The world's oceans set a new temperature record this week, raising concerns about knock-on effects on the planet's climate, marine life and coastal communities.
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Aug 4, 2023
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New research has revealed humans living on the Mediterranean coast 9,500 years ago may have relied more heavily on a fish diet than previously thought.
Archaeology
Feb 22, 2023
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Israeli archaeologists recently unearthed the titanic tusk of a prehistoric elephant near a kibbutz in southern Israel, a remnant of a behemoth once hunted by early people around half a million years ago.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2022
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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Wednesday the discovery of remnants of two shipwrecks off the Mediterranean coast, replete with a sunken trove of hundreds Roman and medieval silver coins.
Archaeology
Dec 22, 2021
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An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2021
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Global warming will cause extreme sea levels to occur almost every year by the end of the century, impacting major coastlines worldwide, according to new research from an international team of scientists.
Environment
Aug 30, 2021
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(AP) -- Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants ...
Archaeology
Sep 7, 2010
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The flash flood that has killed thousands of people in Libya this week followed a "medicane", a rare but destructive weather phenomenon that scientists believe will intensify in a warming world.
Environment
Sep 14, 2023
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Firefighters in Spain and Portugal were battling to keep wildfires spanning thousands of hectares contained Monday as a scorching heat wave hit the Iberian peninsula, worsening conditions.
Environment
Aug 7, 2023
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An Israeli city is testing whether an artificial intelligence programme that detects drowning threats can help save lives off its beaches.
Environment
May 20, 2022
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