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Volcano under the Arctic ice
Environment

Volcano under the Arctic ice

The team, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), recently found evidence of a volcanic eruption deep beneath the ice-covered white surface of the Arctic Ocean.

December 16, 2018
Planting reeds to treat polluted river water
Environment

Planting reeds to treat polluted river water

With the technical support of Ebara Group (Japan), many residential areas, tourist areas, trade villages and industrial zones in some localities in the Red and Mekong Ri…

December 16, 2018
Climate change challenges national security
Environment

Climate change challenges national security

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has just completed a new assessment of how climate change could threaten US security over the next 20 years when it causes a lot…

December 16, 2018
New evidence for the theory of meteorite exploding
Environment

New evidence for the theory of meteorite exploding

Geological evidence discovered in Ohio and Indiana over the past few weeks has been reinforcing the hypothesis of what caused the event 12,900 years ago in North America…

December 16, 2018
Add evidence to the new hypothesis about water
Environment

Add evidence to the new hypothesis about water

According to new experimental evidence due to the collaboration among researchers at Stanford Linear Acceleration Center of the California Department of Energy, RIKEN Sp…

December 16, 2018
Pilot hospital wastewater treatment with reeds
Environment

Pilot hospital wastewater treatment with reeds

Based on the characteristics of water absorption and disinfection of reed roots, Nhan Ai Hospital, Binh Phuoc province, will be the first hospital in the South to apply…

December 16, 2018
The price of deforestation
Environment

The price of deforestation

Human impact on the living environment not only reduces the number of individuals in the population, but also causes individuals of some species to shrink their bodies.

December 16, 2018
When lilac flowers bloom
Environment

When lilac flowers bloom

Some species of exotic plants can grow better in their new homeland than where they originated. This may be due to genetic modification or by herbivores like insects tha…

December 16, 2018