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‘Mud matters’ – research shows saltmarshes are significant carbon store
A report from WWF and Aviva offers the first results from a network of towers measuring the carbon storage in coastal ...
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‘Mud matters’ – research shows saltmarshes are significant carbon store
carbon capture and natural flood management through slowing the movement of seawater inland, have been lost since the mid 19th century. The remaining habitat plays a “crucial role” in ...
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19th Century mill to be auctioned off with guide price of £685,000
Haven Mill, a 19th century former flour mill in Grimsby town centre, is set to be auctioned off later this month, with a guide price of £685,000. Featuring in auctioneer Pugh’s next online ...
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19th century shipwreck discovered off Australian coast highlights once common maritime ‘side hustle’
The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...
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Company School, 19th Century
Asia Week New York announced that Autumn 2023, will run from September 14th to 22nd with online and in-person exhibitions–including works from nineteen international Asian art galleries and six ...
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Wreckage of 800-ton ship found after its deadly sinking well over a century ago: 'Significant discovery'
Archaeologists are confident they have found the wreckage of an 800-ton Dutch merchant ship that sunk off the coast of Australia 168 years ago. The Koning Willem de Tweede was lost near Robe ...
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Mysterious sweathouses were used widely in Ireland until late 19th century. Now sauna culture is making a comeback
The first time Haughey entered it, in the 1990s, he found ash on the ground from the last people to use it a century earlier, around the time most sweathouses seem to have fallen out of use.