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Hardly Noticed,Climate Change Displacement Has Begun »
Posted by: Mikunited 6 months ago in Science & Technology
Rising sea levels have eroded much of the coastlines of the low-lying Carteret Islands situated 50 miles from Bougainville Island, in the South Pacific. Photograph ...
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Dear Donna: A Pinup So Swell She Kept G.I. Mail »
Posted by: engineer 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
Almost all of that mail, which studios usually answered with a glossy shot showing the star in a saucy pose, has been lost. But the ...
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Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic »
Posted by: Progressive 7 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Scientists say the collapse could mean the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and provides further evidence or rapid change in ...
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15 Places So Remote People Have Never Heard Of Wi-Fi »
Posted by: AmyVernon 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Consider this: Even the most ardent techno geek is challenged to keep up with the latest developments in technology, astronauts are Twittering from space and ...
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Big Quake Strikes off Indonesia »
Posted by: WikiMap 1 month, 1 week ago in News
An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 has struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Deadly tsunami in Pacific islands »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 1 month, 1 week ago in News
A tsunami from a powerful earthquake in the Pacific has killed at least 28 and injured dozens in Samoa, reports say.
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Yemenia 'may cancel Airbus order' »
Posted by: WikiMap 4 months ago in News
The airline Yemenia says it may cancel an order for 10 Airbus planes, saying Airbus gave it no support over the Comoros crash.
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New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands »
Posted by: myfairlady 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
During a cave diving expedition to explore the Tunnel de la Atlantida, the world's longest submarine lava tube on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands ...
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Strong quake jolts Japan's Ishigaki Island, tsunami warning issued_English_Xinhua »
Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Earlier in the day, a similar quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hits Ishigaki Island at 9:06 a.m. (0006 GMT). And ...
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Islands warn of extinction at UN climate week »
Posted by: Progressive 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
As world leaders gather for key climate talks here, small island nations Monday warned they were running out of time with rising seas threatening to ...
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JellyFish Lake »
Posted by: savasplace 3 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
Jellyfish Lake is a well-known dive site in the Pacific island of Palau. It is on Eil Malk, one of the Rock Islands, a series ...
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Antarctica Islands Found to Rival Galapagos in Biodiversity »
Posted by: myfairlady 6 months ago in Science & Technology
A team from British Antarctic Survey and University of Hamburg combed the land, sea and shores of the South Orkney Islands last year, near the ...
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US vows 'huge' marine protection »
Posted by: idyll 10 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
The US is to establish what it calls "the largest area of protected sea in the world" around its Pacific islands.
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Cuba nixes key meeting over ‘very serious’ crisis »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months, 1 week ago in Political News
HAVANA - Cuba on Friday suspended plans for a Communist Party congress and lowered its 2009 economic growth projection to 1.7 percent — nearly a full ...
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Top Ten Things To Experience In The Philippines | Fabulous Journeys »
Posted by: kelvinlls 2 months, 2 weeks ago in News
One of Asia's best-kept secrets, the Philippines offers travellers a feast to the sense like they never think they'd get in the 7 ...
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