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The Best Kitchen Islands on Amazon

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SO/ Maldives Is the New Design-Forward Resort Showcasing the Islands’ Fun Side

Is there a more thrilling way to start a holiday than by racing across the Indian Ocean on a speedboat?…

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Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

Tutuila, the largest island in the US territory of American Samoa Peto Laszlo/Alamy The Samoan Islands are sinking faster after…

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What a trip to the far-flung Pitcairn islands taught me about protecting our oceans

Pitcairn Islands ROYAL NAVY LIKE many British people, I have always been vaguely aware of the existence of a place…

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Huge underwater ‘kite’ turbine powered 1,000 homes in the Faroe Islands

It’s been over a decade since PopSci last checked in on Minesto’s underwater “kite” turbine technology. Since then, the Swedish…

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How mapping ‘heat islands’ can help cities prepare for extreme heat : NPR

A thermal imaging device attached to an iPhone shows a range of temperatures with reds and oranges representing hot conditions.…

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Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous iceberg

Infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Titan NASA/JPL-Caltech/Stéphane Le Mouélic, Virginia Pasek The seas of Saturn’s moon Titan have weird…

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China, Japan trade blame over confrontation near disputed islands

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) – China and Japan accused each other of maritime incursions after a confrontation between their coast guards in…

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‘Giant coconut-cracking rat’ photographed for first time in Solomon Islands. See it

A giant rodent scurried along the forest floor, navigating fallen leaves and nuts, toward the scent of sesame oil. That’s…

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On some Australian islands, sea level rise may be helping mangroves thrive

Some mangrove forests off Australia have flourished in the last several decades, a new study reports. And, counterintuitively, rising sea…

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