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Dams cause climate change
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.

December 16, 2018
Air pollution 'causes obesity'
Environment

Air pollution 'causes obesity'

Controversy erupted after a group of researchers announced an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air is one of the reasons for the fat epidemic.

December 16, 2018
Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people
Environment

Air pollution will kill nearly 4 million people

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has just released a research report on the global environmental outlook by 2050. Accordingly, without i…

December 16, 2018
Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution
Environment

Traffic - No. 1 culprit causes air pollution

According to Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duc, Head of Air Control and Import of Scrap, General Department of Environment, air quality in urban Vietnam is in alarm, especially in bi…

December 16, 2018
Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'
Environment

Hanoi atmosphere 'dirty first in Asia'

Hanoi is one of the most polluted cities in Asia, the dust content is many times higher than the permitted level, foreign experts affirmed.

December 16, 2018
Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?
Environment

Washing clothes related to ocean pollution?

Billions of plastic molecules are released when people wash synthetic fiber clothes (such as nylon, polyester or acrylic) that are contributing to ocean pollution. This…

December 16, 2018
Dirty air causes a heart attack
Environment

Dirty air causes a heart attack

A group of French researchers, led by Hazrije Mustafic of the Paris Heart Research Center, published the information in the journal of the American Medical Association o…

December 16, 2018
Alarm of water pollution in HCMC
Environment

Alarm of water pollution in HCMC

According to the monitoring data of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2011, the situation of environmental pollution in the country is having alarming…

December 16, 2018
China's Yangtze River is heavily polluted
Environment

China's Yangtze River is heavily polluted

A part of the Yangtze River in eastern China is contaminated with chemicals leaked from a cargo ship, causing thousands of people to worry and rush to buy bottled water…

December 16, 2018
Artificial rain reduces dust on the street
Environment

Artificial rain reduces dust on the street

Students of the University of Natural Resources and Environment have an idea to create artificial rain on the streets, to limit dust causing serious pollution.

December 16, 2018