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Huge lightning strikes back
Environment

Huge lightning strikes back

Lightning strikes often hit the ground during storms, but scientists have recently captured an image of an extremely large lightning bolt in the opposite direction.

December 16, 2018
Antarctic glacier is thinning with alarming speed
Environment

Antarctic glacier is thinning with alarming speed

Scientists say the huge glacier in Antarctica is getting thinner and thinner. Glaciers around Pine Island in the West Antarctica are twice the size of Scotland, which is…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi: Radon toxic gas?
Environment

Hanoi: Radon toxic gas?

The concentration of harmful radon gas in houses is one of the civilized living standards that are increasingly concerned by many countries. Hanoi began to pay attention…

December 16, 2018
Lose instinct because of excess light
Environment

Lose instinct because of excess light

Light pollution refers to inefficient use of artificial light, causing adverse impacts on the economy, environment and health.

December 16, 2018
Storm No. 6 is heading north of the Gulf of Tonkin
Environment

Storm No. 6 is heading north of the Gulf of Tonkin

Storm No. 6 is moving westward, gradually entering the northern Gulf of Tonkin of Vietnam, it is expected to weaken to a low pressure in the next 24 hours. The contact o…

December 16, 2018
China: ammonia gas leak, 200 poisoning people
Environment

China: ammonia gas leak, 200 poisoning people

202 Chinese people were poisoned after ammonia gas leaked from a pharmaceutical factory in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (northern China) on August 5.

December 16, 2018
El Nino is coming back
Environment

El Nino is coming back

This summer is hot and winter may not have snow, this is the statement given by US meteorologists on August 4 when alerting the El Nino weather phenomenon is returning.

December 16, 2018