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The article offers information on various topics including the heat index in Bandar Mahshahr, Iran on July 31, 2015, the amount paid by a dentist in Minnesota to kill one of the lions in Zimbabwe, and the number of people killed due to air pollution from burning coal in China. Also mentioned was the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) project by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which aims to study the melting of ice sheets in Greenland.

Reports the destruction of maple tress in the United States (US) cause by Asian long-horned beetles. Plan of the US Department of Agriculture on the issue; Details on the enforcement of trade ban with China; Impact of the ban on their foreign economic relation.

The article offers news briefs worldwide as of November 2014. Topics discussed include the discovery of wild beavers in Devon, England, the Chinese government plan to limit the use of coal as alternative energy by 2020 and the research result on the development of a lithium battery design intend for triple the range of electric cars.

The article focuses on the climate meeting of the world's nations in Warsaw, Poland in November 2013. It says that the climate talks neared its end when the Philippines and other developing nations, plus China, walked out of the conference. It states that the reason was the opposition of the U.S. and Europe to a mechanism that would oblige rich nations responsible for carbon emissions to pay for the loss and damages suffered by the developing countries because of the climate change.

The article discusses the multimillion-dollar bile industry from the endangered polar bear. It states that they were found in tropical forests eating fruit, grass and honey. It mentions that they are now found in cages with a catheter draining their bile from their gall bladder for use in traditional medicine in countries including China, Vietnam, South Korea, Laos and Myanmar. It mentions that the medical usage of the bile has drawn new people into the market. It mentions that the increasing demand would increase poaching as well. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is working to shut down the bear-bile business.

The article cites a recent study by the environmental-economics institute Redefining Progress, which says even seven seas cannot satisfy the world's appetite for fish. The study reveals that at the current rate of fishing is overusing the oceans' biological capacity by 157 percent. Japan, Indonesia, and China have the most egregious "fishprints", while the U.S. comes in eighth, overfishing by 165 percent. It suggests that oceanic food consumption should be cut down in order to help in making the scenario from worst to better.