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Seven Smallest Countries in the World

This is an interesting listing of the world's seven smallest independent countries. These are the only countries which contain an area of less than 100 square miles. If we combine the land area of these seven...

16 comments    islands vatican miles
Floods in Workington, Cumbria, 2009. Image by David Trochos. Courtesy of Wiki Commons81

Should I Move to Higher Ground? Some Thoughts on Climate Change

This is serious. Really serious. I live on the south-east coast of England in a Victorian terraced house three streets from the seafront. In 2000 heavy weather caused the streets between us and the sea to flood. Now, with sea levels rising, I'm wondering, should we move to higher ground?

46 comments    global warming climate change
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An Introduction to Literature of the Pacific

I have always been interested in Pacific history and literature, so I felt compelled to write an introduction to this wonderful topic. Many of these titles can be found at your local library, and I encourage...

2 comments    reviews books literature
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Climate summit in Copenhagen: Europe will be the great arbiter

The proposals are not lacking. Besides the two official texts on the table of negotiations, at the climate summit in Copenhagen, there is the one of Tuvalu, and the one of AOSIS (the Association of island...

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Cyber Geography - Internet Country Codes Explained

One of the tabs on your My Account page on HubPages is the My Traffic page which shows how many of the people who visited your Hubs found them. Google.com is obviously a major source of traffic for all of...

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