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Tropical depression strengthened into storm Sonamu
At 7:00 on January 4, the location of the center of the storm was about 8.4 degrees North; 116.2 degrees Kinh Dong, about 470 km from Truong Sa Lon (belonging to Truong…
There is no link between El Nino and climate change
For a long time, the hot ocean currents, also known as the El Nino climate phenomenon in the Pacific, have been known to affect weather around the world.
Sonamu storm center is 400km from Truong Sa Lon island
At 10 o'clock on January 4, the location of the storm center is about 8.4 degrees North; 115.8 degrees Kinh Dong, about 400km from Truong Sa Lon (belonging to Truong Sa…
Storm affected 50,000 boats and 80,000 people
At 04:00 on January 5, the location of the storm center is about 8.4 degrees North; 112.5 Kinh Dong, right on the area of Truong Sa Lon island (belonging to Truong Sa…
Schools and agencies in Tehran are closed because of pollution
According to Iran's official IRNA news agency, the city of Tehran has announced the decision to close all government agencies and schools in the capital on January 5 due…
100 people are missing because of forest fires in Australia
Australian police searched cities on Tasmania today to find 100 missing people after wildfires broke out in the south of the island.
China is suffering from a record cold spell
The China Meteorological Agency (CMA) on January 5 said the northeastern regions are experiencing the harshest winter in 43 years when temperatures have dropped to minus…
Prohibit selling plastic water bottles to reduce garbage
A city government in the United States prohibits the sale of water bottles with a capacity of less than one liter to reduce plastic waste and encourage people to drink w…
Air pollution makes women dumb
Scientists from Rush University Medical Center have demonstrated that exposure in the atmosphere contains many pollutants that will occur the intellectual decline of adu…
Strong earthquake in Turkey, no damage information yet
Earlier, the Kandilli Seismological Center, based in Istanbul, said the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.2 on the Richter scale. The earthquake center is located 50km f…
Will build artificial reef models in Nha Trang Bay
Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee has just approved a list of science and technology tasks to select from 2013.
Announcing the cause of Japanese 2011 earthquake super
Seismologists on January 9 claim they have found indications about why the earthquake in Japan in 2011 from a broken crack originally thought to be harmless.
'King's tide' raged on the earth
Unusually high tides appear throughout the planet this week as the moon and the sun approach the most Earthly of the year.
Bangladesh: The record cold wave killed 80 people
A record cold in Bangladesh has killed about 80 people. Bangdalesh's meteorological forecasting agency said the temperature had reached a low point in the country's hist…