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#foodgeofriday Paella, originating in Valencia, Spain, is an iconic staple of Spanish cuisine. Paella is often considered a "hodgepodge" of ingredients. Its history as a meal for farm laborers meant that workers would gather whatever was nearby to make the dish.
#northamerica: Bird Losses in Farming Regions
A new study in Science by researchers from the Ohio State University shows that the rate of bird population loss across North America has been increasing since the mid-1980s.
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#agriculture #birding #birds
#Azerbaijan: Tensions Rise After Drone Attack
Azerbaijan said on Friday it was withdrawing diplomatic staff from neighboring Iran, a day after Iranian drones targeted an airport and a school in an Azerbaijani border region.
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#Iran
#srilanka: U.S. Sub Sinks Iranian Warship
In a first for the United States navy since World War II, an American submarine sank an Iranian boat by torpedo off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
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#iran #usa
#MOTW: A recent analysis using depth-profile data from 1,885 sampling stations collected between 2014 and 2024 revealed that microplastics are present throughout the entire ocean water column, from near the surface to deep ocean trenches.
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#World: Sea Levels Higher Than Estimated
A new study in the journal Nature reveals findings that the vast majority of scientific studies have underestimated current coastal sea levels
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#SeaLevelRise
#DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo: 200 Dead in Mine Collapse
The collapse of several tunnels in the Rubaya mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 200 people.
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#Iran: War Widens on Day Six of Strikes
Israel and Iran launched new strikes as the war in the Middle East entered its sixth day, with Iran threatening "more intense and widespread" attacks to devastate the region's economy.
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#worldcultureswednesday Chinatowns across the globe are characterized by an iconic piece of architecture, which are the gateways which indicate the physical and cultural boundaries of each Chinatown.
#usa: Echinus Geyser, the world’s largest acidic geyser, has begun erupting again in Yellowstone National Park after more than five years of quiet activity. The geyser is located in the Back Basin of the larger Norris Geyser Basin.
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#yellowstone #geyser
#usa: In this week's Texas primary elections, James Talarico secured the Democratic candidacy for the general Senate election while the Republican primary resulted in a runoff election. Talarico won 52.8 percent of the votes.
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#texas #primaries #talarico
#world: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced today the U.S. will roll out a series of measures aimed at stabilizing oil shipments from the Persian Gulf, as geopolitical tensions threaten one of the world's most critical energy corridors.
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#persiangulf
#TopographyTuesday | For decades, Antarctica’s interior remained one of the last blank spaces on Earth’s maps. Beneath ice up to 4 kilometers thick lies a rugged landscape of buried mountain ranges, deep valleys, marine basins, and hundreds of subglacial lakes.
#Antarctica #Subglacial #IceSheets
As one of the oldest living continuous cultures in the world, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have inhabited Australia and its islands for over 65,000 years.
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#Australia #Aboriginal #OralTraditions
#SouthSudan: UN Raises Alarm After Massacre
The United Nations (UN) says over 170 civilians were killed in renewed violence in northern South Sudan over the past 48 hours, due to surging clashes in Abiemnom County near the border with Sudan.
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#France: France Boosting Nuclear Program
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged yesterday to expand his country's nuclear arsenal and capabilities while extending protections to allies across the continent of Europe.
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#Somalia: Drought Worsens Hunger Crisis
An estimated 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a United Nations-backed initiative that monitors food insecurity and malnutrition.
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#us: Nuclear Plants Linked to Cancer
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reports that U.S. counties located closer to operational nuclear power plants (NPPs) have higher cancer death rates than counties located farther away.
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#us: Measles Cases Surge
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at least 1,136 measles cases have been reported in 29 U.S. states during the first two months of 2026, a spike that is six times higher than expected for an entire year.
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#iran: Israel & U.S. Strike Iran Leaders
The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with other Iranian security and government officials, was killed on Saturday by a joint air strike by Israel and the United States.
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#FoodGeoFriday: Svalbard Global Seed Vault 🌱
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault aims to safeguard global food supply by storing a genetically diverse seed collection from countries across the world.
#World: Warming Shrinks Fish Population
According to a new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution, rising ocean temperatures are causing a major drop in fish numbers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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#Israel: Modi Affirms Indian Support
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a two-day visit to Israel yesterday, after giving an address to the Knesset on Wednesday pledging ongoing Indian support against terrorism.
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#Afghanistan #Pakistan: Pakistan Declares 'Open War'
Pakistan has declared an “open war” against Afghanistan as intense bombardment broke out along the border between the two countries.
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#MOTW The Congo Basin, often referred to as the “lungs of Africa” and one of the world’s largest land-based carbon sinks, is releasing 1,000-year-old peat carbon into the atmosphere, according to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience.
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#Australia: Ancient Marine Amphibians
A rediscovered collection of 250-million-year-old fossils from northwestern Australia is reshaping scientists' understanding of life after the end-Permian mass extinction, the most devastating die-off in Earth’s history.
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#Colombia: Mud Volcano Eruption
A mud volcano erupted yesterday afternoon in San Juan de Urabá, a municipality in Colombia’s northwest Antioquia department. No injuries have been reported.
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#Japan: Missile Deployment Near Taiwan
Japan will install surface-to-air missiles on the country’s westernmost island near Taiwan by 2031, the first time the country has announced a timeline for their deployment.
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Every day, millions of people travel through underground spaces, navigating subway systems and vast networks built beneath modern cities. In some places, life goes even further below the surface, where entire communities live underground.
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#WorldCulturesWednesday: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HBCUs are designated as any historically Black college or university that was established prior to 1964. They are a source of pride and community for Black communities throughout the United States today.