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“Governments lie. They do it all the time. And, much as we’d like to believe otherwise, the US government is no exception. There were times when we may have believed otherwise. But after Vietnam an…
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“During this time (1999) Sergei Skripal [a senior Russian intelligence officer] was recruited by Pablo Miller, head of British intelligence in Tallinn working under the cover of first secreta…
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“During this time (1999) Sergei Skripal [a senior Russian intelligence officer] was recruited by Pablo Miller, head of British intelligence in Tallinn working under the cover of first secreta…
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“This is a carefully constructed drama as part of the propaganda campaign that has been building now for several years in order to justify the actions of NATO, Britain the United States, towa…
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“The CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly unde…
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The European continent today is split in public attitudes toward religion, minorities and social issues such as gay marriage and legal abortion.
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Large quantities of biodiversity data are required to assess the current status of species, to identify drivers of population and distributional change, and to predict changes to biodiversity under future scenarios. Nevertheless, currently-available data are often not well-suited to these purposes. To highlight existing gaps, we assess the availability of species observation data in Europe, their geographic and temporal range, and their quality. We do so by reviewing the most relevant sources for European biodiversity observation data, and identifying important barriers to filling gaps. We suggest strategies, tools and frameworks to continue to fill these gaps, in addition to producing data suitable for generating Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs). Our review of data sources shows that only around a third of data-providers provide unrestricted data access. Particularly large geographic gaps exist in Eastern European countries and many datasets are not suitable for generating EBVs due to the absence of long-term data. We highlight examples built on recent experiences from large data integrators, publishers and networks that help to efficiently improve data availability, adopt open science principles and close existing data gaps. Future strategies must urgently consider the needs of relevant data stakeholders, particularly science- and policy-related needs, and provide incentives for data-providers. Hence, sustainable, long-term infrastructures and a European biodiversity network are needed to provide such efficient workflows, incentives for data-provision and tools.
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A Gruta da Oliveira é uma jazida do Paleolítico Médio descoberta em 1989 no quadro da exploração espeleoarqueológica do sistema cársico da nascente do rio Almonda. Uma vez desobstruído o espesso abatimento brechificado que selava a respectiva entrada, puderam escavar-se, entre 1992 e 2012, os ~9 m de estratificação arqueológica subjacente. Além de uma indústria lítica em sílex, quartzo e quartzito totalizando mais de 25.000 objectos, de restos do Homem de Neandertal, e de estruturas de combustão, os depósitos também forneceram abundantes restos de microfauna, fauna e carvão de madeira. Datada do intervalo ~35 -105 ka por Radiocarbono, Urânio -Tório e Termoluminescência, esta sucessão é uma referência para o estudo paleoambiental e paleoantropológico do Plistocénico Superior da Península Ibérica.