and not by the constant bombardment of solar particles as previously thought scientists say.</</p><p>The so-called zebra stripes form when the electric field around Earth generated by the planet's rotation previously thought to be too weak to impact the fast-moving particles creates a striped pattern in the inner electron belt.</
But some aspects of its management were conducted as though WORLD WAR II was still in progress. The names and addresses of those admitted to hospital were published in the local paper
and a former fight choreographer and actor and he just published his first novel Traitor's Blade.
Shut your mouth tatter-cloak the captain said his voice tight with self-righteous fury. My Lady he began again it would ill suit your purposes whatever they might be to make an enemy of Duke Isault.
or sweep with a complementary movement of the feetotherwise You're likely to end up with broken hands and wrists from the force of the blows.
In my periphery Brasti was using both hands in a downwards block to counter a thrust from a war-sword.
Beat me in a fight well I bet you can Cheat me at cards and
I suspected that Captain Lynniac would be having a severe talk with his bowmen after this fight.
I turned back to the fight. Most of the captain's men were on the ground now.
But Lynniac had lost a fight and a Knight's sense of honor could not forgive that.
and heart disease and then there's the threat of E coli. We don't recommend eating it. Grass-fed marginally better than grain-fed According to a 2013 Technomic survey a significant percentage of Americans are looking for healthy menu options
because the Iron age specimens included Hungarian Scythians a group whose women likely performed heavy physical labor and combat.
The Amazon Conservation Team has joined forces with our tribal colleagues and local governments to achieve these goals.
which forces a community to work together Talhelm said. Wheat farming on the other hand is a more individualistic pursuit.
A new model of the disaster finds that the impact would have inundated Earth's atmosphere with sulfur trioxide from sulfate-rich marine rocks called anhydrite vaporized by the blast.
and his co-authors simulated the Chicxulub impact conditions in a lab zapping sulfur-rich anhydrite rocks with a laser to mimic the forces of an asteroid colliding with Earth.
The organization highlights 10 rivers each year facing threats and management decisions that could make or break their futures.
Under Threat: See the 10 Most Endangered Rivers of 2014 Fork in the river There are two big legislative
Threats range from excessive diversions to outdated dams to polluted runoff. The full list is:
Threats range from excessive diversion of water to outdated dams to pollution.</</p><p>Here are the 10 most endangered rivers the organization has identified in 2014 and
what threats they face.</</p><p>The Middle Fork Clearwater and a tributary the Lochsa river flow through the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho and provide sanctuary for<a href=http://www. livescience. com/11267
Legal battles have determined that the Forest Service has the authority to ban megaload transport through the area
s greatest threat.</</p><p>Dangers now include raw sewage and pollution run off. The Environmental protection agency (EPA) required the state to develop a plan to clean up the Haw
in order to prevent conflicts between environmentalists agribusiness and recreation.</</p><p>Scenic San Francisquito Creek drains the eastern Santa cruz mountains trickling through the hamlets of Portola Valley
Plus Vitamin c also functions as the body s primary water-soluble antioxidant that fights against free radicals.
but struggle to translate knowledge into action Conroy told me. Behavioral scientists acknowledge this disconnect known as the intention-behavior gap
and aggression caused by the environmental deficiencies and restricted feeding regimens. Sows in large industrial operations also are affected by a number of production-related diseases
whether the tree will be able to respond to the more rapid human-induced threats from climate change and activities like deforestation and selective logging.
and by us western conservationists fails to recognize the internal struggles in China on this issue.
but significant struggle is too big a risk to take. This crush happened in the face of considerable resistance in some quarters of the Chinese government
The plutons have been brought to the surface by millions of years of erosion along with uplift from tectonic forces at the boundary between the North american and Pacific plates.
Bees African elephants belt out distinct alarm calls to specify which kind of threat is approaching in the wild be it humans or bees a new study shows.
but these threats include people who poach the animals for their ivory and swarms of angry bees
Researchers had discovered already that elephants produce a rumble like a gravelly baritone growl in response to the threat of bees.
if elephants had special calls for other types of threats. In the new study published in the journal PLOS ONE on Feb 26 they tested how elephants reacted to the voices of Samburu tribesmen in northern Kenya.
