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Brazil Is Close to Settling a Lawsuit Over its Worst Environmental Disaster Ever

Source: Brazil Is Close to Settling a Lawsuit Over its Worst Environmental Disaster Ever

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World Landmarks Without Water |

Source: We’ve seen a number of artists confront the possible aftermath of global warming in their work, like Evgeny Kazantsev’s digital visualizations of extreme weather changes on earth, and Hula’s painted murals on melting icebergs. World Landmarks Without Water |

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Test cubes floating freely inside LISA Pathfinder

via ESA Top News via Blogger ESA’s LISA Pathfinder has released both of its gold–platinum cubes, and will shortly begin its demanding science mission, placing these test masses in the most precise freefall ever obtained to demonstrate technologies for observing … Continue reading

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No alarm clock needed

Originally posted on Her Happy Trails:
Carnival in Trinidad is known as the “Greatest show on earth”. First off, it’s not just a day of parading around in eccentric costumes, it’s two full days of sunrise to sundown music, chipping,…

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Manchester – Chinese New Year, Imperial War Museum

Originally posted on Always Home:
So this last weekend, we made the journey up to Manchester…my hometown. A last minute decision based on the fact we wanted to see a Chinese New year celebration and knowing we couldn’t easily get…

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HOTTER THAN JULY!

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Mangueira: Champion of Rio’s carnaval 2016

Source: Mangueira: Champion of Rio’s carnaval 2016

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Guide to Brazil’s Beach Culture

Originally posted on Traveling Citizen:
Dream of laying on a beautiful beach? There aren’t many countries where beach culture is more important than Brazil. Many Brazilians spend every day on the beach and spend their holidays traveling to visit other…

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Pao de queijo – Brazilian cheese bread

Originally posted on Eating With Ayla:
I know, it has been AGES since I last posted and I really don’t have any excuses for that.  I’ve been cooking, I’ve been baking – heck, I even finished a 3 month culinary…

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Random Travel Advice: Rio de Janeiro

Originally posted on mind up livin:
Greetings fellow traveller, I am now ending a group holiday to Rio during the carnival period and there has been many a lesson learned within our short stay here, this post will just be a…

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