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Detect pure lake water near distilled water
New Zealand scientists on December 19 announced they had discovered a lake of the second highest purity in the world, which is Blue Lake in Nelson Lake National Park in…
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Strange tsunami clouds dancing in the sky
This strange phenomenon happened over the weekend in Alabama, USA. A long row of huge waves, billowing up in the horizon and slowly sweeping forward.
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Himalayan glaciers threaten millions of people
Millions of people threatened by fast-melting Himalayan glaciers are warnings by scientists at the UN Climate Change Conference that is taking place in Durban, South Afr…
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How to respond if the earthquake is strong in Quang Nam
In the afternoon of December 6, Prof. Dr. Cao Dinh Trieu (Institute of Geophysics) affirmed that the sound of underground explosion in Quang Nam was caused by an earthqu…
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Beijing 'heavy pollution', people go online to breathe
The dense fogs surrounded China's Beijing capital in the past few days, causing health concerns, leaving hundreds of flights canceled.
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Mystery 'underworld' on the bottom of Antarctica
Scientists have just completed the most detailed map of the sunken part of the white continent, which is a map of the Antarctic bottom mountain range. This startling ima…
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The Dead Sea once died once
A recent study shows that the Dead Sea completely disappeared about 120,000 years ago because of the temperature in the Middle East soared.
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A new island can grow in the mid-Atlantic
The eruption of a volcano under the Atlantic Ocean could lead to the formation of a new island near Spain, scientists predict.
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Building environmentally friendly houses from industrial waste
A South African coal mining company is cleaning up the industrial waste they have thrown out into the environment, turning them into materials to build cheap and environ…
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Radiation from Japan continues to escape to the ocean
Waste water containing radioactive materials from Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plants leaked to the Pacific Ocean.
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Japanese inspired double tsunami in March
The earthquake in March created two tsunamis and they overlapped, causing the level of devastation to skyrocket when the waves hit the shore.
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Storms can cause earthquakes
Scientists found evidence that some strong earthquakes occurred after big storms. This shows that heavy rain and landslides can cause seismic.
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Quang Nam strong earthquake, hydropower will cause disaster
Scientists determined that Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant built on the critical area of the earth's crust. Increased earthquakes with intense intensity will endanger bo…
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Big storm attacked Scotland, wind turbines caught fire
A 100m high wind turbine, worth over $ 3 million, caught fire when a winter storm was the strongest in a decade, with winds of 266 km / h, attacking Scotland on 8 Decemb…
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New breakthrough in bioenergy
In the context of the depletion of fossil fuel sources that are increasingly depleted at the speed of human hope is expected to rely on new energy sources, including bio…