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World Regional Geography -- Human Mobilities, Tourism Destinations, Sustainable Environments

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How to spot fake viral footage about the events in Ukraine | World Economic Forum Misleading, manipulated and false information regarding events in Ukraine has been circulating on social media platforms. Using existing photos or videos and bit.ly/3Kw9ihK #geography

Fake viral footage is spreading alongside the real horror in Ukraine. Here are 5 ways to spot it

Footage claiming to document the situation in Ukraine may not necessarily be genuine. Here’s how to treat viral footage with the right level of scepticism before sharing it on social media.

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Here’s what Ukraine’s neighbours are doing to help refugees | World Economic Forum Poland is providing accommodation, and guaranteeing free train travel. Both there and in Romania, locals have been appearing unprompted at reception centers bit.ly/3MHUz5d #geography

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USA TODAY: 75% of Amazon rainforest shows signs of loss, a 'tipping point' of dieback, study shows Loss of resilience is most prominent in areas that are closer to human activity, as well as in those that receive less rainfall, the study said. bit.ly/3HYx70g #geography

75% of Amazon rainforest shows signs of loss, a 'tipping point' of dieback, study shows

The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a tipping point of rainforest dieback, the point where rainforest will turn to savanna, new research shows.

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Newsweek: Ukraine Cold Snap Set To Freeze Russian Convoy, Could See Soldiers Quit Arctic air moving through Russia and Ukraine will combine with an easterly wind to make the temperature feel as cold as minus 20 by Wednesday, according to bit.ly/3MCSrf6 #geography

Ukraine Cold Snap Set To Freeze Russian Convoy, Could See Soldiers Quit

Glen Grant, from the Baltic Security Foundation, told Newsweek the cold weather will demoralize Russian troops stuck outside the Ukrainian capital and add to the logistical problems they already face.

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CNN: Germany's military U-turn is a turning point in the history of Europe In the week since Russian missiles began raining down on Ukraine, Germany has upturned its decadeslong military-light foreign policy, heralding a dramatic shift in the cnn.it/3sQP8cv #geography
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UNEP: Global Plastic Pollution Agreement: A historic moment On March 2 2022, Heads of State, Ministers of environment and other representatives from 175 nations endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi to End bit.ly/3pJFAhq #geography

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DW (English): Will war fast-track the energy transition? The sudden push to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas and oil could trigger a paradigm shift to clean energy sources that might be quickly scaled up. Europe has been pushing gas bit.ly/3vOSrD1 #geography

Will war fast-track the energy transition?

The sudden push to reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas and oil could trigger a paradigm shift to clean energy sources that might be quickly scaled up.

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The Guardian: Social media turn on Putin, the past master In Russia on Friday, Vladimir Putin, a man who is now scared of his own shadow, took the extraordinary step of attempting to outlaw information. He banned Facebook. He shut down bit.ly/3sNXnWO #geography

Social media turn on Putin, the past master | Carole Cadwalladr

Disinformation and fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack

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Undersea beds: Nemo’s Garden takes terrestrial farming to new depths | New Scientist "This approach has several advantages, claims Ocean Reef Group: it is somewhat independent of weather, and there are no parasites, so pesticides aren’t bit.ly/3i3J22p #geography

Undersea beds: Nemo’s Garden takes terrestrial farming to new depths

It may look like the setting for a science fiction thriller in these photos, but this underwater research farm for terrestrial plants is exploring novel agriculture

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Tourism reboot faces risk from Ruble slump, sanctions "A plunging ruble, flight cancellations and money-transfer difficulties are prompting Russian and European tourists to cancel trips to Thailand, a blow to the Asian nation’s bit.ly/3IT7nn7 #geography

Tourism reboot faces risk from Ruble slump, sanctions

A plunging ruble, flight cancellations and money-transfer difficulties are prompting Russian and European tourists to cancel trips to Thailand, a blow to the Asian nation’s tourism-revival efforts.

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CNN: People around the world are booking Airbnbs in Ukraine. They don't plan to check in Airbnb hosts in Ukraine are being flooded with bookings from people all over the world who have no plans to visit. It's part of a creative social media cnn.it/3Mul26c #geography

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Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts | AP News "But actually seizing the behemoth boats could prove challenging. Russian billionaires have had decades to shield their money and assets in the West from governments that bit.ly/3HOANRU #geography

Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts

WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive superyacht Dilbar stretches one-and-a-half football fields in length, about as long as a World War I dreadnought.

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Quartz: Some climate change adaptations make the problem worse For example, planting forests on land that was not previously forested—a growing practice as companies pursue carbon offset credits—can exacerbate food and water scarcity, harm bit.ly/3twcd3b #geography

The world is getting climate change adaptation wrong

The impacts of climate change are here today, are worse than scientists expected, and no government or company is doing enough to adapt to them.

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Al Jazeera English: Aeroflot halting all foreign flights, minus Belarus, from March 8 Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship carrier, says it is suspending all international flights – except to neighbouring Belarus – starting on March 8, as Moscow bit.ly/3HFt2xT #geography

Aeroflot halting all foreign flights, minus Belarus, from March 8

Move comes after aviation agency cites high risk of foreign-leased planes being impounded as part of Western sanctions.

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CNN: Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border "More than 10 buses came and we were watching everyone leave. We thought after they took all the Ukrainians they would take us, but they told us we had to walk, cnn.it/3vGJ73M #geography

Foreign students fleeing Ukraine say they face segregation, racism at border | CNN

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, foreign students attempting to leave the country say they are experiencing racist treatment by Ukrainian security forces and border officials.

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Guinness recognizes Shanghai eatery as world's highest restaurant in a building | CNN Travel "Heavenly Jin steals the "highest restaurant" crown from Dubai's At.mosphere. Sitting at a height of 441.3 meters, it's located on Level 122 of the cnn.it/3hI7Exb #geography
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The animals that detect disasters - BBC Future "The earliest recorded reference to unusual animal behaviour prior to a natural disaster dates back to 373 BC, when the Greek historian Thucydides reported rats, dogs, snakes and weasels deserting bbc.in/3hGYbq3 #geography

The animals that detect disasters

For millennia, people across the globe have reported alarmed animal behaviour in the run-up to natural disasters. Could these signals be used to warn us of impending catastrophes?

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2022’s Most Sinful States in America "to determine the most sinful states in America, WalletHub compared the 50 states across seven key dimensions: 1) Anger & Hatred, 2) Jealousy, 3) Excesses & Vices, 4) Greed, 5) Lust, 6) Vanity and 7) bit.ly/3sJltSs #geography
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Reuters: With war on its doorstep, Moldova applies for EU membership Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed a formal application for her country to join the European Union on Thursday, charting a pro-Western course hastened by Russia's invasion reut.rs/3CgNrbo #geography

With war on its doorstep, Moldova applies for EU membership

Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed a formal application for her country to join the European Union on Thursday, charting a pro-Western course hastened by Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

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CNN: Russia's largest airline yanked from global reservation systems The reservation system that is the backbone of airlines around the world has terminated its agreement with Aeroflot, crippling the majority government-owned carrier's ability cnn.it/3pAEa97 #geography
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