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Open the secret of volcanic eruptions in the past
An American and French research team has developed a method that is able to determine the impact of volcanic eruptions in the past on the climate and chemistry of the hi…
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America: forest fire in California
A fierce forest fire in Malibu, west of California, burned at least four villas by billionaires and Hollywood stars and caused heavy damage to five other villas.
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Scientists are anxious when 2006 was the record hot year in the US
With the title, on January 10, journalist Marc Kaufman wrote in the Washington Post:
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Detecting and forecasting dangerous weather by radar
The Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Station said that the agency has put into use the weather radar (photo), which is located in Nha Be (Ho Chi Minh City), with a…
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Malaysia: Floods raging, 90,000 people evacuated
A second flood forced Malaysian authorities to evacuate more than 90,000 people in the state of Johor in the southern part of the country. The first flood had caused mor…
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Do not dig more channels in the forest
Center for Experimental Biodiversity (Can Tho University) has recommended localities in the Mekong Delta region should not dig more channels in the flooded forests of th…
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Ice rains in the United States killed many people
Ice rains currently raging in the United States have killed at least 30 people, mainly in central states. The Missouri state government had to declare a state of emergen…
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Contaminated fields!
Millions of hectares of agricultural land and canals in the Mekong Delta each day suffer a huge amount of toxic substances from chemical fertilizers, plant protection dr…
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The possibility of tsunamis in Vietnam
The last 7.1-Ritchter earthquake on December 26, 2006 in Taiwan, followed by a tsunami warning disturbed and worried Vietnamese coastal residents. Although a 0.8 m high…
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2006 - Year of devastating storms
According to meteorological experts, 2006 is a special weather year. Most notably, the number of storms that landed directly on our country is less than the average for…
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The EU proposes air emissions quota regulations
On December 20, the European Commission proposed applying regulations to impose CO2 emissions quotas on airlines to support efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions in th…
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The atmosphere also has ecological diversity
When analyzing the molecular aerosol samples (aerosols) extracted from two US cities, the researchers counted at least 1,800 different species of bacteria in the air. To…
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Put environmental pollution warning on film
Warning of environmental pollution will be the main theme in the 3rd Film Festival, launched by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam Television, an…
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Hanoi wastewater pollutes the Nhue River
According to the report of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to submit to the Government in December 2006, Nhue and Day rivers are polluted mainly due to…
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Acid rain is not always harmful
As acid rain decreases, microorganisms in streams, rivers and soil have a favorable opportunity to grow. However, the absence of acid rain can also cause many environmen…