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Hanoi faces the risk of flooding
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Hanoi faces the risk of flooding

Climate change (CC) makes rain and floods occur more frequently. Therefore, Hanoi needs to anticipate and have a plan to control the hazards during operation of the wate…

December 16, 2018
Strong earthquake in northwest China
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Strong earthquake in northwest China

The magnitude 6 earthquake occurred in Lac Pho district (Lop), Hoa Dien district (Hotan), belonging to Xinjiang Uyghur ethnic group, at 6:50 am this morning in Beijing a…

December 16, 2018
Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan
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Seabed survey in the earthquake area in Japan

According to AFP, on March 8, scientists deployed a seabed research program off Japan, where a strong earthquake struck the tsunami last year, to observe the disturbance…

December 16, 2018
Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes
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Japan still faces the risk of super-earthquakes

A year after the tsunami earthquake, Japanese people in Tokyo still have to live in a sense of anxiety when scientists in the country recently issued a warning about the…

December 16, 2018
The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes
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The strange effects of Japanese earthquakes

Japan's terrifying earthquake, followed by a tsunami on March 11, 2011 caused effects on both the globe, from the surface to the atmosphere, changing the gravitational p…

December 16, 2018
Potential threat from old nuclear plants
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Potential threat from old nuclear plants

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that 80% of the world's nuclear power plants have been operating for more than 20 years, a period of time when s…

December 16, 2018
Earthquake shook Japan, causing tsunami warnings
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Earthquake shook Japan, causing tsunami warnings

A series of earthquakes rocked the capital of Tokyo and northeastern Japan on the evening of March 14 leading to a tsunami warning several places, but no damage or casua…

December 16, 2018
Heaven is getting closer to the land
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Heaven is getting closer to the land

The American Terra satellite has been tracking clouds above the earth for the past decade. Roger Davies, a researcher at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and h…

December 16, 2018
Dragon hoses
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Dragon hoses

The appearance of a rainbow near the rainbow, a rare sight, was recorded by a camera in the storm recently in the United States.

December 16, 2018
Taiwan shook by the earthquake
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Taiwan shook by the earthquake

Taiwan Weather Forecasting Agency (CWB) announces an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale. It happened in Binh Dong district in the morning of Februar…

December 16, 2018
Strong earthquake in Russia
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Strong earthquake in Russia

A earthquake and many aftershocks rocked Russia's Siberia region but did not cause human and property damage.

December 16, 2018
Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?
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Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?

Billions of plastic molecules are released when people wash synthetic fiber clothes (such as nylon, polyester or acrylic) that are contributing to ocean pollution. This…

December 16, 2018