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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.
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Burning about 100 hectares of forest in Hoang Lien National Park
After 4 days, the fire in Hoang Lien National Park (Lao Cai) burned about 100 hectares of forest. The control of fire still faces many difficulties due to the inability…
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Two more years, the Earth enters a cold period
The Head of the Sun Research Department of Pulkovo Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences - PhD in Mathematics Li Habibullo Abdusamatov said, since 2014 the Earth…
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Philippines: earthquake, 5 people injured
This morning 6-3, a moderate intensity earthquake cracked many high-rise buildings in the central Philippines, causing at least 5 people to be injured and causing many o…
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The Atlantic Ocean will have less typhoons in 2012
On March 5, at the annual Charleston (US) hurricane conference, US National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read said there will not be a lot of heat-related typhoons thi…
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Huge cloud rolls in Brazil
The photo was taken last month, but it was recently published by the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) on the Earth Science blog Picture of the Day.
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Small dams threaten fish species on the Mekong River
According to the latest research published by US scientists, plans to build hydropower dams along small tributaries of the Mekong River could cause unmatchable harm to m…