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Terrifying foreboding of strange clouds
Environment

Terrifying foreboding of strange clouds

Behind the bizarre beauty of clouds of dragon scales, nacre clouds, tsunami clouds ... are worrisome for people about the changing weather and climate.

December 16, 2018
Use bacteria to overcome oil spills
Environment

Use bacteria to overcome oil spills

Scientists have deciphered the genome of bacteria that are able to remove oil from the water, returning a healthy ecosystem to the sea.

December 16, 2018
Super storms appear near the East Sea
Environment

Super storms appear near the East Sea

Super typhoon named Nepartak has just appeared in the waters off the northeastern island of Luzon (Philippines) but it is unlikely to affect the mainland of Vietnam.

December 16, 2018
The uranium extract in seawater has progressed
Environment

The uranium extract in seawater has progressed

The oceans on earth contain 4 billion tons of uranium, enough to run nuclear power plants and produce electricity for all the major cities in the world for thousands of…

December 16, 2018
Birds are owning the beach
Environment

Birds are owning the beach

Maleo birds dig holes in the ground to lay eggs so that the hot temperature from the volcano reaches the hatching eggs. Young hatched after hatching out of the ground an…

December 16, 2018