Mount Etna volcano roars into action with ash and lava
Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava.
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News tagged with mediterranean island
Thousands of carob trees planted as Cyprus revives 'black gold'
Nearly 6,000 carob trees were planted on Sunday in Cyprus as the Mediterranean island seeks to revive its tradition of producing "black gold".
Ecology
Nov 26, 2017
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Corsica wildfire ravages 2,000 hectares of forest
A wildfire tearing through the French island of Corsica has destroyed 2,000 hectares (nearly 5,000 acres) of forest, but no longer poses a threat to villages in the area, emergency services said Monday.
Environment
Oct 23, 2017
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Image: Rome captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite
Rome and its surroundings are pictured in this image from the Copernicus Sentinel-2A satellite, captured on 17 January 2016.
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2017
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Italy's Etna in most dramatic eruption in 20 years
Fire and hot ash spewed high into the sky from Italy's Mount Etna in Sicily Friday, in one of the most dramatic eruptions of Europe's highest active volcano in the past 20 years.
Earth Sciences
Dec 4, 2015
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Image: Corsican waters from space
The Mediterranean Sea's most mountainous island, Corsica, dominates this image from the Landsat-8 satellite.
Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2015
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Israeli swimmers battle plastic bags to take open water record
Six Israelis on Saturday claimed the world open water relay record after swimming 380 kilometres (236 miles) home from Cyprus in a challenge also meant to highlight ocean pollution.
Environment
Oct 11, 2014
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Archaeologists uncover Late Stone Age settlement on Cyprus
(Phys.org) —Artifacts found at an archaeological site in Cyprus support a new theory that humans occupied the tiny Mediterranean island about 1,000 years earlier than previously believed – a discovery that fills an important ...
Archaeology
Dec 9, 2013
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Evidence of production of luxury textiles and extraction of copper from unknown part of Cypriote Bronze Age city
A Swedish archaeological expedition from the University of Gothenburg has excavated a previously unknown part of the Bronze Age city Hala Sultan Tekke (around 1600–1100 BC). The finds include a facility for extraction of ...
Archaeology
Sep 3, 2013
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Next generation cures born from the sea
Tackling the risks of infection and other illnesses remains a challenge. Might the solution come from the sea?
Ecology
Sep 2, 2013
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