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Vietnamese groundwater resources decline
The Center for Water Resources Monitoring and Forecasting has announced the results of monitoring groundwater resources in 2011 in the Northern Delta, North Central, Sou…
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Strong earthquake in Italy, 6 people died
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6 earthquake occurred about 35km north of Bologna city at 4am. Its epicenter is located at a depth of about 10km.
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Nuclear techniques help ensure food security
According to a reporter at the United Nations, on 21 May, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) affirmed that nuclear technology could help mankind ensure food s…
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Japanese tsunami landed on Alaska
Floating, foam-like floating objects landed on the coast of Montague island, 190km southeast of Anchorage, in large numbers. They are most likely junk because the Japane…
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The magnitude 6 earthquake shook Japan
According to AFP, an earthquake of magnitude 6 magnitude shook Aomori province and other areas in northeastern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake…
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Fukushima workers died not because of radiation
The UN representative said the cause of death of six workers who worked at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan and died after the earthquake disaster - the tsunam…
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Radiation in Japan is no longer dangerous
One year after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the amount of radiation in Japan has fallen below the level of cancer, most of Japan is no longer in da…
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Handing over the first floating toilet in the Mekong Delta area
In the morning of May 25, in Can Tho city, Vietnam Holcim Cement Company and Petech Science and Technology Joint Stock Company held a ceremony to accept and hand over th…
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North Korea suffered the most severe drought in the past five decades
According to the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), many areas in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are falling into the most severe drought in the past five deca…
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4.7 Richter earthquake shook northern China
A strong 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook northern China in the morning of May 28, causing buildings in Beijing to be swayed, the US Geological Survey said.
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A strong earthquake in Italy caused many casualties
A strong earthquake shook northern Italy on May 29, killing eight people and causing panic among the people. The incident occurred just 9 days after the earthquake kille…
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Germany set the record for producing the most solar electricity in the world
Germany has just set the record for the most solar electricity production in the world: creating 22GW of electricity in just a few hours, equivalent to the electricity g…
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'Super volcano' formed faster than expected
The largest volcanoes on Earth, or 'super volcanoes', take only a few hundred years to form and erupt, not hundreds of thousands of years as scientists previously though…
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Radiation reduction with corn cobs
Researchers from the sunrise country found that activated carbon, produced from corn cobs, is effective in absorbing radioactive substances, heavy metals and pesticides.…
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Another US city banned plastic bags
City Council of Los Angeles, California (USA) has issued a decree banning the use of plastic packaging in supermarkets, 75,000 stores in the city must switch from plasti…