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Iceland volcano does not affect the global climate
Many people think that volcanic activity in Iceland will cause global temperatures to drop, but scientists claim it is unlikely.
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Volcanoes erupted again on the glacier
About 700 people in Iceland left their homes after smoke and dust rose from a volcano beneath the Eyjafjallajokull glacier.
Environment
Volcanoes in Iceland wake up after 200 years
A volcano in southern Iceland operated after nearly two centuries of quiet sleep, blowing dust and towering lava columns.
Environment
Huge smoke column rising from the sea
A volcano in the Japanese seabed woke up, creating a column of dust and smoke as high as a 30-storey building on the water. Scientists predict that this eruption could c…
Environment
Recovering gas from garbage
After more than two years of research, Dr. Nguyen Quoc Binh, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Tropical Technology and Environmental Protection and colleagues successfully s…
Environment
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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The terrible 'made in China' dust around the Earth
Japanese scientists first discovered the strange phenomenon: Clouds created by a giant dust storm and existed for so long that they circled more than one round of the ea…
Environment
Image of volcanic smoke column
Surrounded by clouds, shots of smoke, dust and steam rising from an active volcano are an impressive illustration of nature's power.
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'Decoding' origin of Antarctic dust
British scientists recently claimed to have identified the origin of the dust that lies in the ice blocks at the Antarctic arc.
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Volcanic dust smoke like an atomic bomb
On March 22, 23, Redoubt volcano in Anchorage, Alaska state of America sprayed 6 times, creating a mushroom-shaped smoke column higher than 15 km, identical to the smoke…
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Global climate changed by a volcano
Four centuries ago, a volcano in Peru sprayed huge columns of dust and smoke into the sky. That disaster may have opened a new phase in the history of world climate.
Environment
The history of surprising Arctic pollution
Scientists still know that contaminated dust particles from medium-high cities migrate to the North Pole and form an ugly cloud, but a study by the University of Utah ha…
Environment
Dust storms from the Sahara desert cause an explosion of plankton in the East Atlantic Ocean
Scientists working on RRS Discovery are studying sand dust from the Sahara desert blown off the coast of Africa and causing an explosion of plankton in the eastern Atlan…
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Mexico: dusty volcanic eruption
During the six outings on November 30 and December 1, dust and smoke spilled from the crater of Popocatepetl (southeastern Mexico) and lifted thousands of meters in the…
Environment
Hanoi: Winter, the most polluted season
Hanoi in the east, along the main traffic routes, each hour, has more than 0.3 milligrams of PM10 dust (dust less than 10 microns in size) crawling into people's lungs.…