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Scientists have come to a conclusion that already in 2020 emission of greenhouse gases into atmosphere will bring to deficit in food products. As a result each fifth person on the planet will be starving.

Due to global warming water resources will decrease by 6-8% by 2030. At present Main environmental problem in Armenia is Lake Sevan ecosystem recovery.

A secret scientific program to control the weather has seen artificially created storms rain down in Abu Dhabi, says an article posted on Aol News.

According to the studies of meteorological data, temperature average increase in Armenia made up 0.850C in Armenia in recent 80 years, while the amount of annual precipitation was reduced by 6%

Gyumri, Armenia’s second largest city, is one of the dustiest cities in the country, the RA Statistical Service reported, referring to the RA Ministry of Nature Protection.

But we forget how small our planet is where a spacecraft can round the whole planet for 45 minutes. That is we live in a microenvironment and everything going on in Spain may happen in Armenia even tomorrow.

The year 2010 was rich with weather abnormalities. In winter the temperature was above norm by 5-7 degrees whereas sediments were below the norm.

Specialists have estimated that average annual temperature increase will make up +1,3 degrees (from +0,6 degrees to maximum +2,1 degrees). Annual precipitation in our country will reduce by 3% by 2030 and by 10% by 2100.

The international Climate Change international conference held in Mexican Cancun City adopted an actions plan against global warming.

Recovery work at Nubarashen waste burial site has been conducted in an inappropriate manner. As a result, the waste burial site against smells bad …

The fact that chlorofos was a banned toxin wasn’t taken into account by the Vayots Dzor authorities and it included in the list of materials to be used in the technical specs, as a condition of the tender bid. Furthermore, in the three documents for the delivery-acceptance of the work, the Regional Authority has considered the project using chlorofos as completed. 2.3 million AMD of chlorofos was purchased; a large expenditure for a banned insecticide.

“I’ve got problems with my throat, I’m a sportsman…but now I’m suffocating, while my throat’s burning…”

A new threat hanged over the Armenian town of Alaverdi, the ecology of which is in a deplorable state.

The operation of “Shogh” oil and ghee factory has stopped until 18 September as certain actions are taken to correct the drawbacks revealed.

The “Heritage” faction deputy Anahit Bakhshyan has received a letter from 167 residents from Charbakh quarter of Shengavit administrative territory who complain about smells emitted by “Shogh” oil and ghee factory. In this regard the deputy has sent an enquiry to the Nature Protection Ministry.

Emissions sulphur dioxide has the biggest contribution, 99,4 %, in the pollution of atmosphere in Alaverdi. Carcinogenic admixture contains lead, copper, arsenic, zinc and magnesium…

. State Environmental Inspection has revealed many violations of illegal use of bioresources, waste disposal etc, adopted 24 administrative decision in the amount of 1,81 mln USD, as well as calculated the damage caused to nature in the amount of 3.223 mln USD.

In May the concentration of cement in the atmospheric air in Hrazdan exceeded MPC (maximum permissible concentration) by 1.4 times. What about Ararat, the cement concentration exceeded MPC by 1.6 times. This information was passed to ArmInfo by the National Statistical Service.