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Use art to protect the natural environment
Environment

Use art to protect the natural environment

With his artistic talent, 51-year-old American painter Robert Wyland has contributed to protecting the environment with nearly 100 giant paintings painted on the wall fo…

December 16, 2018
Strange thunderstorm in America
Environment

Strange thunderstorm in America

On a recent dry and cold autumn afternoon in Iowa state, cameras recorded an unusual phenomenon that could be seen visually by the collision of two air masses. Clouds sp…

December 16, 2018
Testing biofuel for aircraft
Environment

Testing biofuel for aircraft

As the climate change is getting more and more worrisome, the Virgin Group is preparing to test clean, first biofuels for aircraft, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, c…

December 16, 2018
Boats discharge CO2 twice as much as airplanes!
Environment

Boats discharge CO2 twice as much as airplanes!

Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) from boat transportation are twice as much as air transport and have increased sharply in the last 6 years, according to a recent report b…

December 16, 2018
Flood tide threatens 21 great cities
Environment

Flood tide threatens 21 great cities

A series of major cities around the world are under high tide and other disasters involving weather changes threaten, the World Watch Institute said. Of the 33 cities th…

December 16, 2018
Natural filters reduce CO2 absorption
Environment

Natural filters reduce CO2 absorption

Global economic growth causes atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to rise faster than expected because forests and oceans are having difficulty absorbing emission…

December 16, 2018
New method to remove arsenic in water
Environment

New method to remove arsenic in water

With a loss of 1,000-2,000 VND / kg, people have an additional method to filter arsenic at home using manganese-containing pyrolusite ore.

December 16, 2018
Strange product of wind
Environment

Strange product of wind

From a distance, the Delicate arched rock in the Arches National Park stretches to the top of La Sal mountain, it is thought that they are stacked or chiseled by humans,…

December 16, 2018
UN: Air pollution threatens Beijing Olympics
Environment

UN: Air pollution threatens Beijing Olympics

According to a UN report, the situation of air pollution in Beijing will not be significantly improved before the 2008 Olympics, even in some places, pollution is higher…

December 16, 2018
Strong earthquake, Indonesia warned the tsunami
Environment

Strong earthquake, Indonesia warned the tsunami

Yesterday morning (October 25), a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra, causing panic among locals and the Indonesian Geophysical and Met…

December 16, 2018
Indonesia: The volcano wakes up
Environment

Indonesia: The volcano wakes up

On October 25, Soputan volcano in central Indonesia erupted, causing many pillars of smoke to shoot into the air, according to an official from the local monitoring syst…

December 16, 2018
'Green heroes'
Environment

'Green heroes'

Time Magazine (USA) has voted 43 'green heroes' as fighters for a clean, green environment. These are characters from many countries around the world, by words, actions,…

December 16, 2018
Save the planet: Now or never!
Environment

Save the planet: Now or never!

On October 25, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released the latest, 570-page report on the planet's environmental situation. UNEP issued a warning: Save th…

December 16, 2018