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Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico is about to erupt
Environment

Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico is about to erupt

The National Disaster Center (Cenapred) has raised the warning level to the third gold level, the third high. Many schools around the 5454m high mountain have been close…

December 16, 2018
Rare double rainbow
Environment

Rare double rainbow

Andy Kyle, a 53-year-old man in Dartmouth City, Devon County, he sees a double rainbow above Kingwear - the name of a village near the seaport - when looking out the win…

December 16, 2018
Africa lies on a huge underground water tank
Environment

Africa lies on a huge underground water tank

British scientists say that the dry continent of Africa lies on a giant groundwater tank, with a volume of over 100 times the surface water. However, extensive well-dril…

December 16, 2018
Red tide in Hai Phong
Environment

Red tide in Hai Phong

Scientists from the Seafood Research Institute found that red tide phenomenon occurred in the coastal area of ​​Do Son - Cat Ba. After sampling and analyzing, Dr. Nguyen…

December 16, 2018
Car smoke harms more people than traffic accidents
Environment

Car smoke harms more people than traffic accidents

The number of people who die from air pollution in the streets every year in the UK is more than twice the number of people who die from traffic accidents. The two resea…

December 16, 2018
Roofing from garbage
Environment

Roofing from garbage

Roofing made from milk cans, recycled beverage boxes are highly appreciated by scientists thanks to their light weight and mechanical strength as well as better thermal…

December 16, 2018
Germany uses fungi to contaminate soil and water
Environment

Germany uses fungi to contaminate soil and water

Information published on Deutsche Welle recently said that Helmholtz Environmental Research Center (Germany) has begun to study the use of mushroom laccase to clean up p…

December 16, 2018
Turn plastic waste into a racing car
Environment

Turn plastic waste into a racing car

After being used, pieces of plastic waste can be recycled to become materials for racing production, US scientists claim. New Scientist said recently that Oak Ridge Nati…

December 16, 2018
Turn egg shells into plastics
Environment

Turn egg shells into plastics

'Working with an eggshell' is the slogan of a famous advertising TV channel in the UK. The 'green industry' here is also cherishing for me to plan to turn eggshells into…

December 16, 2018
Unusual cold weather in northeastern England
Environment

Unusual cold weather in northeastern England

According to a reporter in the UK, tens of thousands of households in northeastern England have fallen into power outages when high winds and snow have raged again after…

December 16, 2018
Turn dirty soil into park chair
Environment

Turn dirty soil into park chair

The diapers will need several hundred years to decompose after humans use them. According to calculations by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on average eac…

December 16, 2018