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A quarter of the world is degenerating
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) yesterday affirmed that 25% of the world's land area is seriously degraded.
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Test of Indian Ocean tsunami warning
With the support of the United Nations, the Indian Oceanic nations tested the early tsunami warning system.
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Coal gas from primitive stoves affects human health
A study published in the journal Science (USA) on October 13 showed that primitive stoves, still widely used in the world, are the cause of killing about 2 million peopl…
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Earthquakes in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
A strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake just happened this morning (September 13) in the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami warning was issued, accordin…
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Climate change submerges the Pacific island nation
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Kiribati, a low-lying Pacific island nation threatened by rising sea levels when opportunities to prevent climate change are stil…
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Drought in Africa: 7-month-old babies weigh as much as babies
Mihag Gedi Farah, who is Somalia, is 7 months old but has a modest weight, equivalent to a newborn boy, while his skin resembles an old man.
Environment
America: oil leaks 40km long on the river
Exxon Mobil, the nation's largest multinational oil and gas group, pledged to quickly clean up the environment of Yellowstone River, Montana State, after the oil pipe br…
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10 million Africans are at risk of drought
The UN has just warned: nearly 10 million people in the Horn of Africa in East Africa are facing a humanitarian emergency because the region struggles with the worst dro…
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Protection of tropical forests: three main obstacles
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2005 the earth had only 4 billion hectares of forest, covering 31% of the area. About…
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Water in the Indian Ocean flows into the Atlantic Ocean
The study, published in the April 27 issue of the journal Nature, shows that the Indian ocean currents flowing into the Atlantic could increase from 1.4 to 4 million cub…
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'Super cities' watch out for earthquakes
According to scientific studies of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), published April 21, the
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Indonesia was shaken by volcanic eruptions and earthquakes
Alarming at the risk of two volcanic eruptions and an earthquake has just struck the Indonesian island nation on March 20.
Environment
10 'hot spots' about forest ecosystems
The United Nations has declared, 2011 is the international year of forests. In response to this event, the International Conservation Organization (CI) has just announce…
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FAO promotes reducing climate change impacts
On February 15, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began a program to reduce climate change impacts of global agriculture with financial support…
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Forests only have 31% of global continental areas
The world has lost more than 13 million hectares of forest, mainly due to the conversion of forest area to other uses, the forest currently accounts for only 31% of the…