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Tropical depression on the East Sea
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Tropical depression on the East Sea

According to the Center for Central Hydrometeorological Forecasting, in the afternoon of January 13, a tropical low pressure area in the area between the East Sea has st…

December 16, 2018
Follow pandan shrimp
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Follow pandan shrimp

A new study by Leicester University reveals that fish species can use pandan to find the most nutritious food sources. Research on the behavior of sticklebacks has prove…

December 16, 2018
Technology to turn toxic waste into energy
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Technology to turn toxic waste into energy

Contaminated water from coal and metal mines is a serious source of pollution that threatens clean water and biological health. This water contains toxic metals such as…

December 16, 2018
Afghanistan: Blizzard causes at least 120 deaths
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Afghanistan: Blizzard causes at least 120 deaths

At least 120 people were killed and thousands of cattle died of snowstorms in the last two weeks in Afghanistan, according to the government's January 16 announcement.

December 16, 2018
Helium isotopes promise geothermal energy
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Helium isotopes promise geothermal energy

In a tour of the northern western US intertidal basin, the geochemist Mack Kennedy of the Department of Energy, the Arizona Lawrence National Laboratory and Matthijs Van…

December 16, 2018
There was a tropical depression again
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There was a tropical depression again

On the afternoon of January 22, a low pressure area in the middle of the East Sea became stronger into a tropical depression. With strong intensity level 6, low pressure…

December 16, 2018
Aircraft tracking disasters
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Aircraft tracking disasters

US scientists are putting into use unmanned aircraft specializing in conducting research flights to monitor disasters.

December 16, 2018
Greenhouse gas causes food to lose nutrients
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Greenhouse gas causes food to lose nutrients

Max Taub, Southwestern University in Texas and analyzed more than 200 experiments by other scientists, claimed that rising CO2 in the atmosphere due to human fuel use co…

December 16, 2018
Turn waste into money
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Turn waste into money

Turn waste into money! Ho Chi Minh City has just approved the charter of TP waste recycling fund. The Fund provides businesses with preferential interest rates to modern…

December 16, 2018
Ice appears in the North
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Ice appears in the North

Yesterday, Mau Son peak (Lang Son) temperature dropped 1 degree C, Sapa (Lao Cai) appeared frosty. Hanoi is the lowest at 9 degrees Celsius. The cold weather has no sign…

December 16, 2018
When the Greenland ice melts ...
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When the Greenland ice melts ...

Ice in Greenland - a Danish autonomous province, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean - is melting at a record rate this year, the highest since 1979 wh…

December 16, 2018
Floods raging in Malaysia
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Floods raging in Malaysia

Malaysia's floods have killed at least 12 people and left more than 20,000 people homeless. The national meteorological agency forecasts that the flood will continue to…

December 16, 2018