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Indonesia warned level 3 because the volcano Lokon erupted
On the morning of April 24, Lokon volcano in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province erupted. The director of the Information and Public Relations Center under the National…
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The Arctic Ocean emits greenhouse gases
Research by world scientists published April 23 in the journal Nature Geoscience warns that the Arctic Ocean could be a huge source of methane, a source of greenhouse ga…
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The island nations in the Pacific lack serious freshwater
On April 24, in the Thai capital of Bangkok, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) published a study showing that climate change has further aggravated the alrea…
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Planting nano trees, harvesting hydrogen fuel
Electrical engineers at the University of California - San Diego are
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Green clouds appear in Russia
Photos of blue clouds above a park in Moscow city on April 26 were posted on the Internet. A part of the online community thinks they are the result of some chemical pla…
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Haiti mudslides killed at least 10 people
There have been at least 10 people killed and many others missing in a flood and mudslide on April 28, after heavy rains across the past several days in Haiti. According…
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Iran discovered a large reserve of natural gas
Mehr official news agency of Iran on April 29 reported that the country has discovered a new natural gas field in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, with estimated…
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Japan's last nuclear reactor stopped working
Since the earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March last year, only one reactor on the northern island of Hokkaido of Japan's…
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Legendary volcano wakes up
The earthquake eruptions occurred on Santorini Island (Greece) about 3600 years ago, thrown out from 40 to 60km3 lava devastating ancient Minoan civilization. This same…
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The Caribbean region needs a solution to climate change
On April 30, the United Nations called on the international community to look for efficient, inexpensive investment models to help Caribbean island nations cope effectiv…
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Strong earthquake off the coast of Mexico
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred on 22h43 GMT on May 1 (Vietnam time 5h5), with the epicenter at a depth of 44km, 90km from Tapichul…
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Detects large groundwater resources near the Sahara Desert
Scientists say that in some North African countries with large areas such as Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan, the volume of groundwater is believed to be the largest. Th…
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Just collect energy and collect clean water
The prototype of this wind turbine has been operating in Abu Dhabi, taking 62 liters of water from the air every hour. Eole hopes that wind turbines are capable of obtai…
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Turn waste plastic into jet fuel
Andy Pag, an engineer in the UK, came up with the idea of extracting fuel for aircraft from plastic garbage - which recycling plants do not collect so they are often t…