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August 2010: Record hot sunshine
Environment

August 2010: Record hot sunshine

According to John Christy, director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, the average global temperature in August was only lower…

December 16, 2018
Facing environmental disaster
Environment

Facing environmental disaster

To get a gram of gold, people use two or three grams of toxic mercury to exploit it. And in order to have handmade gold mines, people do not hesitate to destroy forests…

December 16, 2018
See the 'Mr. West' pick up trash in Hanoi
Environment

See the 'Mr. West' pick up trash in Hanoi

Responding to the campaign 'Making the world cleaner', on September 18, the Australian Embassy together with Thang Long secondary school organized the 'Zoo cleaning' act…

December 16, 2018
The strongest storm of the year landed in China
Environment

The strongest storm of the year landed in China

Earlier this morning, Typhoon Fanapi, the 11th storm of this hurricane season in the Pacific Northwest Sea and the most powerful storm affecting China this year, landed…

December 16, 2018
Mexico invented cheap earthquake warning system
Environment

Mexico invented cheap earthquake warning system

Recently, Mexican scientists of the National Institute of Technology (IPN) have successfully invented an earthquake warning system to broadcast signals over the Internet…

December 16, 2018
Air pollution warning balloons
Environment

Air pollution warning balloons

Air pollution in Paris (France) also harms the health like other European cities. But in Paris, people do not have to wait intently for warnings from scientists but they…

December 16, 2018
Thanh Hoa: An earthquake occurred in Quan Son
Environment

Thanh Hoa: An earthquake occurred in Quan Son

On the afternoon of September 22, Mr. Lo Dinh Moong, chairman of the People's Committee of the highland district and Quan Son border (Thanh Hoa), confirmed that the info…

December 16, 2018
'Look' at the heart of the Earth
Environment

'Look' at the heart of the Earth

Complicated computer models are creating detailed images of the processes of restoring Earth's shape that continue to take place from within, giving us new insights into…

December 16, 2018
Equipment for warning volcanic spray
Environment

Equipment for warning volcanic spray

Experts from Newcastle University, UK have developed a device that can withstand temperatures up to 900oC, can be released deep into the ground to help early warning vol…

December 16, 2018
The ozone layer shows signs of rapid recovery
Environment

The ozone layer shows signs of rapid recovery

The ozone layer is tending to be very small and is able to restore the situation in 1980 in the middle of this century, according to a recent report by UN scientists.

December 16, 2018