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The Bulgarian government has issued a permit to allow an archaeological expedition in the southwestern Black Sea. The oceanographic expedition will take place from September 10 until October 14 and will be conducted by the Greek research ship 'Aegaeo.'
Research ship Aegaeo [Credit: Matthew...
July 2015 was warmest month ever recorded for the globe
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The July average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.46°F (0.81°C) above the 20th century average. As July is climatologically the warmest month for the year, this was also the all-time highest monthly temperature in the 1880-2015 record, at 61.86°F (16.61°C), surpassing...
Europe hit by one of the worst droughts since 2003
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Much of the European continent has been affected by severe drought in June and July 2015, one of the worst since the drought and heat wave of summer of 2003, according to the latest report by the JRC's European Drought Observatory (EDO). The drought, which particularly affects France, Benelux,...
Boreal forests challenged by global change
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Management of boreal forests needs greater attention from international policy, argued forestry experts from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Natural Resources Canada, and the University of Helsinki in Finland in a new article published this week in the journal...
Cassini's final breathtaking close views of Dione
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A pockmarked, icy landscape looms beneath NASA's Cassini spacecraft in new images of Saturn's moon Dione taken during the mission's last close approach to the small, icy world. Two of the new images show the surface of Dione at the best resolution ever.
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Do comet fractures drive surface evolution?
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Extreme thermal stresses experienced by a comet as it orbits around the Sun could explain the extensive fracturing thought to drive its long-term surface erosion, say Rosetta scientists analysing high-resolution images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko's surface.
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Two Bronze Age female skeletons unearthed at Oylum Mound
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Two 3,900-year-old female skeletons from the Bronze Age have been unearthed at Oylum Mound in the southeastern Turkish province of Kilis.
Archaeologists excavate one of two 3,900-year-old female skeletons
found at the Oylum Mound [Credit: AA]
Oylum is located three kilometers away...
Mexico finds human skull 'trophy rack' at Aztec temple complex
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Archaeologists have found the main trophy rack of sacrificed human skulls at Mexico City's Templo Mayor Aztec ruin site, scientists said Thursday.
Skulls are partially unearthed at the Templo Mayor Aztec
ruin site in Mexico City [Credit: PAU-INAH]
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Drones aid in discoveries at Medieval Irish sites
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been gaining attention in the news for the last few years, but archaeologists like Saint Louis University history professor Thomas Finan, Ph.D., have always appreciated what aerial photography could accomplish.
Unmanned aerial vehicles served as important...
Jewish victims of Portuguese Inquisition unearthed
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Portuguese researchers suspect that a dozen skeletons found in an ancient garbage dump were Jewish victims of the Inquisition more than 400 years ago.
Skeleton from the excavation of the jail cleaning yard associated with the
Inquisition Court at Évora, Portugal [Credit: Bruno Magalhães]
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