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The terrible heat once swept the globe
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The terrible heat once swept the globe

In the period from 247 to 252 million years ago, the earth buckled at the terrible heat waves, when life fell into widespread extinction, known as the Permian cessation…

December 16, 2018
The ocean is acidifying at the fastest rate
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The ocean is acidifying at the fastest rate

The latest research by UN and US scientists has confirmed that the world's oceans are currently acidified at the fastest rate of any time in the past 300 million years d…

December 16, 2018
Ice in the Arctic Ocean
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Ice in the Arctic Ocean

A leading oceanographer in the UK judged that the ice area on the surface of the Arctic Ocean was falling so quickly that it could disappear completely within four years.

December 16, 2018
The creature is destroyed by drought
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The creature is destroyed by drought

Texas State, the United States is experiencing the worst drought in history. Trees that lack serious water are dying slowly, forest fires are constantly appearing in are…

December 16, 2018
Seagrass is in danger of extinction
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Seagrass is in danger of extinction

A group of 21 researchers from 11 countries including Virginia Marine Institute Professor Robert J. JJ, USA, have completed the first studies of the extinction risk of g…

December 16, 2018
Earth faces the greatest danger of extinction
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Earth faces the greatest danger of extinction

Scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Antiquities Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the Earth may have entered the era of the sixth major extinc…

December 16, 2018
The dangers of extinction of humanity
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The dangers of extinction of humanity

According to scientists, there are a number of natural hazards that are affecting the lives of a wide range of organisms on earth including humans.

December 16, 2018
The Arctic Sea is the hottest 2,000 years
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The Arctic Sea is the hottest 2,000 years

The ocean currents flowing from the North Atlantic to the Arctic are the hottest in over 2000 years, according to a new scientific study published.

December 16, 2018
Glaciers 'cry'
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Glaciers 'cry'

The Arctic sea ice has been significantly thinner in recent decades, the permafrost is gradually being replaced by seasonal ice changes.

December 16, 2018