Off the shore of Thailand's resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean, hoping they can thrive in the wild and return in two decades to reproduce. The release of the year-old turtles, each about the size of a rugby ball, follows an intense conservation effort to boost the leatherback's survival chances after the discovery in 2018 that the endangered species had returned to lay eggs in southern Thailand. FILE PHOTO: One-month-old baby leatherback turtles swim inside a pond at Phuket Marine Biological Center, in Phuket province, Thailand, April 7, 2024. REUTERS/Napat Wesshasartar The stronger turtles have successfully made their way into the ocean, while others perished after hatching, so a programme was laun...
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NH Collection debuts in capital Helsinki Located in a historic property in the heart of the Finnish capital, the new NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa offers a unique blend of rich heritage and modern hospitality. The property combines two historically significant buildings, the New Student House and Hotel Seurahuone, one of Helsinki's best-preserved heritage properties and the heart of Finnish culture and social life since the early 20th Century. Central and accessible, the hotel is a short walk from the most popular restaurants, shopping, cultural experiences and museums in Helsinki. NH Collection Helsinki Grand Hansa combines all the characteristics for which the brand is known: central location, fascinating history, timeless charm, culinary delights with a local twist, and i...
Read MoreThe broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study found. When the temperatures spiked last year, numerous weather agencies said it was the hottest month, summer and year on record. But those records only go back to 1850 at best because it’s based on thermometers. Now scientists can go back to the modern western calendar’s year 1, when the Bible says Jesus of Nazareth walked the Earth, but have found no hotter northern summer than last year’s. A study Tuesday in the journal Nature uses a well-established method and record of more than 10,000 tree rings to calculate summertime temperatures for each year since the year 1. No year came even close to last summer’s high heat, said lead author Jan Esper, a climate geographer at the...
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