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Millennials Don’t Use Tour Operators-And Other Lies You’ve Been Told
DMOs: This myth is costing you group travelers. For years, destinations have repeated the same story: “Millennials don’t use tour operators.” “Millennials don’t book group trips.” “Millennials only want to travel independently.” It sounds believable—until you look at the data. And once you do, the story immediately falls apart. Millennials aren’t avoiding guided experiences. They’re avoiding outdated guided experiences.
The Future of Group Travel Marketing: 5 Predictions for 2026
Group travel is evolving fast. If you’re in destination marketing or selling group experiences, you need to lead—not follow. Here are five big shifts we’re seeing for 2026 and exactly what to do about them now. Gone are the days when “group” meant 50-plus bodies and one standard itinerary. Smaller, tighter groups built around special interests—wellness, hobbies, friend reunions, multi-gen families—are becoming the norm.
Automated Semantic Segmentation of Arctic Surface Water Features with Very-High Resolution Satellite X-Band Radar Imagery and U-Net Deep Learning
?Mathematical formulae have been encoded as MathML and are displayed in this HTML version using MathJax in order to improve their display. Uncheck the box to turn MathJax off. This feature requires Javascript. Click on a formula to zoom. Abstract Repeatable methods capable of quantifying Arctic surface water extent at high resolutions are important, but still require development.
The global biogeography of tree leaf form and habit - Nature Plants
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Abstract Understanding what controls global leaf type variation in trees is crucial for comprehending their role in terrestrial ecosystems, including carbon, water and nutrient dynamics. Yet our understanding of the factors influencing forest leaf types remains incomplete, leaving us uncertain about the global proportions of needle-leaved, broadleaved, evergreen and deciduous trees.
By Haozhi Ma, Lidong Mo, Daniel Maynard, Susanne S. Renner, Jingjing Liang, Sergio de-Miguel, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Peter B. Reich, Meinrad Abegg, Giorgio Alberti, Luciana Alvés, Christian Ammer, Clara Antón-Fernández, Timothy R. Baker, Olaf Bánki, Meredith L. Bastian, Jean-François Bastin, Robert Bitariho, Pascal Boeckx, Frans Bongers, Olivier Bouriaud, Roel Brienen, Helge Bruelheide, Robin Chazdon, Emil Cienciala, David A. Coomes, Philip M. Crim, Mathieu Decuyper, Géraldine Derroire, Ben DeVries, Jiri Dolezal, Brian J. Enquist, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Markus Fischer, Jonas Fridman, Damiano Gianelle, David Harris, Andrew L Hector, Bruno Hérault, Martin Herold, Cang Hui, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Vivian Kvist Johannsen, Carlos Joly, Viktor Karminov, Deborah K. Kennard, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Gunnar Keppel, Mohammed Khan, Hyun Kim, Henn Korjus, Natalia Lukina, Éric Marcon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Jorge A. Meave, Sharif A. Mukul, María Guadalupe Nava-Miranda, David W. Neill, Victor J. Neldner, Pascal A. Niklaus, Alain Paquette, Elena I. Parfenova, Sebastian Pfautsch, Daniel Piotto, John Poulsen, Purabi Saikia, Philippe Saner, Peter Schall, Mart-Jan Schelhaas, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Bernhard Schmid, Eric B. Searle, Vladimír Seben, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Douglas Sheil, Marcos Silveira, Bonaventure Sonké, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Jens-Christian Svenning, Nadja Tchebakova, Hans ter Steege, Peter M. Umunay, Tran Van Do, Hans Verbeeck, Alexander C. Vibrans, Simone Vieira, Susan K. Wiser, Irie C. Zo-Bi, Gerardo A. Aymard, Philippe Birnbaum, Axel D. Poulsen, Bertil Westerlund
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Author Correction: Native diversity buffers against severity of non-native tree invasions - Nature
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Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06440-7 Published online 23 August 2023 In the version of the article initially published, Stanislaw Miscicki’s name incorrectly appeared as Miscicki Stanislaw. Additionally, the affiliation for Thomas T. Ibanez has been updated to “AMAP, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France”, and the second affiliation for Sharif A.
