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1 day ago · Africa. Africa is the world's second largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km 2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth 's land area and 6% of its total surface area. [7] With 1.4 billion people [1] [2] as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human ...
8 hours ago · Ongoing continent-scale compressional deformation coupled with localized relief generation in the footwall block has resulted in high elevations and high relief in the Cordillera Blanca (Fig. 1). The range currently hosts the world’s largest volume of tropical glaciers and preserves a very rich record of Pleistocene glaciation.
8 hours ago · Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could ...
8 hours ago · Reenactment of a Viking landing in L'Anse aux Meadows. Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories are speculative theories which propose that visits to the Americas, interactions with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or both, were made by people from elsewhere prior to Christopher Columbus 's first voyage to the Caribbean in 1492 . [1]
8 hours ago · Time Zone: UTC + 2 hours Time Zone Code: CEST Daylight saving time: +1 hour until 2024-10-27
4 hours ago · A large fire broke out in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday evening. (CBC News - image credit) Thick black smoke billowed above Richmond after a fire broke out Thursday evening. Richmond Fire-Rescue says at about 8:15 p.m., they dispatched "many" trucks to a fire near the Fraser River. Officials do not know the cause of the fire at this time.
8 hours ago · Half-Day Auckland Volcanoes Tour. This 5-hour tour will take you to Auckland’s four tallest volcanoes: Mt. Eden, One Tree Hill, Mangere Mountain, and Mt. Wellington. A moderate physical fitness level is required for this one. Reserve your volcanoes tour here. Hire a private guide.
