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Air pollution 'causes obesity'
Controversy erupted after a group of researchers announced an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air is one of the reasons for the fat epidemic.
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Nearly half of a mangrove forest
In 63 years (from 1943-2007) the rate of loss of mangrove forests in Vietnam is very high. The area of mangroves has decreased from 408 thousand hectares (in 1943) to…
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'Vortex cloud' appears in the US
A strange weather phenomenon appeared in the US. The new photos recorded a tornado-shaped cloud roll across the sky.
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Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just released a research report on the global environmental outlook by 2050. Accordingly, without i…
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Warning of the risk of serious water shortage
Security Water resources and food security are topics that the United Nations (UN) offers for World Water Day (March 22) this year. On this occasion, the UN warned the w…
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At the end of the century, the sea will submerge 4 million Americans
According to two recent studies, scientists predict that about 4 million Americans, living on an area larger than the state of Maryland (about 32,000 square kilometers)…
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Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution
According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Air Control and Import of Scrap, General Department of Environment, air quality in urban Vietnam is in alarm, especially in bi…
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Publish carbon dioxide data in oceans
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is strongly promoting international cooperation efforts to build new data on the process of…
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New step in bioenergy development
US and UK researchers have just completed the genetic mapping of tea plants, a crop that promises to bring the necessary bioenergy to human needs.
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Mexico shook because of the earthquake of 7.4 Richter scale
On the morning of March 21, Vietnam time, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck many cities in Mexico. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake's epicenter was in the…
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NASA captures the 'underwater storm'
A NASA satellite has just released photographs that stunned viewers on a massive
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Leakage of Song Tranh 2 hydropower dam due to design error
After examining the scene of the Song Tranh hydroelectric dam 2, on the afternoon of March 21, the mission of the State Inspection Department of construction quality (Mi…
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Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'
Hanoi is one of the most polluted cities in Asia, the dust content is many times higher than the permitted level, foreign experts affirmed.
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Sandstorm attacks northwest China
Yesterday, a serious sandstorm swept across northwest China, paralyzing public traffic and forcing many schools to close.
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Argentina witnessed the largest ice erosion ever seen
On the morning of March 4, the collapse of the ice dam on the Perit Moreno glacier in Argentina created a majestic scene never seen since July 2008.