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2011: More droughts and floods
According to the experts of meteorology and hydrology, the year 2011 will continue to be a year of extreme weather with fluctuations in temperature, irregular rain, stor…
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Extreme weather: reality of a hot world
In 2010, the worst floods in history occurred in every continent, except Antarctica. The world is heating up due to greenhouse gases: the temperature increases by 10C, t…
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Big confusion about climate change
Global climate change is one of the topics that many people mention and discuss. However, among the numerous notions, opinions, also true, wrong, conception is the truth…
Environment
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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Rain 'golden' Christmas drought in Thanh Hoa
On the night of December 24, December 25, some coastal areas of Thanh Hoa province had rain, contributing to improving water sources for farmers.
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Drought spreads causing serious damage in China
The drought caused nearly 20% of the total area of winter wheat in China to be affected, more than 1.7 million people lacked drinking water.
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The number of people dying from droughts and floods doubled
A humanitarian organization in the UK yesterday announced that around 21,000 people around the world died from drought and flooding in the first nine months of this year…
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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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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.
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In Chad, 24 people died, 70,000 people lost their homes
Half of the small Central African country, Chad is suffering a huge flood, affecting 145,000 people here. What is worse is that in this area last year suffered a huge dr…
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The largest river water level in the world is a record low
The severe drought in northern Brazil this year caused the water level of the Amazon River to fall to its lowest level in 47 years.
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El Nino may stop working in the middle of this year
El Nino weather phenomenon peaked in late 2009 but continued to have a strong impact on global weather before ending in mid-2010.
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Shoot rockets to solve the problem
In order to create rain and save the southwestern provinces, from March 22 to March 28, China used dozens of flights, shooting nearly 10,000 shells and 1,000 rockets int…
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Record drought in China
Chinese officials say more than 50 million people in the country are suffering from the worst impact of the worst drought in a century.
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The town sinks 'floating' again after 25 years
The worst drought in Venezuela for decades has caused a town flooded in water for the past 25 years to suddenly come back.