Tag: Earth

From Scottish mountains to a French village perched on a cliff edge and blockbuster Irish cliffs, stunning photo book unveils incredible ‘living laboratory’ Unesco geoparks – areas of breathtaking geological significance

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The Earth’s surface is a record of the past. Its valleys, mountains and landscapes tell a story that dates back 4.5billion years.

So says Unesco director-general Audrey Azoulay in the introduction to new book The Unesco Global Geoparks, published by Gestalten.

The captivating new tome is packed with photographs showcasing all of the world’s Unesco Global Geoparks – areas of exceptional geological significance – of which there are almost 200 spanning 48 countries.

These landscapes are ‘filled with

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Sparen Sie bei Oprahs „Lieblings“-Fundstücken von Cozy Earth im Big Spring Sale von Amazon

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Diese Marke stellt einige der „Lieblings“-Sachen von Oprah auf der Welt her.

„Cosy Earth“ ist nicht nur ein einziges Mal auf der berühmten „Lieblingsdinge“-Liste des Medienmoguls gelandet vier Mal im Laufe der Jahre, dank Bestseller-Produkten wie dem Bambus-Bettlaken-Set (339 $ 271 $).

Und gerade jetzt, da der Big Spring Sale von Amazon und der halbjährliche Sale des Loungewear-Labels gleichzeitig stattfinden, ist es vielleicht genau

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Warum sind die Lichter aus? Wahrzeichen im Raum LA begehen die Earth Hour

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Das berühmte Pacific Wheel am Santa Monica Pier und die leuchtenden Gateway Pylons am Los Angeles International Airport sind nur einige der lokalen Wahrzeichen, die am Samstagabend anlässlich der Earth Hour dunkel werden.

„Heute Abend wird LAX anlässlich der Earth Hour vorübergehend seine ikonischen Tormasten abschalten. „Die Masten werden grün beleuchtet, bevor es von 20:30 bis 21:30 Uhr im Einklang mit anderen städtischen Gebäuden und berühmten Wahrzeichen in ganz Los Angeles dunkel wird.“ der Flughafen gepostet in den sozialen Medien.

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NASA paid me $1bn to stop an asteroid crashing into Earth… this is the heart-stopping truth about my ‘Armageddon’ moment, when it could all have ended in disaster

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The most dangerous rock in our solar system is asteroid Bennu.

With a diameter about the height of the Empire State Building, it is as massive as an aircraft carrier. Reflecting only a tiny fraction of the sunlight that shines upon its surface, it is also one of the darkest objects in our solar system. Most other asteroids reflect five times as much.

On September 24, 2182, if humanity takes no steps to prevent it and the odds line up,

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Surviving inhabitants of top secret Soviet-era town where more than 400 NUCLEAR BOMBS were detonated reveal horrors of living in ‘the most nuked place on Earth’ where radiation left ‘everyone’ riddled with cancer

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The surviving inhabitants of a Soviet-era town in northeastern Kazakhstan where 456 bombs were detonated on their doorstep, have revealed the devastating impact the explosions had on their health, with cancer spiking along with severe birth defects. 

Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a top secret town established in 1947 as the headquarters of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons program. At the time, it was not even visible on maps due to the high level

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What happened to MH370? Aerospace scientists give their verdicts on the leading theories – 10 years after the plane went missing over Malaysia

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In the 10 years since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 suddenly vanished, what exactly happened to the plane has become one of the biggest mysteries of our time. 

The ill-fated aircraft vanished on March 8, 2014 after it took off from from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia on its way to Beijing. 

All 239 people aboard are thought to have died shortly after the plane mysteriously veered westwards off course over the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean. 

Although many

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How big is the universe? Mind-boggling interactive map reveals the sheer scale of objects across the cosmos – with more Suns than grains of sand on Earth

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Sometimes even being in a big city can be enough to make you feel small.

But looking up into the empty vastness of space, the sheer size of the universe is almost impossible to comprehend. 

This incredible interactive graphic lets you explore the sheer scale of our universe, and get some appreciation for our small place within it. 

As we zoom out from our human perspective we see that the city that once seemed so overwhelming is only a tiny

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Spectacular aerial images show how modern society has transformed the planet, leaving parts looking like an alien landscape, from Arizona to Australia

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These extraordinary aerial images, taken over a period of decades, show how modern society has transformed the planet, with industry leaving strangely beautiful marks that give some areas the appearance of an alien world. Others show natural landscapes that look like abstract paintings from above.

The transfixing pictures have been taken by world-renowned Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who has spent 45 years taking photos from a god-like perspective achieved by the use of helicopters, small jets, hydraulic poles, and

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The world needs urgent regulations to prevent ‘Wild West’ space race from spiralling out of control in to WAR, warns British expert who worked on NASA’s Mars mission

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The world needs urgent regulations to prevent the ‘Wild West’ space resources race from spiralling out of control in to war, a British expert who worked on NASA’s Mars mission has warned.

Several countries have recently set their sights on the Moon, which is a multi-quadrillion-pound hotbed of unearthed riches from rare Earth metals used in smartphones to helium that could perhaps provide an invaluable source of energy.

But there has been unease among scientists about how the moon’s resources

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Nicolaus Copernicus: The man who stopped the sun and moved the earth

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Frombork is a small, quiet town perched on the shore of the Vistula Lagoon in northern Poland. 

Fishermen keep their boats in a cozy port. In the summer, a ferry shuttles passengers across the bay to the narrow slip of land called the Vistula Split, famous for white sandy beaches on the Baltic Sea coast. 

Up on a hill, overlooking the bay, sits an impressive medieval cathedral and castle complex constructed entirely of red brick. 

Port of Frombork, Poland (Danuta

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