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Temperatures may rise to record levels next year
The British Meteorological Agency warned that the average temperature in 2010 could reach unprecedented levels in history.
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Dust molecules help limit climate change?
For decades, scientists have wondered whether the condensed nuclei of artificial clouds - particles suspended in the atmosphere - increase cloud cover around the Earth,…
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Hundreds of people died and went missing because of the storm in the Philippines
The worst storm in four decades has left at least 86 people dead and 23 missing in the Philippines. Rescuers are trying to find bodies and rescue trapped people.
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Forest fires will increase as the climate warms up
Because the climate warms up in the coming decades, atmospheric scientists at Havards' School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and colleagues say that the frequ…
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The Arctic may run out of ice within a decade
Some US scientists warn that, in less than 10 years, the Earth's north pole will be free of ice.
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Australia suffered the worst flood in two decades
East Australia has witnessed the worst flood in 20 years, causing thousands of people to be trapped. Parts of the country's most populous state, New South Wales, have be…
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Oxfam: Over two decades, natural disasters quadrupled
The number of weather-related disasters has quadrupled in the past 20 years, according to the charity Oxfam (UK). The organization said that an average of 500 weather-re…
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Super typhoon hit eastern China
Earlier, the Wipha storm was considered the most intense in the last decade in China to land in a densely populated coastal area south of Shanghai, bringing down heavy r…
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Los Angeles: Big fire near the Hollywood icon
One of the terrible fires over the past four decades in Los Angeles, USA happened at Griffith Park, which has the symbol - the famous Hollywood word. The fire spread ove…
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The threat of climate change for Vietnam and from Vietnam
In the past few decades, humanity has witnessed and scientists all over the world have been constantly alerting the unusual fluctuations of global climate.
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People make storms more violent
The greenhouse gases emitted by humans in the past few decades increase the temperature of the sea water, which directly increases the intensity of storms. A series of r…
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Earth's temperature tends to heat up unevenly
The average temperature of the ocean has decreased slightly between 2003 and 2005, after more than a decade of warming, the US Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NO…
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Chernobyl and the magic of nature
Nuclear disaster two decades ago turned Chernobyl into the most dense radioactive pollution in the world. But life is not destroyed, but it has become a haven for many w…
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The world lacks water due to global warming
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities along with climate change cause global warming to significantly affect areas dependent on snow and ice, resulting in…
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Greenhouse gases will double after two decades
The total amount of greenhouse gases emitted to the sky will increase by 52% by 2030, unless the world takes immediate measures to reduce energy consumption, a study has…