate change on health. In the speech i…
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All schools in Tehran are closed because of pollution
Since today, about 2 million students in the Iranian capital have unexpectedly taken a two-day break because all schools and kindergartens in the city received orders to…
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Planting trees may not cool the earth
Contrary to long-standing assumptions, according to US scientists on December 6, planting in temperate regions can absorb sunlight and warm the earth in the long run. Fo…
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Methods for sustainable forest management to protect Amazonia forests
Amazonia, Brazil are considered the green lungs of the Earth. In this forest, felling trees always adheres to strict environmental regulations. At the Forest Exploitatio…
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There will be bigger tsunamis in Sumatra
An American scientist studying the islands off South Sumatra, Indonesia, said there was clear evidence that the region could continue to experience larger earthquakes an…
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The north pole from the Earth is moving
Scientists on Thursday said the Earth's north pole is being swept away quickly from North America and headed towards Syberia. Until now, it is still impossible to explai…
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The risk of tsunami with Vietnam will be very high?
The fact that an American scientist has just released a forecast that the risk of a new tsunami in Asia is worse than the 26 December 2004 raises the need to build a tsu…
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Ozone layer: 60 years to recover!
Although the ozone layer defends life on Earth is shrinking, but it still takes another 60 years for the ozone layer to fully recover, returning as it was in 1980. Numbe…
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Will Europe be colder?
The hot currents flowing from the Gulf of Mexico through the Atlantic Ocean to Europe are waning, leading to a situation where there is no supply of heat to the north. T…
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Freshwater fish resources are threatened
In a recent report published in BioScience, scientists said that over-exploitation of freshwater fish is threatening the biodiversity of lakes and rivers on a global sca…
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Atacama Desert - Mars on Earth
Arid and deserted with bacteria, land in the Atacama Desert (Chile), one of the oldest, driest deserts in the world, very similar to the gravel-red soil on Mars. This fi…
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Discovered 'dead zone' at earthquake epicenter in South Asia
Five months after the tsunami in South Asia, scientists discovered one
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Vietnam Environment in 2005: Has not changed clearly!
In the afternoon of December 16 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment published the 2005 Environmental Change Report. This is considered a
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WB buys China 's gas emission limit worth 930 million USD
The World Bank (WB) on December 19 announced an agreement to buy polluted quotas of two Chinese companies worth $ 930 million. This is part of a plan for rich countries…
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There are still creatures living in the Dead Sea
A miraculous mushroom managed to survive in the extremely salty waters of the Dead Sea. Its discovery could lead to new advances in gene technology, in order to create f…