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Monitoring climate change with new methods
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Monitoring climate change with new methods

A study has just released a world warming monitoring model that uses new statistical methods that allow scientists to predict climate until 2070 and how average temperat…

December 16, 2018
Earthquake in Greece and Turkey
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Earthquake in Greece and Turkey

The Athens Institute of Geophysics in Greece announced that the magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred yesterday at 1244 GMT. Its epicenter was under the Aegean Sea and about…

December 16, 2018
Zoning plan to protect the marine environment
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Zoning plan to protect the marine environment

Officials and environmental experts assess that Vietnam's sea and islands are facing pollution from many sources, and want to have a sustainable exploitation plan.

December 16, 2018
The mysterious fog obscures a city
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The mysterious fog obscures a city

The incident happened in Wuhan City, the capital of central Hubei Province. Witnesses said the mist suddenly appeared in the morning, causing locals to quickly wear mask…

December 16, 2018
Taiwan faces the most severe flood
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Taiwan faces the most severe flood

On June 12, rescue workers said at least four people had died and one person was injured in a landslide caused by heavy rains in two areas of central Taiwan. Taiwan is f…

December 16, 2018
Detects shock under the Arctic ice shelf
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Detects shock under the Arctic ice shelf

This finding was compared to NASA's finding the Amazon rainforest in the heart of the Mojave desert. DailyMail page reported, scientists have found an extremely interest…

December 16, 2018
Artificial rubber from biomass materials
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Artificial rubber from biomass materials

The Japanese Bridgestone Corporation successfully studied high-cis polyisoprene (IR) synthetic rubber from Isoprene. This type of rubber is used in the car industry, mak…

December 16, 2018
Ethanol from sorghum - breakthrough biofuel
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Ethanol from sorghum - breakthrough biofuel

Sorghum is poised to become the first official advanced biofuel when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares for the final approval of the grain for ethano…

December 16, 2018
Astronomical paradise on South Island
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Astronomical paradise on South Island

A large part of New Zealand's South Island island will become the world's largest night sky sanctuary. Most of South Island has been planned to be the largest night sky…

December 16, 2018
Securing the coral reef ecosystem in Phu Quoc
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Securing the coral reef ecosystem in Phu Quoc

According to Kien Giang Provincial Association for Environmental Protection of Nature and Environment, in the program of monitoring natural resources and environment in…

December 16, 2018
Japan can restart the Ohi nuclear reactor
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Japan can restart the Ohi nuclear reactor

According to AFP and Voice of Russia, for the first time since the incident at the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant in March 2011, reactors of nuclear power plants in Jap…

December 16, 2018
Hydropower cannot be developed at all costs
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Hydropower cannot be developed at all costs

VRN scientists do not deny the positive role of hydropower in economic and social development, but the massive hydroelectric developments in all river basins have negati…

December 16, 2018
Can capture CO2?
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Can capture CO2?

The Ardmucknish Bay Area in Benderloch, Scotland has been selected to pilot this 'world salvation' technology, DailyMail reported. First, experts will find ways to 'capt…

December 16, 2018
Cool the earth with balloons
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Cool the earth with balloons

The project of spraying water into the stratosphere (Spice) advocates spraying small droplets of water into the atmosphere from a balloon that is

December 16, 2018