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Ice cooling buildings
On hot sunny days, electricity consumption in New York alone was equal to Chile. But with the ice cooling system that some buildings have deployed, this number can be re…
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Heavy rain continues to rage in China
Chinese media reported today that heavy rains across the country have killed five more people and left half a million people displaced over the past few days unable to r…
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Ukraine: The second 'Chernobyl disaster'
Twenty people were hospitalized and hundreds evacuated after a yellow phosphorus train dislocated and caught fire in western Ukraine, creating a cloud of toxic gas cover…
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Turn lakes into pots
Ho Thien Quang, Thanh Cong, Giang Vo have just completed the renovation. Immediately, the people of Hanoi had to close their nose, scientists confirmed that there were s…
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'The world will catch fire'
East Asia is one of two areas that are most likely to occur because of environmental damage caused by climate change. This situation is closely related to conflicts in t…
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Particle dust pollution moves from Asia to the US
2.740m high mountain peak is considered a place with the most fresh air in the United States. However, it has been discovered here polluted dust, soot, and chemicals fro…
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Italy: Po River shrinks due to drought
According to Italian scientists, Po River, a large river in northern Italy and playing a strategic role in the economic development of this region, there is a risk of be…
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2008 Olympics: Shoot roket clouds for good weather
For the sun to be beautiful on the days of the Beijing Olympics, in August 2008, China planned to fire a roket into the sky to penetrate clouds that could cause rain.
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Detecting underground lake in Darfur
Photographs from satellites have discovered an underground lake with an area of 30,750 km2 (equivalent to the area of Lake Erie - the 10th largest lake in the world)…
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NASA launched a climate change research project
Panama's online newspaper La Prensa said on July 18, the US Space Agency (NASA) launched simultaneously in Panama and Costa Rica a troposphere research project to explor…
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Beef making Earth ... warming up
According to research by Japanese scientists, producing every kilogram of beef produces more greenhouse gas emissions than a car that runs for three hours ... This study…
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Europe: 'Heavenly sunshine'
Some countries in Europe such as Italy, Turkey, and Romania are experiencing a period of terrible heat, where temperatures reach more than 40 degrees C. Meanwhile, inten…
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Traces of penguins measure Antarctic ice movement
Using the Carbon-14 chronometer, scientist Steven D.Emslie identified the age of the ancient Adelie penguin that resided there for 45,000 years, higher than any known pe…
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Indonesia: Floods and landslides, 52 people were killed
Heavy rains caused flooding and landslides that buried hundreds of houses and more than 50 people in central Indonesia. Rescue workers are currently working hard to brin…
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Europe faces severe weather
Europeans have endured very harsh weather at the end of the day when heavy rain caused a historic flood in the UK for 60 years, at the same time in the south and east of…