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Fire ants use their claws to grip diverse surfaces, including each other. As a result of their mutual adhesion and large numbers, ant colonies flow like inanimate fluids. This film shows how ants behave similarly to the spreading of drops, the capillary rise of menisci, and gravity-driven flow down a wall. By emulating the flow of fluids, ant colonies can remain united under stressful conditions.
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Here's a mind blowing economic trend that the majority of us over the age of 35 probably aren’t paying much attention to.
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The Alternative perspective is possible. Most likely,, we will develop the alternative according to the needs of our people...they have done it in Ecuador, they do it this way in the US through companies...how will we express our alternative in the Pacific?..
Thanks Katerina Teaiwa...keep this thought and sharing going..... Delete the scoop?
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Seas rising 60 percent faster than UN forecast: study
At present, sea levels are increasing at an average 3.2 millimetres (0.125 inches) per year, a trio of specialists reported in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
This compares with a “best estimate” by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007, which projected that by today, the rise would be 2 mm (0.078 inches) per year. Delete the scoop?
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European Union PNA officials have accused the EU fishing industry of ignoring PNA management measures that every other fishing nation abides by and the EU has bluntly stated it doesn’t need to include PNA measures in either the fisheries chapter of the Economic Partnership Agreement free trade deal under negotiation with the region, or abide by these in its bilateral agreements with PNA members. Delete the scoop?
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The election of Reverend Tuikilakila Waqairatu as the new church president and Reverend Tevita Nawadra as the General Secretary is history to the church and the vanua of Moala in Lau. Delete the scoop?
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Fiji Government Promotes Awareness Of Rising Sea Levels Delete the scoop?
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Graham Henry in his “Final Word†biography has admitted to targeting New Zealand born first five-eighth, Quade Cooper, in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Delete the scoop?
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Fire ants use their claws to grip diverse surfaces, including each other. As a result of their mutual adhesion and large numbers, ant colonies flow like inanimate fluids. This film shows how ants behave similarly to the spreading of drops, the capillary rise of menisci, and gravity-driven flow down a wall. By emulating the flow of fluids, ant colonies can remain united under stressful conditions. Via Dr. Stefan Gruenwald
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Having close relationships with friends and family as a child makes people happier in later life, a new study has found. Delete the scoop?
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It's been a tough few weeks for the forces of climate-change denial. First came the giant billboard with Unabomber Ted Kacynzki's face plastered across it: “I Still Believe in Global Warming. Do You? Delete the scoop?
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It is hardly surprising that many Greeks blame the Germans for their imploding economy, and see a German plot to turn Greece into a modern-day dependency. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a flexible battery that can be bent and twisted - giving the possibility that phones of the future could be flexible and hold more capacity. Delete the scoop?
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Mark Weisbrot: It's not luck but good financial judgment that has set the president on the path to victory in forthcoming elections
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Unbridled growth and high dependency on a unique model promoted by finance instiitutions is not the only solution and way forward. The alteantive is possible. It demands leadership and vision. Delete the scoop?
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In the weeks after the election, Washington insiders are trying to interpret the complicated national politics of climate and environmental issues. Would Congressional Republicans support a carbon tax as part of a deficit reduction deal? Delete the scoop?
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As Spain tries to meet its budget targets, it has been forced to introduce one austerity measure after another. Via Juan Carlos Hernandez Delete the scoop?
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Scientists say as much as 4bn tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas could be released into the atmosphere if ice melts away... Delete the scoop?
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Deep sea mining is risky business!
This is a reality of life. Every development comes at a cost to any organism (including man) that occupies an area of land, air or sea. The cost of that development can be environmental, social or economical, and the impact of that development can be spread over time and space. Therefore, the proposed deep sea mining by Nautilus cannot merely be assumed to have no impact on the environment and organisms that occupy the Bismarck Sea and beyond, in both space and time.
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The review of the Pacific Islands Forum indicates a lack of response to the needs of the Pacific member countries and is heavily influenced by Australia and New Zealand.... Delete the scoop?
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This video documents the impacts of climate change from an Inuvialuit perspective. On Banks Island in Canada's High Arctic, the residents of Sachs Harbour ha... Via Juan Carlos Hernandez Delete the scoop?
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Adapted from the book by Professor Susan Hanson...
This is an excellent review/summary of an edited volume that shows the value of geographic thought and its importance in the modern world. This review conveniently gives a one paragraph synopsis of each chapter. It does not need to be read chronologically, so you can pick and choose what you find relevant to your course. The top 10 are (in order of inclusion in the book): the Idea of the Map, the Weather Map, GIS, Human Adjustment, Water Budget Climatology, Human Transformation of the Earth, Spatial Organization and Interdependence, Central Place Theory, Megalopolis and Sense of Place. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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Britons eat nearly 30 million eggs a day. The Department of Health says we can eat as many eggs as we like, as long as they form part of a healthy, balanced diet. Delete the scoop?
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Pacific island countries have highlighted access to climate change funds in the region, saying it remains critical for the vulnerable countries, said the Suva based Pacific Islands Forum in a press release Delete the scoop?
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Down the road only a few generations, the millennium of Magna Carta, one of the great events in the establishment of civil and human rights, will arrive. Whether it will be celebrated, mourned, or ignored is not at all clear. Delete the scoop?
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The Stiglitz commission on the 2008 crash was obstructed and derided, especially by the US and UK. Delete the scoop?
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