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Alarming acidification in the Arctic Ocean
Environment

Alarming acidification in the Arctic Ocean

Greenhouse gas emissions are making acidification of the Arctic Ocean faster than other oceans on Earth as a result of an international study published in Canada on May…

December 16, 2018
Find materials that 'hold' methane gas
Environment

Find materials that 'hold' methane gas

US scientists have discovered materials can 'hold' and concentrate methane, the second highest concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

December 16, 2018
Japan built a tsunami barrier
Environment

Japan built a tsunami barrier

The fierce tsunami like 2011 will no longer be a nightmare for the people of the rising sun when Japan completes a 20m high wave wall, 230m stretching around Wakayama co…

December 16, 2018
Waste into electricity lighting rural areas
Environment

Waste into electricity lighting rural areas

For the first time in TT-Hue, Biogas made from polluted waste is used as lighting energy at many roads in Hue city, opening up the prospect of public lighting applicatio…

December 16, 2018
Can produce fuel from CO2 atmosphere
Environment

Can produce fuel from CO2 atmosphere

The excess of the permissible limits of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is due to the widespread use of fossil fuels, which is the main cause of global climate…

December 16, 2018
Special fuel replaces gasoline for cars
Environment

Special fuel replaces gasoline for cars

A British man said he built a car engine, instead of running on gasoline, would run on liquefied oxygen gas. Peter Dearman moved the engine in his 25-year-old Nova Vauxh…

December 16, 2018
Japan exploits natural gas from burnt ice
Environment

Japan exploits natural gas from burnt ice

On March 12, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said the country extracted natural gas from a new energy source called methane hydrate (also known as ice bu…

December 16, 2018
Learn how sea urchins catch carbon dioxide
Environment

Learn how sea urchins catch carbon dioxide

To reduce CO2 in the atmosphere one can 'catch' carbon and then put it into underground reservoirs. However, this way is both difficult to achieve high efficiency in pra…

December 16, 2018
Urban Ozone is a silent killer
Environment

Urban Ozone is a silent killer

Katherine Ensor, a statistician at Rice University in the United States, and colleagues analyzed data on more than 11,600 people who experienced a heart attack in Housto…

December 16, 2018