The suggestion of these threats also elicited vocal responses from the elephants known as rumbles. There were slight differences in the formant frequencies of the rumbles in response to bees
A spectacular use of back burning which stemmed the threat of two large uncontrolled bushfires occurred at the height of the Blue Mountains bushfire disaster in Spring 2013.
if they present no threat to any valued economic or ecological assets. We are yet to achieve ecologically sustainable fire management of flammable landscapes.
This will need to involve targeted fuel treatments around areas vulnerable to bushfires as well as the development of buffer zones that can be used to contain wildfires using techniques like back burning and direct attack using water and fire retardants.
because only one of the two genera of wandering spiders Phoneutria contains species that could actually pose a threat to humans.
Likewise their wary nature suggests that climbing leads to improved site surveillance of potential threats and prey.
The 63-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom was spotted taking care of her newborn earlier this month on the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge according to the U s. Fish and Wildlife Service.
which claimed 2000 of her fellow adult albatrosses and about 110000 chicks in the Midway wildlife refuge an island habitat in the middle of the North Pacific.
despite the threats that albatross face at sea refuge biologist Pete Leary said in a statement.
He then launched military expeditions outward from Mongolia having conquered a huge swath of Asia and the Near east by his death in 1227.
An unrelated 2011 study found that the mass death caused by Genghis khan's conquering forces translated into a slight decrease in global atmospheric carbon dioxide.
or bombed since the onset of the Syrian Civil war this site is in a fairly peaceful area
and equal status how could one individual force 30 others to do their bidding? This problem forces us to examine the benefits that would-be leaders could provide to their followers
and this is where agriculture comes in. While hunting wild game did not involve much co-ordination beyond placing traps
Once the flare-up subsides the doctor may prescribe low daily doses of colchicine to ward off future attacks.
The onset of symptoms can occur hours after consumption of the tainted food. However symptoms can take days
and don't line up in an aggressive manner preparing to attack she says. One can approach the hives without alarming them she says.
Music was correlated with reduced aggression in lab-dwelling chimpanzees decreased abnormal behaviors in rhesus macaques and a lower heart rate in baboons.
Over the years yogurt manufacturers have experienced episodes of widespread lactic acid bacteria-culture death due to the activity of a virus that attacks the bacteria.
Stress from forest fires can leave behind bands of narrow tree rings in some modern trees a result of the struggle to recover
I think fire has been a selective force in forests since way way back he said.
#New york's Power to Fight Illegal Ivory (Op-Ed) John Calvelli is executive vice president of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and director of the society's 96 Elephants campaign.
Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed The New jersey Senate
The momentum is clearly building for this commonsense strategy in the fight against illegal trafficking and elephant poaching.
As a result bottom up studies struggle to attain large sample sizes that would give confidence that they are broadly representative of the whole industry.
and Idaho two states with unparalleled beauty that lie in a region now under assault from gigantic truckloads of oversized oil-processing equipment heading to the tar-sands oil fields of Alberta Canada.
Thanks to local groups and activists who fought this scheme including All Against the Hall Fighting Goliath
Reports from the Edge a companion series to This American Land on PBS produced the video about the megaloads fight along a scenic road in Idaho.
while Homo sapiens continued to evolve technology culture and consciousness turning humans'ancestors into a near-geologic force on the Earth.
and the forests and take photos documenting the most important threats Pintea explained. The villagers also document the presence of more than 20 species with a focus on chimpanzees for instance
Through this data-collection process the JGI has identified previously unknown threats to chimpanzees. Even in the first few weeks of a forest villager getting his smartphone he reported this trap designed to capture a live primate we think either a baboon
To raise awareness of these threats WWF along with a coalition of nongovernmental organizations called Eyes on the Forest worked with Google to build a catalog of maps detailing the changes in the region over time including shifts in the forest cover;
Although the long time between satellite images makes it difficult to actively search for threats to tigers he said Google technology has been helpful in illustrating the pace of deforestation in the region and its effects on tiger and elephant habitat.
