Beul na h-Uamha bho Rubha nam Faoileann, Eilean Eisdeil.

#Argyll #islands #SilentSunday #Scotland #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #photography #ocean
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Almond blossom frames the Armenian medieval Cathedral of the Holy Cross on the island in Lake Van, Akdamar Island, #Turkey

Photograph: Ozkan Bilgin/Anadolu/Getty Images

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#islands
#landscapes
#church

15-Apr-2025
A tale of two hummingbird bills


There are two species of streamertail #hummingbirds on the island of #Jamaica, #WestIndies—one with red-billed males (Trochilus polytmus) and the other with black-billed males (T. scitulus). This is a puzzling situation, as many evolutionary biologists have argued that avian #speciation is unlikely to occur on small oceanic #islands.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1080172

Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'

On an island in South Florida, scientists use trials to see how natural selection drives evolution in real time.#reptiles #evolution #animalislands #islands #scientistsatwork #science #lizards #partnerstoryinternal #section-Articles
Cracking Open Evolution’s Black Box on 'Lizard Island'

New Coasts Emerging From The Retreat Of Northern Hemisphere Marine-Terminating Glaciers In The Twenty-First Century
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02282-5 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #climatechange #glaciers #glacial #melting #retreating #ctyosphere #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #deglaciation #coast #coastal #geomorphology # geomorphometry #proglacial #coastline #geology #NorthernHemisphere #Greenland #paraglacial #sediment #sedimentation #dynamic #retreating #ecosystems #Arctic #islands #new #climate #rock #permafrost #geodiversity #delta #moraine #beach #juvenile #snow #ice #calving

Coiba Island Penal Colony in El Trapiche, Panama

An infamous former prison is now a biodiverse national park.#biodiversity #islands #prisons #section-Atlas
Coiba Island Penal Colony

Drochaid a' Chlachain, Eilean Saoil.

Bridging the Atlantic at Seil.

“British troops at risk over UK base's role in US-Iran tensions, politicians warn”

by Imran Mulla in Middle East Eye

“Iranian military officials stress that Iran could attack British forces in the Chagos Islands in retaliation for any US attack launched from a UK-US base there”

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-politicians-warn-uk-support-us-threats-iran-put-us-all-risk

Powerful piece by Ramachandra Guha on the planned ecological and social disaster that is the #GreatNicobar infrastructure and transhipment terminal project.
#conservation #restoration #islands #Andamans #Nicobar #biodiversity #tribals #shipping #destructiveDevelopment
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/destruction-foretold-the-planned-disaster-of-the-great-nicobar-island-prnt/cid/2092519

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Tariffs on #Uninhabited #Islands

comics.lucentinian.com/6487
#ComedyGold #LaughWithAI #Comedy #VisitUsNow #AIGeneratedJokes

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

#Tariffs on #Uninhabited #Islands

comics.lucentinian.com/6476
#Laughs #DailyComedy #ComedyGold #AIJokes #AIHumor

Τελικά, φαίνεται ότι είναι δύσκολο να διακρίνεις μεταξύ της βλακείας των ανθρώπων ή των #chatbots ... ..."But while #Trump expressed intent to push back on anyone supposedly taking advantage of the US, some of the countries on the reciprocal #tariffs list puzzled experts and officials, who pointed out to The Guardian that Trump was, for some reason, #targeting #uninhabited #islands, some of them exporting nothing and populated with penguins. ... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/04/critics-suspect-trumps-weird-tariff-math-came-from-chatbots/ ".