Environment

ASIA: Pick of the year 2011

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2011 was another year of natural disasters

VIETNAM: From rice to shrimps and ginger - adapting to saltwater intrusion

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The Mekong Delta is Vietnam's breadbasket

After Fukushima: A Changing Climate For Nuclear

This year has something unpleasant in common with the years 1979 and 1986. In 1979, a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania melted down. In 1986, the Soviet reactor at Chernobyl blew up and burned.

Trees In Trouble: Grim Future For Frankincense

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Frankincense comes from the Boswellia sacra tree, which grows mainly in the Horn of Africa. The number of trees...