Environment
The glacier on the mountain of New Zealand turns red
Severe forest fires or strong dust storms in Australia can cause glaciers to change color.
Forest Fires
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Environment
Fireproof blanket - new fire protection method?
This blanket can help protect the building from high temperatures for about 10 minutes, enough to avoid damage in high-speed forest fires.
Environment
Intense wildfire creates cloud of fire, the sky turns red orange 'like the end of the world'
Not only did the sky turn an orange-red color, Australia's forest fires were so strong that they changed the local weather, forming fire clouds that could create lightni…
Animal world
Mercury river dolphins are poisoned with mercury
Conservationists found alarming levels of mercury poisoning in the Amazon river dolphins population due to illegal gold mining.
Biology
Nearly 60% of typical European tree species are endangered
More than half of Europe's specific woody plants, including those that used to be so popular, such as horse chestnut or rowan, are facing extinction.
Environment
Indonesian wildfire is blackening the skies of Southeast Asian countries
The Amazon is not the only rainforest destroyed by fire. A series of forest fires in Indonesia are causing much of Southeast Asia to be covered by dense smoke.
Animal world
The heartbreaking truth behind the images of orangutans stood alone in the middle of the burning forest
Images of orangutans in the middle of the burning forest make people feel sorry.
Environment
The New York Times: Analysis of satellite images has pinpointed the culprit in the Amazon forest fire
The satellite analysis has pinpointed the culprit of wildfires, and that can be said to be hard to deny.
Environment
Watch out for the animals that died when the Amazon forest was visited by the 'firewoman'
More than 9,000 large and small forest fires in many parts of the Amazon rainforest have made Brazil public.
Discover science
Factors determining the spread of forest fires
The direction of movement and the rate of spread of forest fires depend on many factors, such as: wind, vegetation or steep mountainous terrain.
Space science
NASA uses 200 satellites to detect forest fires in 2018
The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a project called FireSat that will give the earliest warnings when a wildfire is occurring, in the face…
Space science
The mystery of the Dark Day in New England
The sky in New England, America, one morning in May 1780 suddenly darkened. People in the area panicked about the final Judgment Day.
Space science
Satellite detection of forest fire
From the University of California, Berkeley, scientists designed the geostationary satellite line to bring sensors, cameras and analytical software to control forest fir…
Biology
Stunned with the loss of forest trees on Earth: 1 minute missed 40 football fields
Global Forest Watch, Global Forest Monitoring and Research Institute Global Forest Watch and the University of Maryland (USA) recently released a report that really scar…
Biology
Insect outbreaks help fight natural disasters
Scientists have unjustly solved insects on the destruction of forest trees today.