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The culprit caused an unusually hot and cold weather phenomenon
The Merchant Specialist, chairman of the World Meteorological Organization's Climate and Disaster Committee (WMO), explains the extreme weather phenomenon in cold weathe…
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Environment
The worst natural disasters in 2015
About 150 major natural disasters affect millions of people around the world in 2015 and Asia is the most affected region in global disasters.
Environment
Poison leak - Bhopal tragedy
In the production, transportation and use of toxic substances, just a little attention is needed to leak the environment, harm human health. The leak n
Environment
Satellite images reveal the disaster of Chinese air pollution
Heavy pollution caused China to be covered by thick haze and authorities had to issue a red alert, the highest warning level for low air quality in Beijing's capital.
Environment
The 10 biggest dangers to the environment and people
Cooking with charcoal is one of the leading threats to human health. Meanwhile, contaminated surface water is even more frightening than radioactive waste
Environment
The mechanism of 'fire hose'
Fire cannons are fiery columns of fire that rise very high, move slowly, and people can hardly extinguish it with direct methods.
Environment
Ten environmental disasters are threatening humanity
Humanity is more than ever before 10 disasters caused by itself, without the global expansion to solve the endangered competition is not a distant future.
Environment
Realizing that super-earthquake will happen, 40 million people will die
Experts of the Vietnam Institute of Geophysics voiced the information about the most terrible earthquake and tsunami in history about to enter the US and Asia.
Environment
The most confusing accidents
Historically there have been many horrific disasters and huge number of casualties, occurring due to identified causes. But there are still many disasters that no one un…
Environment
The youngest glacier on the planet
St Helens volcano disaster in Washington in 1980 created one of the youngest and cleanest glaciers on the planet.
Environment
Typhoon Soudelor entered Taiwan, the South China Sea has strong winds
The storm was rated the strongest in the year when entering Taiwan, the intensity was reduced, the maximum wind power was 150 km / h. Northeast of the East Sea has stron…
Environment
Natural disasters look from the universe
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) publishes satellite images of recent natural disasters.
Environment
Can 2015 El Nino cause more natural disasters?
The eastern Pacific Ocean is heating up, making the El Nino phenomenon likely to hit its peak in 1997 and causing unexpected disasters.
Environment
Sakurajima volcano is about to erupt threatening 600,000 Japanese
The Sakurajima volcano, Japan, will probably erupt violently, threatening to affect 600,000 people in the surrounding area.