since the 1980s when an estimated 100000 African elephants were killed each year by poachers these massive mammals face additional threats posed by human activities such as commercial logging
and armed conflict WWF says. Save the Elephants a Kenya-based organization dedicated to elephant protection
if a threat is detected Douglas-Hamilton said. 12 Strangest Sights on Google earth When an elephant stops moving we can then send a Google earth file indicating the place where the elephant is stopped he said.
it could just be that the onset of the disease was delayed the researchers said. But the findings are interesting
#EU States Urged to Destroy Their Illegal Ivory To help combat elephant poaching the United states crushed its stockpile of illegal ivory for the first time last year.
If you're encountering struggles in getting your children to eat their greens you're not alone.
and so many others addressing the issue with the force of their forks. And our individual power is enormous.
Manongi said elephants which are being driven to the brink of extinction have become the latest conflict resource
#If the habitat at the offset site is under no threat of degradation then protecting it does not achieve any extra benefit.
when it comes to offsets aimed at avoiding a threat rather than restoring wildlife. For example how threatened is the forest
That stupendous blast charred vast woodlands that had grown from Canada to New mexico. In North america about 60 percent of plant species went extinct according to earlier studies After the blaze deciduous angiosperms
Unfortunately many states have demonstrated hostility toward wolf conservation such as with overly aggressive hunting and trapping seasons the designation of predator zones where wolves may be killed year-round without a permit and large appropriations of taxpayer dollars doled out to anti-wolf lobbyists.
Continuing the disturbing pattern of state aggression toward wolves Montana's Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) Commission recently proposed several amendments to the state's wolf-management rules that would greatly expand the circumstances under
whenever the wolf constitutes a potential threat to humans or domestic animals. Yet the amendment does not define potential threat
or provide any clear examples of when a wolf is or is not acting potentially threatening.
me loudly announced during a recent public hearing) consider all wolves on their property potential threats
And even if potential threat was defined clearly such a rule would be unnecessary. Montana law already allows a person to kill a wolf
and a half after the livestock attack had occurred. A third amendment would remove the requirement that FWP set quotas during the wolf hunting
and wolves that pose little or no threat to domestic animals (such as wolves that reside in wilderness areas
and sustaining healthy wolf populations have manufactured the species'newest threats. Both proposals should be dropped and conversations begun anew about new ways to conserve
Looking over the past 50 years of the war on smoking the report authors warned that the disease risks from smoking by women have risen sharply
since the translation of the results of scientific studies into public health and policy actions and the salt debate#has become for some a salt war#.
#The progression of this debate into a war resembles past and present debates (let us think about John Snow
We chose April 17 as it had been designated as the International Day of Struggles in Defence of Peasants
and peasant farmers groups worldwide in response to the growing struggles they face with commercialised agriculture
Foodsafety. gov lists these foods to avoid during pregnancy and why they pose a threat.
During an attack the male tries to lure the predator away from the chicks while they run for cover with the female.
and attack each other in coordinated assaults. But until now scientists were unsure whether interactions with humans had brought on this violent behavior
A new 54-year study suggests this coordinated aggression is innate to chimpanzees and is linked not to human interference.
Violence is a natural part of life for chimpanzees Michael Wilson the study's lead researcher
Lethal Aggression in Wild Chimpanzees As one of humanity's closest living relatives chimps can shed light on the evolution of people such as
Studies of chimpanzee violence have been especially influential in how people think about the origins of human warfare Wilson explained.
After all humans and chimpanzees are the only two species in the world known to attack each other in organized onslaughts.
Yet other scientists counter that human intrusions are to blame for the chimps'coordinated lethal aggression.
People have argued that these increasing human impacts could also be putting more pressure on chimpanzee populations leading to more chimpanzee violence Wilson said.
The different acts of violence did not depend on human impacts Wilson said. Instead attacks were more common at sites with many males and high population densities.
Also chimpanzees in East Africa killed more frequently than did chimps in West Africa the study found.
