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Improving coal dumps with ... grass
Thanks to the roots of four to five meters long, vetiver grass is a giant net that holds and improves soil for coal dumps.
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Climate change affects life on the Antarctic Peninsula
Antarctica has long been thought to be one of the fastest warming locations on Earth.
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The ice used to dominate the tropics
Geologists have long believed that, like today, tropical regions remain in a warm state during the ice age of Earth 300 million years ago.
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The value of biodiversity for our common future
What will the loss of biodiversity cause us to lose in the long run? How much investment should national economies now have to stop this trend? And what price will we ha…
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Aircraft tracking disasters
US scientists are putting into use unmanned aircraft specializing in conducting research flights to monitor disasters.
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China: Long drought, record flood
While many parts of China suffer from the longest, heaviest rains in the year, millions of people in this country experience severe droughts.
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America has a new climate goal
US President George W Bush has called on nations to agree on the long-term goal of overcoming greenhouse gas emissions. Mr Bush said he would have a meeting with represe…
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Ha Long Bay will sink when the sea level rises by 5m
Vietnam will be one of the two worst affected developing countries in the world when sea level rises. At least, Ha Long Bay and Tram Chim National Park will sink deeply.
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Yangtze River pollution 'irreversible'
Most of China's longest river, Yangzi, has been contaminated so badly that it cannot be saved. About 1 in 10 of this 6,200 km long river is in condition
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Mexico: Research the world's longest underwater cave
The world's longest underwater cave system has just been discovered on January 23 this year in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. This underground cave system found by divin…
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2007 fever
According to British forecasters, in 2007 it is likely that the long-term average temperature of 140 C (calculated from 1961 to 1990) will increase by 0.540 more. The cu…
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Ho Chi Minh City: How long does the fog last?
In the past few days, many areas in Ho Chi Minh City have dense fog in the early morning and last until noon and in the evening there is rain and light thunderstorms. Ms…
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The South was shocked
More than 100 people died and went missing, more than 400 people were injured - those were the heartbreaking numbers left by the storm No. 9. Right from the moment Duria…
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Whirlwind, hail in Quang Ninh killed 8 people
At 6h45 this morning, Ha Long City suddenly caught a big stone rain, accompanied by thunderstorms. Many ships and boats of fishermen on Ha Long Bay were wrecked, 8 peopl…
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Coral reefs in Vietnam - Endangered
Scientists have warned that up to nine-tenths of the more than 1,000 km2 of coral reefs in Vietnam are in danger of recovering while the marine environmental pollution i…