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10 coffee table books that make great gifts
Stuck for a present for that friend that's hard to shop for? Check out one of these gorgeous coffee table books.
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Two of September's biggest novels
'Telegraph Avenue' by Michael Chabon and 'NW' by Zadie Smith are two of the hottest releases of the season.
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3 outstanding 2012 novels
Three outstanding novels about protagonists who travel far to fight for those they love.
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US heat wave: 5 places that make it look milder
What may be a record-setting summer in America is relatively routine in other parts of the world that experience months of weather like this – and not necessarily with air conditioning.
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In Pictures: Way beyond vacation: the 'Eat, Pray, Love' effect
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Latin America Monitor
Falklands again? Why Argentina's Kirchner keeps pushing the issue with Britain.Kirchner's populist platform targets debt reduction, social inclusion, unorthodox economic policies, and repeatedly probing Britain over the South Atlantic archipelago.
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British team abandons drilling in Antarctic lake
Technical problem, fuel shortage force suspension of scientific project to find life in Earth's remotest environment. US, Russia set to begin their Antarctic drilling projects.
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West Antarctica warming much faster than expected
Average temperatures in West Antarctica rise 4.3 degrees since 1950s. The region's warming is nearly twice as much as expected and one of the most rapid on the planet.
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10 coffee table books that make great gifts
Stuck for a present for that friend that's hard to shop for? Check out one of these gorgeous coffee table books.
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World's oldest dinosaur discovered hanging out in London museum
World's oldest dinosaur: The fossil remains of Nyasasaurus parringtoni were first found in the 1930s near Lake Malawi in Africa. It pushes the date that dinosaurs lived back to 245 million years ago.
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Polar ice melt accelerates (+video)
The Earth's ice sheets are melting three times faster than they were two decades ago, 47 researchers say in a recently published study. The scientists fault human-created global warming for the dramatic increase in melting.
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Are polar ice sheets shrinking? Report offers definitive answer at last.
Numerous studies in recent years have offered different – and sometimes conflicting – views about ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. But a new report offers unprecedented scope.
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Change Agent
Len Stanmore mixes adventure with helping othersHe's about to set a world record by climbing the highest peaks on seven continents and crossing the four most inhospitable deserts. But when he added a charitable aspect to his quest he made it even more meaningful.
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Solar eclipse delights Queensland (+video)
Thousands flocked to Australian beaches to watch a solar eclipse as darkness descended for a couple of minutes early Wednesday morning. The solar eclipse was predicted to bring millions to the area's tourism industry.
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Antarctic Ozone Hole 2nd Smallest in 20 Years
On the Earth's surface, ozone is a pollutant, but in the stratosphere, it reflects ultraviolet radiation back into space, protecting us from skin cancer-causing UV rays.
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Scientists confident moon born of colossal Earth collision that vaporized Zinc
Researchers examined rocks collected by astronauts during NASA's Apollo lunar landing missions, as well as a meteorite that originated on the moon to make the find.
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Martian black glass meteorite may reveal Red Planet's secrets
Within a Tissint meteorite, scientists found an abundance of black glass that they say may contain traces of Mars' surface, atmosphere and interior.
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Chapter & Verse
'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' author Maria Semple talks about her new bookSemple shares the moment that she knew she was onto something good with 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and tells us what inspired a pivotal plot point.
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Mars fragments and moon rocks on meteorite auction block
On Oct. 14 in Manhattan, fragments of Mars, the moon and asteroids that have fallen to Earth go up for sale, in what auction house Heritage Auctions is billing as the largest public meteorite auction ever held.
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While Arctic melts, Antarctic ice hits record. Is warming debunked?
Antarctic ice expansion doesn't disprove warming, scientists say. Warming has long been expected to hit Arctic ice first.
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Two of September's biggest novels
'Telegraph Avenue' by Michael Chabon and 'NW' by Zadie Smith are two of the hottest releases of the season.
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As Antarctic ice streams speed up, major ice melt triggered inland
New simulation results may also add to forecasts about Antarctica's contribution to global sea levels, researchers pointed out.
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Will NASA's Mars rover find signs of life? A Q&A with a Curiosity astrobiologist.
NASA's Danny Glavin is among those leading the search for amino acids and nucleobases on the surface of Mars.
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3 outstanding 2012 novels
Three outstanding novels about protagonists who travel far to fight for those they love.
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Greenpeace activists storm Russian oil platform
Sitting on the side of an oil platform in the Russian Arctic with enough supplies for several days the activists protest Gazprom's plans to drill in a fragile area, the group says.
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Antarctica started warming 600 years ago, study finds
Centuries before fossil fuel emissions began warming the globe, Antarctica was heating up, indicates a new research published in Nature.
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Antarctic Peninsula now almost as warm as 12,000 years ago
Rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula is bringing temperatures close to the warmth that followed the end of the last ice age, says lead researcher Richard Mulvaney, a paleoclimatologist with the British Antarctic Survey.
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How summer thunderstorms could be punching new holes in the ozone layer (+video)
A study looking at conditions in the lower stratosphere, where the ozone layer resides, suggests a link between climate change and the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching Earth's surface.
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Storm clouds could destroy ozone layer, study suggests
A recent study suggests that highly reactive chlorine and bromine molecules ejected by cumulonimbus clouds are punching holes in the ozone layer over the United States.
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Gigantic 'Grand Canyon' buried beneath Antarctic ice (+video)
A humongous rift located under West Antarctica that provides a channel for warm ocean water to creep toward the interior of the ice sheet could be accelerating ice loss, say scientists.
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