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نظمت هيئة الطاقة الذرية الأربعاء 14 تشرين الأول، اجتماعاً وطنياً بعنوان “تعزيز البحث العلمي في مجال الليزر وتطبيقاته في الجامعات والمراكز البحثية السورية”، لبحث واقع تقنيات الليزر وإمكانات تطويرها وتعزيز التعاون العلمي بين الجهات المعنية. واستعرض الاجتماع التقنيات البحثية المتوافرة في قسم الليزر بالهيئة، والتقنيات المستخدمة في الجامعات والمراكز البحثية السورية، إلى جانب مناقشة سبل […]
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Air pollution in part of Singapore hit the country's "very high" band on Wednesday, while East Timor shut schools, as haze from forest fires raging in Indonesia causes a regional crisis. The blazes in Indonesia have burned through hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest and plantations, sickened local residents and sent thick haze across the region. Air pollution in western Singapore on Wednesday hit "very high" -- the country's top level -- the National Environment Agency said.
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The palm-sized green turtle hatchling flailing through the sand on a Malaysian island may seem vulnerable, but its species has emerged as a symbol of hope for wildlife conservation. Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to "least concern" in global conservation rankings, a remarkable success when many species are declining. Conservation NGO World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in its biannual Living Planet Report released Thursday, found a 73-percent decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations over 53 years.
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Eight endangered orangutans were released into a protected forest in Indonesia after wildfires destroyed their habitat.