Unsurprisingly the bonobos showed little violence. We didn't find any definite cases of killing by bonobos though there was one case of a male bonobo who was attacked severely by members of his own group
and shows that the occurrence of lethal aggression in chimpanzees is not related to the level of human disturbance Joan Silk a professor in the school of Human Evolution
Because chimps and bonobos do not have the same levels of coordinated lethal aggression it's impossible to say how the common ancestor acted Silk said.
But we can learn something about circumstances that may favor the evolution of this type of aggression such as opportunities to encounter members of neighboring groups
Overall aggression makes up a small percentage of their daily lives Wilson said adding that our behavior affects them
but it's not affecting them as people have suggested in the past resulting in aggression. The study was published today (Sept. 17) in the journal Nature.
or is it a threat to public health at large study leader Christopher Heaney an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public health said in a statement.
and War and Peace) and Fyodor Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov) still being read around the world.
One thing that was exciting sort of midway through the project was started that I getting scientists contacting me saying things like Hey why isn't our tree in your project?
He made beautiful landscape photographs where WORLD WAR II ordnance had exploded but have since been reclaimed by nature. And I thought that was lovely
Then you learn OK this has to do with war and conflict. And then it has this third layer of ecology
After testing out 12 different banana skins under the force of a shoe sole moving across it in a forward motion the researchers found the slimy fruit skin reduced friction by one-fifth compared with a show sole by itself on a linoleum floor.
Thanks to Fungus The U s. government leading scientists from around the world and a multibillion-dollar industry are teaming up to fight one of the biggest threats modern civilization has faced ever.
The study researchers found snakes use a much greater force to grip tree trunks and other surfaces they're climbing than is necessary.
which contain tiny hairs that produce a short-range electrostatic force (called a Van der waals force) with a surface's molecules.
and can only hold on via friction generated by muscle forces. Snakes also use friction to climb steep surfaces;
Until now nobody knew just how much muscular force snakes use while climbing a surface with concertina locomotion Byrnes told Live Science.
Next they measured the forces that 10 snakes from five species boa constrictors brown tree snakes carpet pythons green tree pythons
and use as little force as possible to hold on to the cylinder. After all climbing is energetically costly
and some snakes can control their muscular forces at least while constricting prey. But this isn't what they found.
Sometimes the snakes'safety factor was close to 1 meaning the reptiles were using nearly the minimum force required to grip the cylinder and not slip.
which is about the same amount of force seen during prey constriction and 20 times the force needed to avoid slipping.
In Photos: How Snakes Climb up Trees The vast majority of time the safety factor was between 2. 5 and 5 Byrnes said.
They are using a force that's not at their maximum but not at their minimum either.
A common choice It's a bit unclear why the snakes on average use up to five times the force they actually need to climb.
Research shows that the large adhesive forces geckos and anoles use to climb is about 10 times greater than
And though the gripping forces people use while climbing ropes or rock walls hasn't been studied research suggests people use two to four times the necessary force to hold on to objects Byrnes said.
Their responses ranged from praising the EPA for a responsible flexible plan to condemning the agency for making war on coal and Montana jobs.
and their struggle to escape a villainous Roman senator (Kiefer Sutherland) amid the devastation of Pompeii.
Cobras have several scary-looking behaviors designed to scare off potential threats. They spread their famous hoods which are made of flaps of skin attached to long ribs when feeling angry or threatened.
Cobras may hiss loudly at predators and other threats and some species also spit. Countdown:
and often defeat cobras in fights using their speed and agility. They can bite the cobra s back before the snake can defend itself.
Some cobras including all spitting cobras have cytotoxic venom that attacks body tissue and causes severe pain swelling and possible necrosis (death of cells and tissue).
Indeed play rarely escalates into full-blown aggression or harm because individuals play too hard with one another.
Causing 22%of all cancer deaths worldwide the good fight against tobacco tobacco advertising and the big corporations that make this carcinogen continues.
