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Climate change challenges national security
The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has just completed a new assessment of how climate change could threaten US security over the next 20 years when it causes a lot…
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Biofuel plants are at risk of becoming invasive plants
Countries that rush to develop biofuels are at risk of growing invasive plants, which could lead to an environmental and economic destruction, biologists warn.
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Climate change, the world struggles for resources
The risk of conflict and competition for resources will become more intense as a result of climate change. This warning was given in a European Union (EU) report, expect…
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Serpentine Stone: Potential risk of earthquakes
A relatively soft, dark blue layer of rock called Serpentine covering tectonic plates can play an important role in terrifying earthquakes, according to research by Fren…
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Climate change: 22 million Vietnamese people will lose their homes
This is the confirmation of the researchers in the Human Development Report 2008 published by UNDP in Vietnam and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on No…
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Indonesia: The risk of volcanic eruptions is very close
According to scientists at the Kelut volcano observatory (east of Java Island), within a few hours, they recorded 548 tremors taking place in the volcano.
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Flood tide threatens 21 great cities
A series of major cities around the world are under high tide and other disasters involving weather changes threaten, the World Watch Institute said. Of the 33 cities th…
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The climate is warmer, which increases bacterial infections
The warming of global climate may increase the risk of infection in the world, which is a warning of experts at a medical conference with the topic.
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Bangkok is an area of earthquake risk
Thailand is drafting a regulation to declare Bangkok an earthquake-prone area after the city was hit by an earthquake of 8.4 magnitude in Indonesia, an official of the c…
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Climate change causes more flooding
The results of a new study published in the journal Nature show that global climate will increase the risk of flooding more than previously anticipated.
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Warning of major earthquake risks in Taiwan
Some Taiwanese scientists have warned that the territory is at risk of suffering a major earthquake in the near future. The reason is that the number of small seismic ep…
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Ghost cities of the 22nd century
These are once once prosperous cities, crowded with people but then become ruined or disappear completely. In the next 100 years the world will have a series of cities f…
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The third United Nations report on climate change
Warn about the risk of global warming, UN-sponsored scientists will present a new study next week, describing how to avoid the worst, that is: everyone must grasp techni…
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This summer will be hot record
That is the warning of the World Meteorological Organization. Even in the spring of this year the temperature rose to a record high. The coming summer will become extrem…
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Australia: the risk of water shortage in big cities
According to the warning of scientists, from now until the end of the year, the big cities of Australia such as Brisbane (Northeast) and Adelaïde (South) may lack seriou…