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Eye of the storm - climate change in the Pacific
2016-02-16 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Radio New Zealand: Whenever Anote Tong gets a chance to go fishing along the coast of his island, he expects to find yet another line of coconut trees that have been toppled by coastal erosion. The president of the Republic of Kiribati, a nation of 33 tiny islands spread across a large swath of the central Pacific, has watched rising seas take beaches, crop plantations and entire villages, leaving nothing but a flooded church building. For islanders, he says, climate change is real now. "Entire communities have...
Crossing Asia on my bike, I met countless others out to see the world on a bicycle
2016-02-16 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A new grant, launched by well-known adventurer Tom Allen last week, aims to get young people exploring the world but with a bicycle and a map, rather than a bus pass and a guidebook. And Im not surprised. If you ask me, the Janapar Grant formalises a quiet revolution that has been taking place in budget travel for some years. Maybe bike touring is the new backpacking, I remember thinking, as I sipped beers with a pair of Dutchmen in an Irish bar in Hong Kong back in 2012, reminiscing about...
79-year-old Antonin Scalia was found dead at a resort ranch in West Texas over the weekend.
2016-02-16 05:34:27| IT Services - Topix.net
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia arrived Friday to join about 35-people for a weekend retreat at the Cibolo Creek Ranch, a West Texas ranch style resort. The ranch's owner, John Poindexter said the justice toured the ranch Friday night before dinner, but Scalia "didn't exert himself at all."
Why does Coca Cola taste better from a glass bottle than a can? Science has the answer
2016-02-16 04:55:45| Beverages - Topix.net
A biochemist has finally explained why drinking Coke from a glass bottle tastes much better - and it's all to do with polymers The recipe for Coca Cola is the same whether it's in a metal can or a glass bottle - so why does the latter taste so much better? According to biochemist and founder of Science by Design Sara Risch, it's because of the liquid reacting with polymers in the packaging. Polymers are the molecules inside packaging - themselves built from smaller units strung together - and add properties to the material they are used in.
A new prize in Nevada: the Asian-American vote
2016-02-16 04:51:31| Chemicals - Topix.net
" Cynthia Ameli stopped her car, shocked at what she saw: A group of young Asian-Americans waving Obama campaign signs on the side of a Las Vegas thoroughfare. A Chinese-American who grew up in Chicago, Ameli was used to African-Americans and Latinos organizing for candidates, but not members of her own ethnic community.
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