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Y Ty commune of northern Lao Cai province s Bat Xat district is covered by snow (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The National Centre for Meteorological and Hydrological
Forecast has reported that the temperature in the northern region will
continue to decrease deeply over
the coming days.
Rain
and
cold air hit the northern region on January 18 with the lowest
temperature of 8-10 degrees Celsius and 4-7 degrees Celsius in mountain areas.
The
lowest temperature was recorded early January 18 in Sa Pa, Lao Cai province,
was 7 degrees Celsius and 9.2 degrees in Mau Son, Lang Sơn province,
a slight increase from the previous day.
An initiative to form a supermarket coalition is being developed with the support of the EU and the German Government, aiming to reduce the use of plastic shopping bags and protect the environment.
A mangrove forest in Ca Mau province - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Ca Mau (VNA) – An
environment monitoring project for mangrove aquaculture (AQUAM)
in Ca Mau was kicked off on January 15 by the Mekong Delta province s Department
of Agriculture and Rural Development, Australia’s University of Queensland and
the Greenfield Consulting and Development Ltd (GFD).
The project, which
will be implemented by UQ and GFD Ltd, aims to build an environmental monitoring
system for mangrove aquaculture, provide information on management of mangrove
forests and sustainable aquaculture towards improving
livelihoods for and resilience of
coastal communities to climate change
The project is carried out in key mangrove aquaculture areas in
Putting a Lid on Fish Boxes and Other Foamed Polystyrene Marine Debris
Where the murky brown waters of the Pearl River meet the opaque green South China Sea, a trail of floating plastic debris is gathered by the currents as they flow past Macao, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong. I first noticed this floating litter while standing on the deck of a research vessel in 2017, scanning the waves off the western coast of Lantau island for signs of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins as part of a monitoring program run by the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society. A glimpse of these rare animals was often overshadowed by the foamed polystyrene pollution (also known as expanded polystyrene (EPS) or by the proprietary name Styrofoam) from fish boxes and fishing buoys. And this was not just a problem in the water; as we conducted surveys between Hong Kong’s islands, we passed beaches covered in white plastic, strewn along the shoreline like snow.
The island where Pirates of the Caribbean was filmed - with a population smaller than Cambridge
St Vincent and the Grenadines has a smaller population than Cambridge, despite being far bigger
People enjoying a punt trip along the River Cam in Cambridge in summer 2020 (Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
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