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The Maldives

How Tourist Snapshots Help Scientists

Posted 02.13.2013 | Travel
Read More: Imperial College, Travel Photography, Adventure Travel, Whale Shark, Travel News, Crowdsourcing, Asia Travel, Maldives, Behavioral Science, The Maldives, Maldive Travel, Asia, Indian Ocean, Sharks, Travel News

A new study conducted at Imperial College London used a collection of tourist snapshots to identify migratory sharks in the Maldives using the fingerp...

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Investigation Finds Maldives President's Ouster 'Not A Coup'

AP | Posted 10.30.2012 | World
Read More: Maldives Elections, Video, Maldives President Ouster, Maldives, Maldives Coup, The Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives President, World News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — A domestic inquiry commission in the Maldives has concluded that former President Mohamed Nasheed's resignation earlier thi...

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'Island President' Sheds Harsh New Light on Copenhagen Climate Deal

Corbin Hiar | Posted 06.24.2012 | World
Read More: Jon Shenk, Union of Concerned Scientists, Copenhagen 2009, The Island President, Alden Meyer, Climate Change, The Maldives, Unfccc, Climate Adaptation, Mohamed Nasheed, World News
Corbin Hiar

The Island President stars Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of the Maldives. Until Nasheed was deposed in what his supporters describe as a coup, he was a leading voice in the fight to stop global warming and rising seas which threaten his homeland.

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The Maldives and Greenland's Ilulissat (VIDEO, PHOTOS): Two Countries Experiencing Global Warming At An Alarming Rate

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Ilulissat, Johannes Mathaussen, Greenland, Mark Phillips, Maldives Global Warming, Slideshow, Global Warming Icebergs, Greenland Ilulissat, The Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, Global Warming, Ilulissat Global Warming, Green News

The Maldives, a string of islands in the Indian Ocean, and Greenland's biggest glacier, Ilulissat, are polar opposites in terms of location and terrai...

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Weekly Mulch: At Cancun, Incentives Point Toward Incremental Progress on Climate Change

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Young People, Mohamed Aslam, Democracy Now!, cop16, Climate Change Negotiations, Carbon Emissions, Cancun, The Guardian, Jairam Ramesh, change.org, Care2, Wikileaks, Mother Jones, Climate Change, The Next Generaiton, BASIC Countries, Unfccc, India, Amy Goodman, The Youngs, Christiana Figueres, Inter Press Service, The Maldives, Green News
The Media Consortium

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium Blogger This year's round of the United Nations-led climate change negotiations, ongoing in Cancun, Mexico, for the ...

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Vilu Reef Maldives Resort Marriage Hoax Leads To Arrests

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Maldives Marriage Scam, Maldives Marriage Video, The Maldives, Swiss Couple Maldives, Marriage Scam, Maldives Marriage, Vilu Reef, Video, World News

A Swiss couple who thought they were renewing their vows in a tropical ceremony were actually the subject of vicious verbal attacks by the officiator,...

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Climate Change Requires a Real Movement

Mohamed Nasheed | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Environment, The Age of Stupid, Climate Change, The Maldives, Indian Ocean, G-8, Green News
Mohamed Nasheed

For the Maldives, climate change is no vague or distant irritation but a clear and present danger to our survival.

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