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'Super volcano' formed faster than expected
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'Super volcano' formed faster than expected

The largest volcanoes on Earth, or 'super volcanoes', take only a few hundred years to form and erupt, not hundreds of thousands of years as scientists previously though…

December 16, 2018
Nuclear power against climate change
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Nuclear power against climate change

After the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima I power plant in Japan, Germany and many developed countries planned to phase out nuclear power plants. The Japanese government…

December 16, 2018
The Arctic Ocean emits greenhouse gases
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The Arctic Ocean emits greenhouse gases

Research by world scientists published April 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience warns that the Arctic Ocean could be a huge source of methane, a source of greenhouse ga…

December 16, 2018
Earth warms up causing extreme weather phenomena
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Earth warms up causing extreme weather phenomena

According to a reporter at the United Nations, on March 29, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed that global warming has led to…

December 16, 2018
Dams cause climate change
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Dams cause climate change

More and more scientific research shows that reservoirs, especially in the tropics, are a significant source of global greenhouse gas pollution.

December 16, 2018
Earth will rise to 3 degrees Celsius by 2050
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Earth will rise to 3 degrees Celsius by 2050

According to the BBC, in this experiment, researchers have been able to run nearly 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers' computers. The physical parameters obtained…

December 16, 2018
'Dry' water and special applications
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'Dry' water and special applications

According to the Telegraph, 'dry water' looks like white powder. Each grain of dry water contains a drop of water with a silicon dioxide coating (silicon compound in the…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people
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Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just released a research report on the global environmental outlook by 2050. Accordingly, without i…

December 16, 2018
Publish carbon dioxide data in oceans
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Publish carbon dioxide data in oceans

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is strongly promoting international cooperation efforts to build new data on the process of…

December 16, 2018