By Camille Delavaux, Thomas Lauber, Jingjing Liang, Sergio de-Miguel, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Peter B. Reich, Meinrad Abegg, Giorgio Alberti, Luciana Alvés, Christian Ammer, Clara Antón-Fernández, Timothy R. Baker, Meredith L. Bastian, Robert Bitariho, Pascal Boeckx, Frans Bongers, Olivier Bouriaud, Roel Brienen, Helge Bruelheide, Robin Chazdon, Chelsea Chisholm, Emil Cienciala, David A. Coomes, Philip M. Crim, Mathieu Decuyper, Géraldine Derroire, Ben DeVries, Jiri Dolezal, Brian J. Enquist, Adandé Belarmain Fandohan, Markus Fischer, Damiano Gianelle, David Harris, Andrew L Hector, Andreas Hemp, Geerten M. Hengeveld, Bruno Hérault, Martin Herold, Cang Hui, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Bogdan Jaroszewicz, Vivian Kvist Johannsen, Carlos Joly, Viktor Karminov, David Kenfack, Deborah K. Kennard, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Mohammed Khan, Henn Korjus, Florian Kraxner, Simon Lewis Verified, Brian S. Maitner, Éric Marcon, Ben Hur Marimon-Junior, Jorge A. Meave, Cory Merow, Sharif A. Mukul, David W. Neill, Pascal A. Niklaus, Alain Paquette, Elena I. Parfenova, Sebastian Pfautsch, Daniel Piotto, Lourens Poorter, Hans Pretzsch, Christian Salas-Eljatib, Peter Schall, Dmitry Schepaschenko, Michael Scherer-Lorenzen, Bernhard Schmid, Eric B. Searle, Josep M. Serra-Diaz, Douglas Sheil, Anatoly Shvidenko, Marcos Silveira, Bonaventure Sonké, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Jens-Christian Svenning, Miroslav Svoboda, Nadja Tchebakova, Hans ter Steege, Elena B. Tikhonova, Peter M. Umunay, Tran Van Do, Hans Verbeeck, Alexander C. Vibrans, Simone Vieira, Klaus von Gadow, Susan K. Wiser, Chunyu Zhang, Irie C. Zo-Bi, María Guadalupe Nava-Miranda, Vladimír Seben, Helder Viana
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Personal belongings of Boston singer Brad Delp for auction
FILE - In this July 24, 2004 file photo, Boston lead singer and guitarist Brad Delp performs at the Outdoor Star Arena at Ameristar Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fans of the rock band Boston can get more than a feeling at an upcoming auction - they can get their hands on the personal belongings of Delp.
Personal belongings of Boston singer Brad Delp for auction
FILE - In this July 24, 2004 file photo, Boston lead singer and guitarist Brad Delp performs at the Outdoor Star Arena at Ameristar Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fans of the rock band Boston can get more than a feeling at an upcoming auction - they can get their hands on the personal belongings of Delp.
Personal belongings of Boston singer Brad Delp for auction
FILE - In this July 24, 2004 file photo, Boston lead singer and guitarist Brad Delp performs at the Outdoor Star Arena at Ameristar Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fans of the rock band Boston can get more than a feeling at an upcoming auction - they can get their hands on the personal belongings of Delp.
Personal belongings of Boston singer Brad Delp for auction
FILE - In this July 24, 2004 file photo, Boston lead singer and guitarist Brad Delp performs at the Outdoor Star Arena at Ameristar Casino and Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fans of the rock band Boston can get more than a feeling at an upcoming auction - they can get their hands on the personal belongings of Delp.
Do Pets Go to Heaven?
Many of Us Hope So Wesley Smith is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center on Human Exceptionalism and author of A Rat Is a Pig Is a Dog Is a Boy: The Human Cost of the Animal Rights Movement (Encounter, 2010). We have come a long way since Descartes claimed that animals are mere automatons without the capacity for pleasure or pain. We now know the contrary is true: They experience. They suffer. They grieve. They love.
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