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Where has the Sahara Desert been?
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Where has the Sahara Desert been?

According to research results, several thousand years ago, in the position of the Sahara desert today encompasses a humid climate, there are many large rivers and lakes,…

December 16, 2018
Concerned from Indonesian volcano
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Concerned from Indonesian volcano

Scientists are concerned, Merapi volcano can pollute the air environment on a large scale if it really wakes up. Gas from volcanoes is mainly composed of sulfur dioxide,…

December 16, 2018
How height are the trees?
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How height are the trees?

George Koch, a researcher at the University of Arizona in Flagstaff, USA, measured the tallest trees in the world in redwood forests (scientific name Sequoia semperviren…

December 16, 2018
Ozone holes can disappear by 2050
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Ozone holes can disappear by 2050

Ozone holes in Antarctica are beginning to shrink in the future and may disappear by 2050 due to chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) emissions reductions and other gases that weak…

December 16, 2018
Dig ecological ponds to protect the environment
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Dig ecological ponds to protect the environment

Currently, land degradation and desertification are one of the worrisome issues facing people. One of the effective anti-desertification solutions that Ninh Thuan provin…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution causes many diseases
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Air pollution causes many diseases

In a scientific workshop on the impact of air pollution on May 23, experts alarmed air pollution in Ho Chi Minh City, which is worrying, especially the trend of increasi…

December 16, 2018
How to protect yourself between thunderstorms?
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How to protect yourself between thunderstorms?

In the storm, the most frightening is not the black sky, the rushing wind, the thunder or the splash of water on the face, but the deadly lightning strikes on the ground…

December 16, 2018
How polluted is the Arctic atmosphere ???
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How polluted is the Arctic atmosphere ???

Last week, the Awi Institute scientists (Alfred Wegener - Ocean and Ocean Research) voiced alarm because the air at the top of the mountains in Ny-Alesund was contaminat…

December 16, 2018
This year's storm may be more devastating
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This year's storm may be more devastating

After last year's hurricane season with record-breaking attacks, scientists predict that this year's hurricane season could cause more disasters than the average of many…

December 16, 2018
Urban waste water runoff
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Urban waste water runoff

Everyday, urban areas and industrial zones discharge about 3,110,000 m3 of domestic wastewater and production wastewater directly discharged into surface water sources.…

December 16, 2018