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Mount Grammos, Greece

Snow cover on Greek mountains has more than halved in four decades, study finds

30 Apr 2026

Snow cover in the mountains of Greece – an important water source for communities, agriculture and natural ecosystems during the dry summer months –...

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Stone tools from Oued Beht

Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered

26 Sep 2024

Multi-disciplinary archaeological survey at the site of Oued Beht, Morocco, reveals a previously unknown 3400–2900 BC farming society, shedding new...

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Kourion, Cyprus. Image by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay

Fitzwilliam Museum prepares to launch Islanders exhibition

15 Feb 2023

The Fitzwilliam's major new exhibition, the culmination of a three-year research project, explores the evolution of island identity on Cyprus, Crete...

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Left: Bella with the host oak tree Right: Perigord black truffle

Périgord black truffle cultivated in the UK for the first time

06 Nov 2017

The Mediterranean black truffle, one of the world’s most expensive ingredients, has been successfully cultivated in the UK, as climate change...

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Refugees on a boat crossing the Mediterranean sea, heading from Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, 29 January 2016

Trading on human tides – the 'free market' of people smuggling

31 Jul 2017

Cambridge criminologists are using emerging sources of information – from court records to Facebook groups – to analyse the networks behind one of...

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