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Indonesia suffers from a mild earthquake
Environment

Indonesia suffers from a mild earthquake

An undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's Moluccas archipelago yesterday, but officials said its intensity was only moderate and there was no risk of a tsunami.

December 16, 2018
Ecological diversity in amber in the Amazon region
Environment

Ecological diversity in amber in the Amazon region

The group of researchers led by Pierre-Olivier Antoine of Toulouse University (France) has discovered new invertebrate species preserved in amber from 12 to 15 million y…

December 16, 2018
Lightning forecast?
Environment

Lightning forecast?

September is the end of the thunderstorm season in Vietnam and is also the time when lightning forecasting can be strong. Can lightning be forecasted to prevent accident…

December 16, 2018
The Siberia region begins to thaw
Environment

The Siberia region begins to thaw

The European Aeronautics Agency (ESA) said for the first time since 11,000 years, the vast Siberia region has begun to thaw, revealing a 4,000-kilometer stretch of green…

December 16, 2018
Disaster spills in Spain
Environment

Disaster spills in Spain

Environmental workers in this country are doing their best to prevent the flow of chemicals-laden chemicals heading into the Atlantic Ocean. The incident occurred after…

December 16, 2018
Alert Map - Real-time disaster warning
Environment

Alert Map - Real-time disaster warning

With data provided and closely monitored from the National Radio Disaster Signal Association & Hungary's Emergency Disaster Warning Center (RSOE), Disaster and Emergency…

December 16, 2018
Miniature world on an island
Environment

Miniature world on an island

A small island in a remote place has allowed scientists to visualize the miniature world, with the same conflicts of interest and environment as happening throughout the…

December 16, 2018
New findings may help predict volcanic activity
Environment

New findings may help predict volcanic activity

At the Scientific Conference of the British Association for Scientific Development (BA) in the UK, a group of scientists from the country said they had discovered a mech…

December 16, 2018
Earth will return to the dinosaur era?
Environment

Earth will return to the dinosaur era?

Earth's unusually high temperature rise in the next century can bring us all back to the time when dinosaurs existed, and it will also lead to the extinction of half of…

December 16, 2018
Protection of endangered aquatic species
Environment

Protection of endangered aquatic species

According to the Department of Environmental Protection of the Central Highlands and Southeast, at restaurants in Kon Tum province, the price of freshwater eel has sudde…

December 16, 2018
A new ocean is forming
Environment

A new ocean is forming

Scientists predict that within a few million years a gap of about 60km in the Afar valley (belonging to Ethiopia and Eritrea) could become a new ocean in Africa.

December 16, 2018