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Viking mice tell tales of British Isles
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The humble house mouse can tell us a lot about the history of colonisation on the British Isles according to research published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological ...
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Prehistoric tools discovered at Isles of Shoals
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Aug 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer students in Cornell's new Archaeology Field School at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell's marine field station, have discovered the first prehistoric archaeological site in the Isles ...
Partial Solar Eclipse visible from the UK on the morning of 1st August
Jul 25, 2008 |
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On 1st August 2008 there will be a total eclipse of the Sun, visible from Canada, northern Greenland, Svalbard, the Barents Sea, Russia, Mongolia and China. From the whole of the British Isles observers will see a partial ...
Small mammals have a 'Celtic fringe' too
Sep 30, 2009 |
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The origin of the 'Celtic fringe' of genetically and culturally distinctive people in the northern and western British Isles is the source of fierce academic controversy.
Rising sea levels are increasing the risk of flooding along the south coast of England
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 09, 2009 |
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A new study by researchers at the University of Southampton has found that sea levels have been rising across the south coast of England over the past century, substantially increasing the risk of flooding ...
Britain’s biggest meteorite impact found
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the University of Oxford.
Archaeology at Smuttynose reveals fate of fisheries
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Sep 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The name Smuttynose Island may recall the infamous 1873 ax murders or even Smuttynose Craft Beer, made in Portsmouth, N.H. But the island, one of the Isles of Shoals six miles off the Maine ...
Britain working on new atlas of birds
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Nov 04, 2007 |
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The British Trust for Ornithology has begun collecting data from thousands of volunteers for a new atlas of the birds of the British Isles.
British flowers affected by global warming
Apr 24, 2006 |
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A survey by the Botanical Society of the British Isles suggests global warming is affecting the numbers and range of Britain's wild flowers.
Return of osprey blessed event in England
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Jul 04, 2006 |
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A young osprey has returned to its birthplace in a wildlife sanctuary, raising hopes that the bird can be re-established in Britain.
Briefs: Hibernia trans-Atlantic broadband hits U.S.
Mar 21, 2006 |
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An agreement between Hibernia Atlantic and RCN Business Solutions will bring a new source of broadband bandwidth into the northeastern United States.
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