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Warning: Tropical animals are down 70% in 40 years
The International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF) shows the number of tropical animals living in freshwater environments ...
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Animal world
Lions in Kenya are about to become extinct
The population of lion species in Kenya has declined by an average of 100 animals per year since 2002 and with this decline they will be extinct in just two more decades…
Animal world
Frogs are standing on the brink of extinction
The frog foot trade for human consumption is pushing the animal to the brink of extinction, according to a new study by an international group of University of Adelaide…
Animal world
New research on orangutans
Scientists say they have demonstrated for the first time a decline in the number of orangutans as a direct result of human destruction of the environment. Research by Br…
Environment
Antarctica seriously degrades biodiversity when sea water heats up
Although it only warms the surface water, this increase in temperature has caused it
Environment
Warning of migration risk massively when the temperature increased by 2 degrees Celsius
US scientists have just warned of the risk of population decline due to immigration in Mexico, Central America, Africa, India and other tropical regions due to climate c…
Environment
What will the environment be like if all vultures are extinct
The decline in the number of vultures has caused general hygiene problems worldwide because animal corpses tend to rot, or be eaten by rats or wild dogs.
Environment
Arctic ice is melting record fast
According to data recently released by scientists at the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA, the Arctic ice has reached a record low this winter.
Environment
Oil palm plantations pose a threat to water quality
Palm oil is an ingredient in thousands of products, from peanut butter, packaged bread, shampoo, shaving cream ... the palm oil industry is a booming multi-billion dolla…
Environment
Mangrove forests continue to decline
Ecosystem services from mangroves, although providing and supporting livelihoods worth at least $ 1.6 billion a year for coastal residents, are disappearing at a rapid r…
Environment
Climate change affects 10% of the world population
If the greenhouse gas emissions situation does not decline, by the end of this century, 1 in 10 people in the world must live in areas where crops, water, ecosystems and…
Environment
Climate change threatens even the most common species on Earth
More than half of all species of plants and a third of common animals may face serious threats this century due to climate change, according to a study by the University…
Environment
Air pollution makes women dumb
Scientists from Rush University Medical Center have demonstrated that exposure in the atmosphere contains many pollutants that will occur the intellectual decline of adu…
Environment
Vietnamese groundwater resources decline
The Center for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecasting has announced the results of monitoring groundwater resources in 2011 in the Northern Delta, North Central, Sou…
Environment
Central America suffered from many natural disasters
The report of the United Nations Commission on Regional Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced on March 12 said that the number of natural disaster…