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Reduce thirst for electricity with coconut
Environment

Reduce thirst for electricity with coconut

US researchers believe that the parts that humans are not using in coconut and mangoes can generate a large amount of electricity for rural communities in South Asia and…

December 16, 2018
Turn carbon dioxide into plastic
Environment

Turn carbon dioxide into plastic

Korean scientists have been detrimental to finding ways to take advantage of greenhouse gases to produce a versatile product that is plastic, the information of Russian…

December 16, 2018
KEPCO issues safety timetables for power plants
Environment

KEPCO issues safety timetables for power plants

Director of Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) Makoto Yagi on April 9 submitted to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Yukio Edano the medium and lon…

December 16, 2018
Colombia alarms high on Nevado del Ruiz volcano
Environment

Colombia alarms high on Nevado del Ruiz volcano

Colombia's National Institute of Environment and Weather (IDEAM) on April 8 issued a high alert to residential areas near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Caldas and Tolim…

December 16, 2018
USA: Anchorage city snowed 3.4m
Environment

USA: Anchorage city snowed 3.4m

On April 8, the US National Weather Center said snow storms over the weekend made Anchorage, Alaska, almost submerged in snow with 3.4m thick snow.

December 16, 2018
Indonesia developed a tornado early warning system
Environment

Indonesia developed a tornado early warning system

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and Indonesia's Meteorological, Climate and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) are working together to develop an early warning sys…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi seeks to reduce air pollution
Environment

Hanoi seeks to reduce air pollution

Hanoi authorities plan to check the status of air pollution to take timely measures, after the PV reflects the reality of dirt in the city.

December 16, 2018
Indonesia earthquake shook Vietnam buildings
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Indonesia earthquake shook Vietnam buildings

Nearly 4pm on April 11, many people working in high-rise buildings in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi felt the shaking on the table, the wall board. The Institute of Geophysi…

December 16, 2018