Earth from space: Sacred stones of the outback
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Landsat image takes us to the Amadeus Basin in the heart of the Australian outback.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2011
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Page 39 - News tagged with world heritage sites
Outrage at drilling permit for Australia reef
Australian green activists expressed outrage at a government decision to allow energy giant Shell to drill for gas at a pristine reef that was listed as a World Heritage site just two weeks ago.
Environment
Jul 8, 2011
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Disabled Japanese man begins robo-suit adventure
A disabled Japanese man on Friday embarked on an ambitious trip that will take him to a mediaeval French World Heritage site with the help of a cutting-edge robotic suit.
Other
Jul 1, 2011
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German scientists eye Afghan Buddha reconstruction
German scientists said Friday they believed it possible to reconstruct one of the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas dynamited by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, prompting worldwide condemnation.
Archaeology
Feb 25, 2011
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Stonehenge gets millions for major makeover
(AP) -- Stonehenge is getting a multimillion-pound (-dollar) grant that conservators say will help restore some dignity to a World Heritage site blighted by busy roads and cramped facilities.
Archaeology
Nov 19, 2010
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Study to link climate and early human evolution
Geologists at the University of Liverpool are excavating a two-million-year-old World Heritage Site in Tanzania to understand how climate variations may have contributed to early human evolution.
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2010
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Logging spells danger for Europe's last primeval forest
Deep in the forest, along a dirt road off-limits to tourists, the trunks of centuries-old fir trees lie waiting to be hauled to a sawmill -- felled giants from Europe's last primeval forest.
Ecology
Sep 13, 2010
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Zoological Society: Commercial road would disrupt world's greatest migration
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) are requesting that the Government of Tanzania reconsider the proposed construction of a commercial road through the world's best known wildlife ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2010
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Florida's Everglades put on world heritage endangered list
Florida's Everglades and Madagascar's tropical forest were added Friday to a list of imperiled world heritage sites by UNESCO officials who also registered lesser threats to Peru's Machu Picchu ruins and the Galapagos Islands.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2010
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Galapagos dropped from UNESCO endangered list
UNESCO's World Heritage Committee said Wednesday it has removed Ecuador's Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites, due to Quito's protective efforts in the Pacific archipelago.
Ecology
Jul 29, 2010
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