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New research on the impact of the sun
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New research on the impact of the sun

A recent study raises questions about the impact of the sun on global climate change. Writing in the journal Nature, scientists from the US and Europe say changes in

December 16, 2018
Global warming 3oC in 2050
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Global warming 3oC in 2050

Under the impact of emissions from human activities, world temperatures will rise to 3oC by 2050, according to reports released by the multi-government survey group on c…

December 16, 2018
Study ice cores to explore climate change rules
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Study ice cores to explore climate change rules

Small amounts of salt and dust kept in the Antarctic ice sheets over the past 740,000 years have uncovered new signs of Earth's climate changes. The results were publish…

December 16, 2018
Rain water is not clean water
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Rain water is not clean water

In the past, when scientific knowledge was still uncommon for people, people living in poor and backward regions believed that rainwater was the cleanest, so it always s…

December 16, 2018
Global temperatures increase rapidly
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Global temperatures increase rapidly

New evidence of a particularly warm world has just been published in Science magazine. New research shows that never during the past 1200 years, the Northern Hemisphere…

December 16, 2018
Freshwater dolphins die in the Mekong River
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Freshwater dolphins die in the Mekong River

10 Irrawarddy dolphins have died in the Mekong (Cambodia) in the past two months. WWF warned that the deaths of the 10 dolphins above raised concerns about the life of t…

December 16, 2018
Volcanoes operate in the freezing zone
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Volcanoes operate in the freezing zone

The territories of British overseas are expanding. According to researchers from the British Antarctic Survey Association (BAS), volcanoes erupting on the island of Mont…

December 16, 2018
Mushroom clouds haunt mankind for 72 years
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Mushroom clouds haunt mankind for 72 years

In the past 72 years, countries have conducted more than 2,000 nuclear weapons tests with greater destructive power than any weapon ever known in human history.

December 16, 2018