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Earthquake in Fukushima, Japan power plant area
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the Pacific Ocean early this morning, near the area once destroyed by seismic and tsunami in Japan.
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North showers and thunderstorms, Central hot sunshine
The northern provinces are sunny, evening and night with showers and thunderstorms. Provinces from Quang Binh onwards to Phu Yen still have wide area heat.
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Earth is belly fat because of climate change
The ice in Antarctica and Greenland melting at 382 billion tons per year is creating a large amount of water flowing into the oceans. This amount of water is cornered to…
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Tsunami in Japan after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Northeast Japan at 9h57 am July 10 caused tsunamis with a height of 10cm in the three provinces of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
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A record snowfall makes the river water level in the Great Plains rise
Summer in the Great Plains region of the United States, often characterized by scarce water resources, rivers and streams often only flow seasonally ...
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Japan worries about earthquake alarms through slow television
Replacing the digital terrestrial analog transmission system made Japan anxious to warn the earthquake over television would be slower.
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Vietnam is wasting ... garbage
While advanced countries such as Japan, the US and the UK invest millions of dollars in recycling waste for the purpose of saving and protecting the environment, Vietnam…
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Japan wants to erase nuclear power
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that it will gradually reduce its dependence on nuclear energy and aim to achieve the ultimate goal of not using nuclear…
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Why does China restrict rare earth mining?
China is looking for measures to control and restrict the export of precious and rare resources for sustainable development.
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Strategy to reduce greenhouse effect
A new study shows that a new method to combat biofuel climate change may not cause much damage to animals in the soil as previously published studies.
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The ozone layer has started to recover?
Scientists discovered ozone holes in Antarctica that are in the process of self-sufficiency, at least a decade earlier than they had previously expected.
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Alarms from nuclear power plants in the US: Contaminated water leaks into the environment
The US Congress alarmed that three-quarters of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States are experiencing radioactive water leaking to the outside environment for…
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Tornadoes make one dead, 80 injured
In the evening of June 23, Typhoon Haima caused heavy rain on a large scale in the North. Due to the impact of the storm, a tornado swept through Thuy Nguyen district (H…
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Solution for burial of CO2 safely
Burying CO2 deep underground is a good solution for climate change, which is becoming more and more serious, but it is not easy to keep the gas from rising to the surfac…
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Japan published a map of radioactive accumulation
Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on June 21 published a map of the distribution of radioactive concentrations accumulated in…