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Japanese nuclear pollution will last for decades
Environment

Japanese nuclear pollution will last for decades

AFP news agency on March 21 led the news that the French Nuclear Safety Agency (ASN) said radioactive contamination leaking from Japan's Fukushima I nuclear power plant…

December 16, 2018
Tsunami comes to America
Environment

Tsunami comes to America

Tsunamis arising from an earthquake near Japan hit the west coast of the United States, destroying at least one harbor and evacuating thousands of people.

December 16, 2018
Vietnam climate is becoming abnormal
Environment

Vietnam climate is becoming abnormal

The Central and the North suffered continual losses of people and natural disasters. Climate in Vietnam is becoming abnormal?

December 16, 2018
Lessons from Japanese nuclear disaster
Environment

Lessons from Japanese nuclear disaster

'Uncertain graphics'. The saying that old people are moving into the Land of the Rising Sun. Japan has been a victim of nuclear technology - atomic bomb 65 years ago, an…

December 16, 2018
Japan started to respond to nuclear radiation
Environment

Japan started to respond to nuclear radiation

The Japanese government took the first steps to respond to the threat of radiation from the No. 1 blast furnace of the Fukushima 1 nuclear power plant, located 274 km fr…

December 16, 2018
Volcanic eruption in Japan
Environment

Volcanic eruption in Japan

While Japan is racing against the heavy consequences of the earthquake and tsunami, a volcano in the south works again.

December 16, 2018