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Increasingly cold winter, affordable paradox?
Europe, North America and many parts of Asia are experiencing a harsh winter, with temperatures dropping to record levels, snow and ice making traffic stagnant.
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Global warming has terrible consequences
Global warming can wipe out ¾ of the ice sheets in the highlands of Europe by 2100 and raise the sea level by 4m by 3000.
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2010: Year of natural disaster
Earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, super typhoons, snow storms, landslides and droughts rob the lives of at least 300,000 people in 2010.
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The UN calls on countries to
The United Nations has called on countries around the world to ban the use of traditional incandescent bulbs to cope with the current complex climate change phenomenon.
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Earth is vulnerable to polluting organic matter
The UN warns climate change is making Earth, the common home of humankind, increasingly vulnerable to organic substances.
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Vietnam strives to reduce the impact of climate change
Vietnam has made efforts in proactively implementing national programs to mitigate climate change impacts.
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The amount of greenhouse gas emissions reaches a record level
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said that in the past year, greenhouse gas emissions have reached a record, especially CO2 and methane gas, ...
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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.
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Tropical forests disappeared 300 million years ago
Global warming has cleared tropical forests about 300 million years ago. This event takes place in the Carbon, ...
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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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Addressing the shortage of snow water in China
To cope with snow surpluses but lack of water in winter, China's capital will turn snow into water this winter.
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Develop a global distribution map of mangrove forests
Countless people have survived by hiding forests near the coast, when the 2004 tsunami killed more than 230,000 people in Indonesia, India, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
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The United States hopes to reach an agreement on emissions
A global agreement to reduce carbon emissions could be achieved during a climate conference in Mexico next month, a US official said.
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Ho Chi Minh City is most vulnerable to climate change
An official from the World Bank (WB) yesterday warned that Ho Chi Minh City was among the top 10 cities suffering the most serious consequences ...
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Sea fish will move where?
A report in the Global Biology and Biogeography (Global Ecology and Biogeography) of researchers ...