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7 changes if the Earth gets hotter
Environment

7 changes if the Earth gets hotter

If the earth's temperature continues to rise, the Amazon rainforest can become desert, the Maldives island nation can disappear forever, and the Sahara desert will becom…

December 16, 2018
Seabirds can predict El Nino
Environment

Seabirds can predict El Nino

It took 18 years to study the number of birds living on the Great Barrier reef, scientists have discovered a predictable law of El Nino.

December 16, 2018
Sunscreen threatens corals
Environment

Sunscreen threatens corals

According to a European Commission (EC) research group, creamy ultraviolet filters are used to protect the skin that causes the loss of color of coral reefs in the world.

December 16, 2018
Climate change threatens cultural heritage
Environment

Climate change threatens cultural heritage

Rising sea levels, rising ocean temperatures, floods and other earth-related greenhouse disasters are threatening the world's cultural assets, according to the Environme…

December 16, 2018
Thailand: Replace coral with artificial reef
Environment

Thailand: Replace coral with artificial reef

According to the Thai government, more than 100 artificial fiberglass reefs were placed on the seabed off the country to replace the coral reefs destroyed by the tsunami…

December 16, 2018
Survey of Son Tra marine corals
Environment

Survey of Son Tra marine corals

On September 20, representatives of Coral Reef Coral Company (based in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa) surveyed the coral reefs for the third time around Son Tra Peninsula, Da Nan…

December 16, 2018
Serious warnings about Ocean life
Environment

Serious warnings about Ocean life

A group of researchers has released a warning: The global release of carbon dioxide has dramatically changed the ocean chemistry and threatened marine life. will be chan…

December 16, 2018
Coral reefs in Vietnam - Endangered
Environment

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…

December 16, 2018
40,000 fishing boats will become ... coral?
Environment

40,000 fishing boats will become ... coral?

There are 92,000 tractor ships in the whole country. According to the master plan of fisheries development until 2010 approved by the Government, by 2010, the whole coun…

December 16, 2018
Mangrove forest - green wall in front of the sea
Environment

Mangrove forest - green wall in front of the sea

The mangrove forest, intact coral reefs and seagrass can mitigate or dissipate 15-meter tsunami waves. A Japanese study showed that a 100-meter mangrove forest can reduc…

December 16, 2018