There must be particularly strong regulating forces at work. Image Gallery: Amazing'Fairy circles'of the Namib desert Fairy circles are barren patches typically surrounded by a ring of thriving vegetation.
This increased the amount of force placed on those remaining grains from the sand above.
Experiments and numerical models revealed that once a critical weight from the higher parts of the sandstone was reached the downward force locked the lower grains of sand together more tightly increasing their resistance to erosion.
The ruminants Americans eat mainly cows pose the biggest threat to the climate according to an article in this month's edition of the journal Nature Climate Change.
New research shows that forests throughout Europe vanished within two centuries of the onset of this frigid time.
Rapid change Prior studies found that 170 years after the onset of cooling North Atlantic winter sea ice reached southward enough to channel dry polar air into Western europe
#Elephant Mystery at Ancient Syrian Battle Solved Editor's Note: This story was updated at 11:40 a m. E t. on Jan 24.
The mystery of an ancient battle between two warring troops of elephants has been solved thanks to a modern genetic analysis of the lumbering beasts.
That in turn discounts an Ancient greek account of how a battle between two warring empires played out with one side's elephants refusing to fight
and running away the scientists report in the January issue of the journal of Heredity. 10 Epic Battles That Changed the Course of History Ancient battle In the third century B c. the Greek historian Polybius described the epic Battle
what is now the Gaza strip as part of the Syrian Wars. During these wars Seleucid ruler Antiochus III the Great fought against Ptolemy IV Philopator the fourth ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty in Egypt
whose last leader was Cleopatra. The matchup included tens of thousands of troops thousands of cavalry and dozens of war elephants on each side.
The elephants were the ace in the hole able to trample the enemy and sow terror with their massive size.
Elephants were considered the tanks of the time until eventually the Romans figured out how to defeat war elephants in later times said study co-author Alfred Roca an animal scientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
and eventually won the battle. African elephants In reality Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants so some historians speculated that perhaps the Ptolemies were using African forest elephants
So Roca and his colleagues conducted a thorough genetic analysis of the elephants found in Eritrea the descendants of the losers in the ancient battle.
Polybius who wasn't actually at the battle likely read those accounts and surmised the Asian elephants'bigger size caused their opponents to panic.
And even now games such as Age of empires that recreate the Battle of Raphia depict the Ptolemaic elephants as smaller.
#Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed) David Wilkie is director of conservation support at WCS.
To try to reverse the frightening fact that 94%of lemur species are under threat myself
However black mambas use their incredible speed to escape threats not to hunt. Black mambas hunt and are active during the day and return to the same place every night to sleep.
This is a defensive posture aiming to scare away the threat. If black mambas need to attack to defend themselves they will strike quickly several times then scurry away as fast as possible.
The black mamba has no specific predators. Its greatest threat is habitat destruction. Black mambas typically eat small mammals
and birds though there have been reports of mambas found with whole parrots or full-grown cobras in their stomachs.
and productivity on farms as well as help us monitor for any biosecurity threats including Colony Collapse Disorder a global phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive
This will help us understand how to maximise their productivity as well as monitor for any biosecurity threats.
The major threat facing gazelles is hunting. The Queen of Sheba's gazelle became extinct when it was hunted for food in 1951 by soldiers according to the IUCN.
Because livestock particularly horses have been identified as a significant threat to panda survival. The reason: Horses have been beating pandas to the bamboo buffet.
Michigan State university (MSU) panda habitat experts revealed the oft-hidden yet significant conservation conflict between pandas and horses in a recent article in the Journal for Nature Conservation.
For years timber harvesting has been the panda's biggest threat. But conservation programs limiting timber harvesting have chalked up wins in preserving panda habitat.
or burnout operations and lowered the threat of the fire to Flagstaff. The San juan fire also provided lessons about how treated areas did
this is one of the highest levels of threat ever recorded for a group of mammals.
and the threats those species face in the wild. Zoos and aquariums are living museums where children
Taking a Page from Eliot Ness to Fight Wildlife Trafficking (Op-Ed) Our presence at the AZA's Winter Meeting gave more institutions an opportunity to hear our message
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