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Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

August 9, 2022545 Views

Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations. The warming is “likely due to increased atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and changes in western North Atlantic circulation,” according to the paper, “Rapid 20th century warming reverses 900-year cooling in the Gulf of Maine,” published in Communications Earth & Environment, an open access journal from Nature Portfolio. An Arctica islandica shell perches on the railing of the ESS Pursuit during a research cruise in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, south of the Gulf of Maine. Credit: Image credit: Nina Whitney/ © Woods Hole Ocean...

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United States returns to Cambodia 30 antiquities looted from historic sites

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August 9, 20221095 Views

The United States will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, U.S. officials said on Monday. The Southeast Asian country's archaeological sites -including Koh Ker, a capital of the ancient Khmer empire - suffered widespread looting in civil conflicts between the 1960s and 1990s. Cambodia's government has since sought to repatriate stolen antiquities sold on the international market. Lee Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. State Department delivers remarks as he stands with seized items during an announcement of the repatriation and return to Cambodia of 30 Cambodian antiquities sold to U.S. collectors and instituti...

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Easing into vacation aboard the Boston-to-Cape Cod train

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August 9, 20221305 Views

Boston’s buttoned-up South Station doesn’t typically conjure images of fold-up beach chairs, straw hats and rolling Yeti coolers. But on weekend mornings during the summer, that is what you’ll see. Instead of frenzied passengers running to catch a train to another East Coast city, today’s throng of delighted vacationers awaited the CapeFlyer, a weekend passenger train to Cape Cod. It runs during the 15 weekends of summer — up until Labor Day — from Boston to Hyannis with a handful of stops in between. Madeleine, left, and Oliver Peacock look out a train window aboard the Cape Flyer, a weekend passenger train to Cape Cod on July 24, 2022. It runs during the weekends of summer until Labor Day, from Boston to Hyannis with a handful of stops in between. (Tracee Herbaugh via AP) I rec...

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Flash floods strike one of the hottest and driest spots on Earth

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August 6, 2022281 Views

Nearly 1,000 people remain stranded in California's Death Valley National Park Flash flooding triggered by a near-record downpour on Friday over one of the hottest, driest spots on Earth has stranded nearly 1,000 people inside California's Death Valley National Park and forced its temporary closure, park officials said. About 60 cars belonging to park visitors and staff were buried in several feet of debris at the Inn at Death Valley, an historic luxury hotel near the park headquarters in Furnace Creek, site of a spring-fed oasis near the Nevada border, the park said in a statement. A view shows the monsoonal rain flooded Mud Canyon in Death Valley National Park, California, U.S., August 5, 2022. National Park Service/Handout via REUTERS Floodwaters also pushed trash dumpsters...

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13 of the 19 glaciers in Alaska show substantial retreat

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August 5, 2022428 Views

New study calculates loss of glacier edges in Kenai Fjords National Park As glaciers worldwide retreat due to climate change, managers of national parks need to know what’s on the horizon to prepare for the future. A new study from the University of Washington and the National Park Service measures 38 years of change for glaciers in Kenai Fjords National Park, a stunning jewel about two hours south of Anchorage. The study, published Aug. 5 in The Journal of Glaciology, finds that 13 of the 19 glaciers show substantial retreat, four are relatively stable, and two have advanced. It also finds trends in which glacier types are disappearing fastest. The nearly 670,000-acre park hosts various glaciers: some terminate in the ocean, others in lakes or on land. Bear Glacier, shown here i...

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Hessian remains unearthed at Revolutionary War battle site

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August 3, 2022574 Views

Researchers believe they have uncovered in a mass grave in New Jersey the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War, officials announced Tuesday. The remains, found at the site of Fort Mercer and the 1777 Battle of Red Bank, rested for 245 years until a human femur was found in June during an archaeological dig of a trench system that surrounded the fort, scientists said. Additional excavation yielded more skeletal remains and items including pewter and brass buttons and a King George III gold guinea, which would have been a soldier’s pay for a month. Shown is a King George III gold guinea, discovered in an excavation site at the Red Bank Battlefield Park in National Park, N.J., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) A team of scient...

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Visitors to world’s tallest tree could face $5K fine, jail

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August 2, 2022662 Views

Tree enthusiasts who make the trek to the world’s tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits because of damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and surrounding forest, a park official said Monday. This photo provided by the National Park Service shows the coast redwood tree named Hyperion in Redwood National Park, Calif., on Sept. 22, 2021. (National Park Service via AP) The tree, a 380-foot (115-meter) coast redwood, is in a remote area of Redwood National Park and is not accessible by any trail. But that hasn’t stopped scores of visitors from hiking to the tree, said Leonel Arguello, the park’s manager for natural resources. Arguello said the tree, known as Hyperion, wa...

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Passenger rail returns to Vermont after 70 years

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July 31, 2022818 Views

Traffic nightmares, costly gas inspires US rediscover interest in rail travel After a nearly 70-year absence, a passenger train running from Vermont’s revitalized Burlington train station to New York City headed south Friday as part of a nationwide renewal of interest in rail travel. Last November, President Joe Biden, who famously rode Amtrak between Washington and his Delaware home during his 36 years in the Senate, signed legislation that includes $102 billion for passenger and freight rail investment that will help Amtrak improve and expand its services over time. An Amtrak train leaves Burlington, Vt., for New York City on Friday, July 29, 2022. After a nearly 70-year absence, thepassenger train running from Vermont's revitalized Burlington train station to New York City is ...

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Honduras launches ‘Bitcoin Valley’ in the tourist town of Santa Lucia

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July 30, 2022297 Views

People can pay for a slushie with crypto in the streets of "Bitcoin Valley," a project in the Honduran tourist enclave of Santa Lucia through which the country has entered the digital currency trend. The small town in the mountains, 20 minutes from the capital Tegucigalpa, has become a bitcoin city. Owners of businesses big and small in Santa Lucia are adapting to handle cryptocurrencies as payment, hoping to attract more tourism. "It will open more opportunities and attract more people who want to use this currency," said Cesar Andino, manager of Los Robles shopping square. A man checks his cryptocurrencies app during the kick off of the 'Bitcoin Valley' project that seeks to establish a Bitcoin circular economy through the use of cryptocurrencies, in Santa Lucia, Honduras Ju...

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Climate change and vanishing islands threaten brown pelicans

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July 28, 2022369 Views

Sliding off the side of her small boat, seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton wades through waist-high water, brown pelicans soaring overhead, until she reaches the shores of Raccoon Island. During seabird breeding season, the place is a raucous symphony of noise and motion — and one of the few remaining refuges for the iconic pelicans. The crescent-shaped island is the final sliver of land separating Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico — a natural speed bump against storms that roll in from the sea. An hour’s boat ride from the mainland, the barrier island’s remoteness allows birds to nest on mangroves and sandy beaches a safe distance from most predators. Raccoon Island, a Gulf of Mexico barrier island that is a nesting ground for brown pelicans, terns, seagulls and other birds, is see...