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Iran discovered a large reserve of natural gas
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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…

December 16, 2018
Japan's last nuclear reactor stopped working
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
Legendary volcano wakes up
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
Strong earthquake off the coast of Mexico
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
Just collect energy and collect clean water
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
Turn waste plastic into jet fuel
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
Indonesians panicked after the earthquake
Environment

Indonesians panicked after the earthquake

The intense seismic movement shook Sumatra island at 14:38 local time yesterday. The epicenter is located at a depth of 33km, about 431km from Banda Aceh city in norther…

December 16, 2018
Ocean warming since when?
Environment

Ocean warming since when?

New research shows that the world's oceans have started to heat up more than 100 years ago, twice the time previously known. The results of the study could help scientis…

December 16, 2018