Animal world
Algae bloom kills 350 elephants in Botswana
Satellite data analysis reveals algal blooms may have been responsible for a mass die-off of elephants in 2020.
Water Pollution
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Environment
Russian scientists find method to monitor water pollution in real time
A new method of monitoring water pollution detects harmful substances in water without requiring experts to take additional samples.
Environment
Toxic foam covers India's sacred river
The sacred Yamuna river in New Delhi, the site of the Hindu festival of Chhath Puja, was covered with mounds of snow-white foam on November 8.
Environment
Types of environmental pollution and effective remedies
Environmental pollution is the most concerned issue today. Polluted environment can cause many dangerous consequences for human health.
Environment
The whole Mekong Delta is subsiding at a rate of nearly 2.5cm per year
In the West Sea region (Ca Mau peninsula) previously had a high encroachment rate to the sea, now 70% of the area has retreated.
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How has the story of cultivating oysters in tires become a disaster?
From a method that is assessed as
1001 mystery
Millions of fish die in the US harbor
About one million sardine fishes emerged at a port in the US state of California, creating a plentiful meal for seabirds but embarrassing officials.
Oceanography
Deadly marine fish died along 4 central provinces
The coastline running through the provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien - Hue all recorded mass mortality of marine fish, many of which are far-shor…
Oceanography
The beach turns red because of shrimp body
The incident happened in the city of Coronel, about 530 km from Chile's capital, Santiago. In addition to shrimp body, people still see hundreds of crabs on the beach, t…
Oceanography
Hundreds of mysterious dead dolphins in Peru
From January to now, nearly 900 dolphin carcasses, of which 95% are bottlenose dolphins, continuously drifted to a coast about 170km in northern Peru. Officials suspect…
Oceanography
The ocean is called for by biodegradable plastic
The ocean called for help by billions of kilograms of plastic floated on the surface of the sea, there was a material that was difficult to decompose and decomposed at a…
Biology
Turn used cooking oil into biofuel
Scientists from Vietnam Institute of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Technology have successfully produced biofuels from waste vegetable oil.
Animal world
Dogs turn blue after drinking and bathing in Indian pollution rivers
The wild dogs' fur turned blue due to drinking and bathing in polluted river water, IFL Science reported.
Animal world
Big rays with cars die mass on Thai river
Giant freshwater rays are likely to die due to water pollution in the Mae Klong River, Thailand.
Animal world
Ten thousand quarter frogs suddenly died in Peru
More than 10,000 frogs live in Lake Titicaca, one of the largest lakes in South America that suddenly died.