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Air pollution causes blood to clot
Environment

Air pollution causes blood to clot

Very small particles in polluted air - less than one-tenth of human hair - can cause blood clotting, according to research by US scientists in the Journal of Investigati…

December 16, 2018
Storm No. 4: Constantly calling for shelter boats
Environment

Storm No. 4: Constantly calling for shelter boats

In the wake of the storm No. 4, on September 23, 2009, the Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control consecutively directed the localities to…

December 16, 2018
Arctic will no longer have ice fields
Environment

Arctic will no longer have ice fields

'We have not encountered any ice fields at sea Laptevyx (*)' - Igor Semiletov, a member of the international Arctic survey team, informed the Itar-Tass news agency on Se…

December 16, 2018
Typhoon is about to land in Thai Binh - Thanh Hoa
Environment

Typhoon is about to land in Thai Binh - Thanh Hoa

At 4 am this morning, the storm center is only about 200 km east of the coast of Hai Phong - Thanh Hoa provinces. Forecast, lunch and afternoon this afternoon, the storm…

December 16, 2018
New Zealand: Volcanoes suddenly erupt
Environment

New Zealand: Volcanoes suddenly erupt

The lodge for skiers hurriedly evacuated, the highway stopped, a man was seriously injured when the volcano suddenly erupted in New Zealand, spraying ash and rock into t…

December 16, 2018
Cure 'disease' warms the earth
Environment

Cure 'disease' warms the earth

Two British scientists have come up with a solution to global warming: plug thousands of giant pipes into the ocean to speed up algae growth.

December 16, 2018
Find output for greenhouse emissions
Environment

Find output for greenhouse emissions

According to AFP, on September 27 and 28 in Washington, DC, the Conference of leading economies on energy security and climate change took place.

December 16, 2018
Vietnam can forecast storms 5-7 days in advance
Environment

Vietnam can forecast storms 5-7 days in advance

Vietnamese scientists have built a process of automatically forecasting the East Sea meteorological fields with high accuracy, capable of applying in many different fiel…

December 16, 2018
10 green technologies that change lives
Environment

10 green technologies that change lives

From smart lighting technology to high recycling technology, all these environmentally friendly technologies are making a difference to life.

December 16, 2018
The zigzag No. 5, the boats are vulnerable
Environment

The zigzag No. 5, the boats are vulnerable

The direction of storm No. 5 (Typhoon Lekima) is very complicated; Hydrometeorological stations offer different forecasts with great errors. The Steering Committee on Fl…

December 16, 2018