| World Heritage Sites threatened by rising sea levels
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| In the Mediterranean region, there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites in low-lying coastal areas. In the course of the 21st century, these sites will increasingly be at risk by storm surges and increasing coastal erosion due to sea-level rise.
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| Snap, Crackle, Crash: What Rice Cereal Can Tell Us About Collapsing Ice Shelves
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 (Inside Science) -- The crackle of wet rice puffs is more than a snappy advertising strategy: Pouring milk into a bowl of cereal might help shed light on the collapse of ice shelves and dams of compacted earth, a new study finds. Brittle, porous materials are prone to suddenly crumbling when they encounter high pressure or are soaked in liquids, an effect linked with the collapse of rockfill dams and the formation of sinkholes. However, it was uncertain what happens when such materials ar
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| Hearing Nemo
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 How scientists discovered a symphony under the sea.
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| In Russia's Space Graveyard, Locals Scavenge Fallen Spacecraft for Profit
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 The Altai mountain region of Central Asia is a rugged and remote place. Right in the center of the continental landmass, it forms a crossroads between the Kazakh steppes, the snow forests of Siberia and the arid plains of Mongolia. It's a landscape of granite, forced up by the inch-a-year collision of the Indian tectonic plate with Asia, then carved out over millions of years by streams of snowmelt. Siberian Ibex wander here, along with musk deer feeding on the lichenous rocks and brown bear
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| A new scenario resource for integrated 1.5 °C research
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| A new scenario resource for integrated 1.5 °C research, Published online: 15 October 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0317-4 Scenarios have supported assessments of the IPCC for decades. A new scenario ensemble and a suite of visualization and analysis tools is now made available alongside the IPCC 1.5 °C Special Report to improve transparency and re-use of scenario data across research communities.
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