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Researchers evaluate strategies to protect Venice from rising sea levels
A new paper compares strategies, including movable barriers, ring dikes, closing the Venetian Lagoon, and relocating the city, that could help Venice adapt to future sea-level rise.
Coastal Women Caring for (Mother) Earth and Sea Festival
More than 150 people gathered in the sunken village of Timbulsloko, Indonesia, for the Festival “Perempuan Pesisir Merawat (Ibu) Bumi dan Laut” or “Coastal Women Caring for (Mother) Earth and Sea”.
How primitive plants evolved to survive Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event
Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a group of primitive plants to survive.
New public route unveiled at Gair Wood
A new public footpath has been unveiled at Gair Wood that links up with the ever-popular Meanwood Valley Trail and Leeds Country Way.
Lakes forming next to Greenland’s melting ice sheet are speeding up glacier flow
A growing network of meltwater lakes at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet is accelerating the flow of major glaciers, potentially increasing the pace of global sea‑level rise.