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Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people
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Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just released a research report on the global environmental outlook by 2050. Accordingly, without i…

December 16, 2018
Warning of the risk of serious water shortage
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Warning of the risk of serious water shortage

Security Water resources and food security are topics that the United Nations (UN) offers for World Water Day (March 22) this year. On this occasion, the UN warned the w…

December 16, 2018
Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution
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Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution

According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Air Control and Import of Scrap, General Department of Environment, air quality in urban Vietnam is in alarm, especially in bi…

December 16, 2018
Publish carbon dioxide data in oceans
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Publish carbon dioxide data in oceans

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is strongly promoting international cooperation efforts to build new data on the process of…

December 16, 2018
New step in bioenergy development
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New step in bioenergy development

US and UK researchers have just completed the genetic mapping of tea plants, a crop that promises to bring the necessary bioenergy to human needs.

December 16, 2018
Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'
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Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'

Hanoi is one of the most polluted cities in Asia, the dust content is many times higher than the permitted level, foreign experts affirmed.

December 16, 2018
Sandstorm attacks northwest China
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Sandstorm attacks northwest China

Yesterday, a serious sandstorm swept across northwest China, paralyzing public traffic and forcing many schools to close.

December 16, 2018
Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period
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Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period

The Head of the Sun Research Department of Pulkovo Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences - PhD in Mathematics Li Habibullo Abdusamatov said, since 2014 the Earth…

December 16, 2018
Philippines: earthquake, 5 people injured
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Philippines: earthquake, 5 people injured

This morning 6-3, a moderate intensity earthquake cracked many high-rise buildings in the central Philippines, causing at least 5 people to be injured and causing many o…

December 16, 2018