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Breaking in Indonesia caused thousands of people to evacuate
At least one person was killed, eight seriously injured and thousands of others were forced to evacuate the area of Maluku province in eastern Indonesia after a large…
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Heavy storms will appear more and more
Increasing humidity due to warming of air and ocean will increase the frequency and severity of storms, potentially destroying dams, causing flooding, accompanied by cou…
Environment
China: breaking the dam, sinking 19 villages
The collapse of Khuc Dinh dam, Hong Dong district (Son Tay), China killed at least two people in Nam Duong Hai village when more than 100 meters of broken water dams bro…
Environment
Amazon's freshwater ecosystem is sensitive to environmental degradation
River, lake and wetland ecosystems - covering about one fifth of the Amazon basin - are increasingly degraded by deforestation, pollution, construction of dams and water…
Environment
Dams cause climate change
More and more scientific research shows that reservoirs, especially in the tropics, are a significant source of global greenhouse gas pollution.
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Small dams threaten fish species on the Mekong River
According to the latest research published by US scientists, plans to build hydropower dams along small tributaries of the Mekong River could cause unmatchable harm to m…
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There are thousands of small dams in danger of unsafe
At present, there are still thousands of small dams in danger of unsafe, which need to be prioritized, but due to limited budget, the demand is not met. Facing the above…
Environment
Damage protection at US nuclear plant
A bank of dams from the Missouri River flooded into the US Nebraska nuclear plant that collapsed yesterday, but officials said they were still in control of the situatio…
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Pollution of water makes people lose their livelihood
A recent survey showed that water pollution caused most households who rely on aquatic resources from rivers to no longer live.
Environment
Vietnam worries about salinity because of Laos hydroelectricity
Vietnamese scientists are concerned that Laos' controversial hydropower dam will have a bad impact on the Mekong Delta.
Environment
Lessons from Thailand for dams on the Mekong River
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today warned investors to invest in a dam project on the Mekong River to study lessons from the Mun river dam in Thailand, an economic, env…
Environment
Death god threatens Nigeria
The Nigerian government is urgently building dams to prevent the possibility of a dangerous lake on Cameroon's crater breaking and releasing toxic gas.
Environment
How are people destroying themselves?
People are daily destroying their own living environment in many ways, accidentally or intentionally. From the wrong construction ...
Environment
Hydroelectric dams: Loi is inadequate?
Hydropower is considered one of the cleanest and cheapest sources of renewable energy available for large-scale production.