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2007 is 'International Polar Year'
According to researchers from 60 countries, 2007 will be
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Amazon forests are at risk of turning into desert
Brazilian researchers have warned that a warmer global climate could kill the world's largest tropical forest, turning the Amazon into a desert from now until the end of…
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Khanh Hoa: Stuck with worries before the season ... the term
According to the forecast of the South Central Central Hydrometeorological Station, the dry season of 2007 in Khanh Hoa province started early from the middle of Decembe…
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Drought in the North is getting worse
In the next season, the Northern and midland provinces continue to face serious shortage of water for production when the Red River - the largest river in the North, the…
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Thua Thien - Hue: landfill at ... water source
Hundreds of households in area 7, Phu Loc town (Phu Loc district) suffer from heavy pollution due to the landfill located in the middle of the residential area which has…
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Climate change: The place to benefit, where it is
Northern Europe may be the place to benefit the most when the climate gets warmer, while the Mediterranean region faces water shortages, visitors decline ...
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Robot Antarctic explorer
The mysteries below Antarctica will be revealed by Britain's first 6.5 km deep diving submersible boat. In mid-January, the remote control submarine Isis will begin its…
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Mining causes earthquakes
According to a study by Christian D. Klose of Columbia University (USA), the most intense earthquake in Australian history occurs due to changes in the Earth's crust str…
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Investigate the smell of gas in New York
New York authorities are investigating the smell of gas spread in many parts of lower Manhattan. Police said they had received information from people saying they had a…
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Open the secret of volcanic eruptions in the past
An American and French research team has developed a method that is able to determine the impact of volcanic eruptions in the past on the climate and chemistry of the hi…
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America: forest fire in California
A fierce forest fire in Malibu, west of California, burned at least four villas by billionaires and Hollywood stars and caused heavy damage to five other villas.
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Scientists are anxious when 2006 was the record hot year in the US
With the title, on January 10, journalist Marc Kaufman wrote in the Washington Post:
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Detecting and forecasting dangerous weather by radar
The Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Station said that the agency has put into use the weather radar (photo), which is located in Nha Be (Ho Chi Minh City), with a…
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Malaysia: Floods raging, 90,000 people evacuated
A second flood forced Malaysian authorities to evacuate more than 90,000 people in the state of Johor in the southern part of the country. The first flood had caused mor…
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Do not dig more channels in the forest
Center for Experimental Biodiversity (Can Tho University) has recommended localities in the Mekong Delta region should not dig more channels in the flooded forests of th…