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Rising sea threatens coastline

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at The University of Manchester are to produce a detailed picture of the public’s views on the uncertain future of a 250-mile-stretch of coastline.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (17) | comments 5




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Pope calls for responsible, credible climate deal

(AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday for delegates attending this week's U.N. climate change conference in South Africa to craft a responsible and credible deal to cut greenhouse gases that takes into ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 18

Cabbage gelder, cut throat of pigs, or man trap?

Faced with filling in the 2011 census form plenty of people will be tempted to put frivolous answers into the boxes asking for details about their lives. 200 years ago, a Norfolk vicar had similar ideas.

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Vatican kicks off countdown to JP2 beatification

(AP) -- The Vatican on Monday kicked off the countdown to Pope John Paul II's beatification by posting a YouTube video of his famous first papal speech, when the Polish-born pontiff asked the Roman crowd in St. Peter's Square ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Mexicans put faith in masks -- but do they work?

(AP) -- The cloth patches in green, blue and white are everywhere, clamped tight over the mouth and nose of teachers, toddlers, policemen and drunks. Even the statue at the church of St. Jude, patron of lost ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 12

Digging up evidence of 400-year-old global trade and wealth

French and Chinese blue glass, Dutch layered glass, Baltic amber: roughly 70,000 beads manufactured all over the world have been excavated at one of the Spanish empire's remotest outposts, the Santa Catalina ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antarctica to Pyramids -- lights dim for Earth Hour (Update)

(AP) -- From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most ...

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