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Huge ice breaking in the North Pole
Environment

Huge ice breaking in the North Pole

US scientists say an ice sheet of four times the size of Manhattan Island (260 km2) and a height of about 180m have been separated from the Petermann glacier in northern…

December 16, 2018
Fashionable cars run by garbage
Environment

Fashionable cars run by garbage

British engineers have just launched a car that can use bio-methane generated from waste in sewer pipes as fuel.

December 16, 2018
Tanks for fish
Environment

Tanks for fish

25 expired tanks are pushed into the Gulf of Thailand to provide shelter for fish and other marine species.

December 16, 2018
Shoot clouds, prevent rain cost 1 billion USD?
Environment

Shoot clouds, prevent rain cost 1 billion USD?

Before the news, it would take US $ 1 billion if Hanoi shot clouds, prevented rain in the celebration of 1,000 years of Thang Long-Hanoi, Dr. Tran Duy Binh, former Direc…

December 16, 2018
New direction in earthquake warning
Environment

New direction in earthquake warning

NASA scientists have come up with a new way of developing radar systems and aviation maps for earthquake alert purposes.

December 16, 2018
Continue dredging Sword Lake
Environment

Continue dredging Sword Lake

After half a year of no progress, it is expected that by mid-July 2010, the extraction of Sword Lake by German technology will be resumed.

December 16, 2018
Proof of global warming
Environment

Proof of global warming

The amount of organic matter, dissolved in deep water parts in the Arctic Ocean, doubled after 12 years. This is a solid evidence that allows the Earth to warm up.

December 16, 2018
Vietnam may suffer from heavy rain
Environment

Vietnam may suffer from heavy rain

La Nina phenomenon is gradually forming in the Pacific region, will cool the air and cause heavy rain in Asia, including Vietnam.

December 16, 2018
East Sea is about to catch storms
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East Sea is about to catch storms

Tropical depressions formed the Philippine coast into the South China Sea and are getting stronger. This evening, the low pressure will strengthen into a storm.

December 16, 2018