Hotspots
Hotspots are localized areas of volcanism and high heat flow within the earth's lithosphere above a mantle plume hot enough to melt portions of the overriding plate. As a plate moves o...
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1. Alaska Referred to as "The Great Land," Alaska is home to soaring snow-capped mountains, sprawling tundra, and a remote Arctic north – all of which shelter a wide range of wildlife that is...
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Mercury levels near some coal-burning power plants are five times higher than previous government estimates, calling into question how the Environmental Protection Agency identifies biological hots...
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Every day, tourist buses trundle along the Hollywood Walk of Fame and through Beverly Hills so that sightseers can gawk at celebrities and gasp at their mansions.A lesser-known tour through the ind...
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This bump on the flat Texas coast, one of the nation's premier bird-watching meccas where thousands of people from around the world are lured each year, took a direct hit from the tiny but intense ...
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Spooked by devastating wildfire seasons, the nation's top insurers are inspecting homes in high-risk areas throughout the West and threatening to cancel coverage if owners don't clear brush or take...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged some of Africa's most unstable states Wednesday to restore security and shore up faltering peace deals, but a Sudanese faction's rebuff and the Somali pres...
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Pristina, Kosovo (dpa) - A second blast in as many nights rocked
the divided and perpetually tense Kosovska Mitrovica Wednesday night,
Kosovo police confirmed.
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In a big win for a little Wi-Fi startup called Fon, Time Warner Cable Inc. will let its home broadband customers turn their connections into public wireless hotspots, a practice shunned by most U.S...
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Hotspots
Top Ten Ecotourist Hotspots
