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Walking in a valley
Life, Published on 17/01/2019
» When it comes to nature trails on Doi Inthanon, the country's highest mountain in Chiang Mai's Chom Thong district, many will be familiar with Ang Ka Luang on the mountain peak as well as Kiew Mae Pan at KM42 on the road leading to Doi Inthanon. As a matter of fact, another interesting nature trail in the area was opened to the public about 10 years ago with the collaboration of local villagers and Doi Inthanon National Park. However, it is not as popular as the two other routes, famous for the sea of mist over evergreen forests and grass fields.
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All aboard a floating jungle supermarket
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 16/07/2023
» Up the wooden gangplank in a single-file line, nearly an entire indigenous village squeezed onto the Aquidaban's front deck. The Tomarahos had taken the boat downriver to vote in Paraguay's national elections and then had slept outside for four days, waiting for the Aquidaban to take them home.
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Are trees talking underground?
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/11/2022
» Justine Karst, a mycologist at the University of Alberta, feared things had gone too far when her son got home from eighth grade and told her he had learned that trees could talk to each other through underground networks.
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Holdouts in a nuclear zone
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» The world's worst nuclear disaster, unfolding only a few kilometres away, did not force Halyna Voloshyna, 74, to abandon her home in Chernobyl in 1986.
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Spooks and kooks on a Japanese island
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 07/05/2023
» Most Japanese schoolchildren know the kappa as a trickster who looks like a cross between a frog and a turtle with an indented head. If you're not careful, it could drag you into the river to drown. The tengu, identifiable by its bright red face and long nose, lurks in the woods. Beware of the tanuki, a supernatural variation of a raccoon dog, for it may make a fool of you when it crosses your path.
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Ancient ecosystem laid bare
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» In the permafrost at the northern edge of Greenland, scientists have discovered the oldest known fragments of DNA, offering an extraordinary look at an extraordinary ancient ecosystem.
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Floating pastors preach on busy river
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» The ebullient soukous music had been blasting from speakers since before dawn, but at 8am, someone aboard the brightly painted boat docked along the Congo River pressed pause, and a pastor picked up a microphone and began preaching at a volume easily heard onshore.
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Cactus feels the heat of climate change
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/05/2022
» The hardy cactus -- fond of heat and aridity, adapted to rough soils -- might not seem like the picture of a climate change victim.
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Sinking Cities
Asia focus, Published on 02/09/2019
» One of the most pressing challenges the world is facing as a result of climate change is rising sea levels. Scientists predict that oceans will rise by between 0.3 and 2.5 metres by 2100. This will put many coastal areas at risk, with potentially catastrophic consequences for large cities.
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Extreme heat grips N. Hemisphere on summer solstice
Published on 21/06/2017
» SINGAPORE -- Extreme heat across large tracts of the Northern Hemisphere raised fears for crops in China, fuelled forest fires in Portugal and Russia's Far East, forced flight cancellations in the Southwest US, and melted tarmac on roads in Britain.
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