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Forest fires in Algeria
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Forest fires in Algeria

About 55 hectares of forest and fruit trees were caught in the sea of ​​wildfire on September 2 in Tzarifet, near Tlemcen, the border area of ​​Algeria - Morocco.

December 16, 2018
Unmanned aircraft against forest fires
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Unmanned aircraft against forest fires

NASA has collaborated with the US Forest and Water Management Agency to test new imaging technologies to combat forest fires.

December 16, 2018
Felix storm attacked the Caribbean
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Felix storm attacked the Caribbean

Last night on September 4, Hurricane Felix with winds of up to 240 km / h landed on Caribbean countries, causing serious losses. Thousands of residents and tourists had…

December 16, 2018
HCMC: The air is contaminated with lead
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HCMC: The air is contaminated with lead

In Ho Chi Minh City, the amount of lead in the air has doubled, from 0.5μg / m3 to over 1μg / m3. The abnormal increase in lead as mentioned above is due to the fact tha…

December 16, 2018
10-year weather model
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10-year weather model

British scientists have announced they have designed a model to predict how oceans flow, as well as how human activity will affect temperatures ten years later.

December 16, 2018
Ice in the Arctic down to a record low
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Ice in the Arctic down to a record low

According to polar American experts, the Arctic ice has reached a record low. The cause of this phenomenon is mainly due to the situation of global warming.

December 16, 2018
Australia: Many cities will lack water
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Australia: Many cities will lack water

Nearly all Australian cities are short of water for the next 10 years due to climate change and pollution that limit the country's water resources, a new study warns.

December 16, 2018
Robot monitoring environmental pollution
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Robot monitoring environmental pollution

Scientists at the University of Lucca, Italy on August 14 said they have successfully built robots capable of determining the mercury poisoning status of the soil.

December 16, 2018
Terrifying earthquake in Peru
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Terrifying earthquake in Peru

Peruvian Health Minister Carlos Vallejos said this morning that a magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocked the country, leaving at least 337 people dead and more than 1,000 injur…

December 16, 2018
Sepat storm is unlikely to affect Vietnam
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Sepat storm is unlikely to affect Vietnam

Through monitoring the path of Sepat storm in the past few days, the Center for Economic and Environmental Forecasting said that super typhoon is unlikely to affect Viet…

December 16, 2018