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The mountain is like a breasts
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The mountain is like a breasts

A pair of twin mountains in China looks exactly like a woman's breasts. Local people still call it pear mountain.

December 16, 2018
Find out how to treat waste by microbiology
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Find out how to treat waste by microbiology

Environmental pollution caused by waste from agricultural, forestry and seafood processing factories is happening in many localities. Recently, an engineer in Quang Binh…

December 16, 2018
Greenland Island is melting at a rate of
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Greenland Island is melting at a rate of

Satellite measurements indicate the melting of the ice sheet in Greenland Island is happening at a very fast rate. According to data from the Satellite of the US Space A…

December 16, 2018
Water shortage: Global problem
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Water shortage: Global problem

The report from the World Nature Conservation Fund (WWF) warns that rich countries are facing increasing water shortages. The report said that climate change plus poor r…

December 16, 2018
Drought in China afflicts millions of people
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Drought in China afflicts millions of people

At least 18 million people have been affected by China's worst drought in 50 years, according to Xinhua. Chongqing area is the worst place, but Sichuan and Liaoning

December 16, 2018
The ozone layer is gradually recovering
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The ozone layer is gradually recovering

On August 18, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said the Earth's ozone layer is recovering after decades of d…

December 16, 2018
Vietnam: Also need to be wary of tsunamis
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Vietnam: Also need to be wary of tsunamis

According to one study, a fault in the East Sea of ​​the Philippines could cause level 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis. Within 2-3 hours, this tsunami can hit Vietnam.

December 16, 2018
Sunlight cleans the earth's atmosphere
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Sunlight cleans the earth's atmosphere

The work of German scientists, published in the American journal Nature, shows that it is the source of sunlight that cleanses the Earth's polluted atmosphere.

December 16, 2018
Africa and Saudi Arabia are separate
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Africa and Saudi Arabia are separate

Two giant pieces of lithosphere form Africa and Saudi Arabia are increasingly leaving each other. That is the research result drawn by an international team of geologist…

December 16, 2018
China developed a new tsunami warning system
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China developed a new tsunami warning system

After the Asian tsunami in 2004 and the recent tsunami in Indonesia, China said it would develop a new tsunami warning system that helps protect residents of coastal are…

December 16, 2018
Earth on a hot
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Earth on a hot

A large part of Europe and North America is facing an unusually hot summer. Many people ask the question that has been repeated over and over: 'Is it because the whole w…

December 16, 2018