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The Caribbean region needs a solution to climate change
On April 30, the United Nations called on the international community to look for efficient, inexpensive investment models to help Caribbean island nations cope effectiv…
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Strong earthquake off the coast of Mexico
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred on 22h43 GMT on May 1 (Vietnam time 5h5), with the epicenter at a depth of 44km, 90km from Tapichul…
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Detects large groundwater resources near the Sahara Desert
Scientists say that in some North African countries with large areas such as Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, the volume of groundwater is believed to be the largest. Th…
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Just collect energy and collect clean water
The prototype of this wind turbine has been operating in Abu Dhabi, taking 62 liters of water from the air every hour. Eole hopes that wind turbines are capable of obtai…
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Turn waste plastic into jet fuel
Andy Pag, an engineer in the UK, came up with the idea of extracting fuel for aircraft from plastic garbage - which recycling plants do not collect so they are often t…
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Nearly 100 hectares of Hai Van forest were destroyed
Thousands of people were mobilized to fight forest fire in Hai Van (Da Nang) but it took more than 10 hours after the outbreak, the fire was just extinguished.
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Russian territory moved 4cm because of the Japanese earthquake
Scientists have concluded that a devastating earthquake in Japan in March 2011 (accompanied by intense tsunamis and a nuclear disaster at Fukushima nuclear power plant)…
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Floods, droughts will attack Southeast Asia more rapidly
More than 30% of the world's population lives in East Asia and Southeast Asia. About half of these people live on rice and other food crops. However, the World Bank pred…
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More than 20 Fukushima schools are highly radioactive
More than 20 schools in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fusushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant is located, have
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Indonesians panicked after the earthquake
The intense seismic movement shook Sumatra island at 14:38 local time yesterday. The epicenter is located at a depth of 33km, about 431km from Banda Aceh city in norther…
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Ocean warming since when?
New research shows that the world's oceans have started to heat up more than 100 years ago, twice the time previously known. The results of the study could help scientis…
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Waste treatment solution for hospitals in Vietnam
On April 12, in Hanoi, the French Embassy in Vietnam cooperated with trade office UBIFRANCE to hold a French-Vietnamese Workshop with the theme
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The earthquake in Indonesia is '2000 years with one'
The earthquake of magnitude 8.7 on April 11 off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia is a once-in-a-thousand-year event, even though it caused little human damage, according…
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Iceland: Natural energy from volcanoes
Under the Government's plan, UK houses can be supplied with electricity from volcanoes in Iceland in the next decade. If this system is built it will provide 1/3 of the…