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9 months ago

Mount Toba: One of the largest eruptions in Earth’s history could have wiped out humans

CNN

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “We think the reason for that is because if Toba is in fact, creating more aridity, that means it’s going to be a shorter wet season, which means longer dry season.” The team theorized that the drier climate, counterintuitively, explains the increased reliance on fish: As the river shrank, fish were trapped …

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1 year ago

1 person is dead and 11 missing after a landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island

Associated Press

MEDAN, Indonesia — Rescuers recovered the body of a man buried under tons of mud and rocks from flash floods and a landslide that crashed onto a hilly village on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Tons of mud, rocks and trees rolled down from a mountain late Friday triggered by torrential rain, reaching a river that burst its banks and tore through …

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1 year ago

MOTORSPORTS | It’s time for JK Tyre stars to shine in the APRC final round

The Hindu

After a solid round of testing in rain and shine, Jahaan Singh Gill, Suhem Kabeer and Lokesh Gowda are all set for the Danau Toba Rally here this weekend. Fielded by JK Tyre and Vamcy Merla Sports Foundation, the three are quite confident of doing well in the final round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship which was officially flagged …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Google Doodle celebrates Indonesia’s Lake Toba: UNESCO Global Geopark

Live Mint

Today's Google Doodle celebrates Lake Toba, known as Danau Toba, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Lake Toba was designated as UNESCO Global Geopark on August 31, 2020. It was formed as a result of a massive volcanic eruption from Toba Caldera thousands of years ago and is now home to a UNESCO Global Geopark and boasts off beautifully …

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1 year, 10 months ago

How a master cake decorator learned royal icing string work

Salon

This story comes from the Institute of Culinary Education, which has campuses in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as online programs. As with so many of our cake decorating traditions, string work evolved from techniques popular in England at the turn of the 20th century. According to Chef Toba Garrett, a master cake decorator and string work …

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2 years, 2 months ago

How Winnipeg Jets’ Adam Lowry has emerged as a leader in the community

New York Times

Mark Chipman pulled Adam Lowry aside last season and told the Jets forward about an opportunity to get more involved in the community. True North had been getting progressively more involved with the Toba Centre, a Winnipeg-based nonprofit whose mission is “to restore the health and well-being of those affected by child abuse through a coordinated, community response.” Chipman had …

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2 years, 3 months ago

How many people can Earth handle?

BBC

How many people can Earth handle? Fast-forward 74,000 years and our once-obscure species of hairless ape has undergone a population explosion, colonising nearly every habitat on the planet and exerting our influence on even the remotest corners – in 2018, scientists found a plastic bag 10,898m below the ocean's surface at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, while another team …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Drunk Bolivian Man, Buried After Thought To Be Dead, Survives Miraculously

News 18

Substance abuse is dangerous for our well-being. One such incident that showed a drunken man barely making it out alive after being thought dead and buried alive will make you think twice before gulping down a bottle of alcohol. The Toba tribe, thinking Victor was dead, put him in a coffin and buried him alive. Talking to a Daily Mirror, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

G20 women’s forum accused of excluding Indigenous Indonesians

Al Jazeera

Indonesian rights groups protest against dialogue for gender equality over alleged failure to address issues in North Sumatra. “I think the W20 narrative is ironic when their theme is ‘recover together’ equally, but they didn’t even include any agenda related to the challenges of the women of Lake Toba, especially regarding land grabbing and customary forests,” Sekar Banjaran Aji, a …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Himachal Pradesh: Road milestones in Naina Devi found defaced with Pro-Khalistani slogans

Op India

After farmers’ protests in Punjab and Delhi borders were hijacked by Khalistani elements, now slogans in support of the terror outfit and its ideologue Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale have been found scribbled on the road milestones in the Sri Naina Devi-Kolanwala Toba road in Himachal Pradesh. Besides, posters bearing pro-Khalistani slogans were One of the messages on the road milestones in …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Emmy Winning Actor Riz Ahmed is Inspired by Irrfan Khan