US and China to sign Paris climate deal in April. Countries responsible for 40% of worldâs carbon emissions to formally approve historic pact and pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5C, reports Climate Home. Done deal! US President Barack Obama with President Xi Jinping of China at the Paris climate conference in Le Bourget, France. The two leaders will soon meet in Washington DC. China and the United States, the worldâs two leading carbon polluters, said on Thursday they planned to formally join the Paris climate agreement in 2016.
A: According to the Institute for Marine Mammal studies, dolphins can generally hold their breath for as long as  10 minutes. They normally breathe about four to five times per minute.
With the benefit of breathing pure oxygen first, the current Guinness World Record for holding your breath underwater is held by Ricardo Bahia of Brazil at a whopping 20 minutes 21 seconds! Most people in good health can hold their breath for approximately two minutes. Experts believe that even a little bit of practice can increase that amount of time quite a bit.