Environment
Warming earth causes forest fires
Global warming is making the Northern Hemisphere forest fires become more frequent and intense, contributing to increasing the risk of climate change quickly.
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Environment
2010 is the record year of natural disasters
Floods in Pakistan, mass fires in Russia and super typhoons in Mexico show that natural disasters continue to set new records this year.
Environment
The Arctic melted, making the winter colder
The winter in the northern hemisphere of the earth will become colder due to warming in the Arctic, making ice melt more and more powerful.
Environment
It takes 100,000 years to recover the climate disaster
Earth will need thousands of centuries to overcome the consequences of global warming if humans continue to bring emissions into the atmosphere.
Environment
Earth copes with severe drought
A new study warns that greenhouse gas emissions will cause severe drought in large areas of the Earth over the next 30 years.
Environment
'Humans must find another planet'
The level of environmental pollution and the rate of exploitation of resources on Earth have become so serious that humanity needs to find a second planet before 2030 to…
Environment
8 unknown consequences of climate change
You know the consequences of global warming? Climate change, ice melt, sea level rise ...
Environment
'Must act urgently to save life'
The United Nations calls on the world to act immediately to prevent the dizzying decline of animals and plants on Earth.
Environment
The weakening of the Sun will increase the temperature of the Earth
Scientists at the Royal Institute of Technology said that when the Sun's activity weakened, the Earth's temperature increased.
Environment
August 2010: Record hot sunshine
According to John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, the average global temperature in August was only lower…
Environment
'Look' at the heart of the Earth
Complicated computer models are creating detailed images of the processes of restoring Earth's shape that continue to take place from within, giving us new insights into…
Environment
Solution to prevent sea level rise
Recent research shows that about 150 million people may be affected if the sea level rises by up to 70cm by the end of the century. Sea level rise will inundate coastal…
Environment
Ozone layer recovered: Happy or worried?
Along with many other factors, the recovery of the ozone layer can cause one third of Antarctica to melt.
Environment
Natural resources are exhausted faster than ever
The rising world population and consumerism are pushing our planet into a
Environment
The extinction of mammoths is warning humanity
Climate change is the main cause of extinction of mammoths, according to a recent study by scientists at Durham University (USA).