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09/02/2010 • Yellowstone Hot Spot Shreds Ancient Pacific Ocean A new study has found that the mantle plume that feeds Yellowstone's famous geysers is even more powerful than anyone ever thought. Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Most Penguin Populations Continue to Decline Penguin biologists from around the world, who are gathered in Boston this week, warn that ten of the planet's eighteeen penguin species have experienced further serious population declines. The effects of climate change, overfishing, chronic oil pollution and predation by introduced mammals are among the major factors cited repeatedly by penguin scientists as contributing to these population ... Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Dr. Reese Halter: Stupendous Tropical Rainforests Offer Medicine and Fight Global Warming Tropical forests are felled at approximately 55,000 square miles a year. This is equivalent to the area of Switzerland and the Netherlands combined -- the size of a football field every second. Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Memories of Places I've Yet to See: a Playlist A musical reminisence to remind me of all the places I've yet to see. Most of the songs are only hinting at a place because I prefer dreaming of my destinations... Please consider this an imaginary travelogue. Picture via Flickr For those like to listen with their minds, here is the original playlist as it played out from the crates of hard drive: 1. St. Petersburg by Brazilian Girls 2. 23 ... Read article |
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09/02/2010 • UQ students take on South America The mid year break wasn’t a holiday for all University of Queensland students with a group of keen, wildlife and environmental management enthusiasts heading to South America to see what they could find in the depths of the Amazon. Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Buffs get loud to be proud again That new sound you're hearing from up here at Colorado practice isn't the lock step of an offensive line that's finally healthy. Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Peak beak or chill bill? It's a climate thing The hotter the climate, the larger the beak on the local birds, according to researchers. who have studied more than 200 species around the world. Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Peak beak or chill bill? The hotter the climate, the larger the beak on the local birds, say scientists who have studied species around the world. Read article |
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08/31/2010 • Top 5 Wildlife Hotspots Counting down the best places to see amazing wildlife. From pink dolphins in Bolivia, to the fearless natives of the Galapagos Islands. Contributor: Brittney Stewart Published: Aug 31, 2010 Read article |
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09/02/2010 • Travel Picks: 10 top romantic hotels LONDON—In need of a romantic break, but don’t know where to go? Boutique hotel connoisseurs Mr & Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) play Cupid with a hand-picked selection of 10 of the most seductive stays worldwide. Read article |
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