#British Storms Uncover WWII Bombs, Ancient Trees The unusually stormy weather in the United kingdom this winter has done more than caused flooding.
The BBC reports that storms have uncovered unexploded WORLD WAR II bombs on beaches with the Royal Navy's Southern Dive Unit responding to an emergency call almost every day
Some are German bombs and others are shells from British military training. Meanwhile up North on the Isle of Man storms have scoured beaches
and revealed an ancient pine forest dating back 10000 years including pine cones according to another BBC report.
#Pandas'Latest Threat: Horses? The 1600 pandas left living in the wild face a new threat:
Horses. Seeking a safe investment farmers in China's Sichuan Province have been increasingly buying up horses
Berger is currently on Wrangel Island with a team of Russian scientists as part of an expedition to study how musk oxen living in this remote refuge compare with those in the warming Alaskan Arctic Scott Smith a spokesman for the WCS told Live
Ships today are at risk too said study researcher Martin Jutzeler a volcanologist at the University of Southampton in the United kingdom. Water intakes on ships can become damaged by pumice stalling the engine Jutzeler told Live Science.
Groups of monkeys are called missions tribes troops or cartloads. A troop will work together to take care of the young monkeys in the group.
They also like to play cuddle and protect each other. The strongest and largest of the male monkeys is the leader of the troop.
In monkey genus groups that practice polygyny the leader will mate with multiple females. The gestation periods for monkeys vary depending on the genus. For example the gestation for a rhesus monkey is 164 days Baboons have a similar gestation period of around 187 days.
Pygmy marmoset Howler monkey While many monkey species are not in danger there are some that are very close to extinction.
When a troop of howler monkeys yell they can be heard for up to three miles. Grinning or pulling the lip is a sign of aggression in monkeys
along with yawning head bobbing and jerking the head and shoulders forward. Monkeys express affection and make peace with others by grooming each other.
They are used often in lab experiments because of their intelligence. A spider monkey is named after its long tail and lengthy spidery limbs.
#oeit s pretty devastating really#said Redsteer who also co-authored a case study on the Navajo Nation for the United nations Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction in 2010.
However in 1783 when the American Revolutionary War ended Houckgeest decided to travel to Charleston South carolina
and make a new start. 10 Epic Battles That Changed History He loved the idea of American democracy he actually watched it very closely from Holland
Servants secretaries and bodyguards being aided by about 1300 laborers helped the envoys make their way from Canton to Beijing.
and the extraordinary sensations produced incessantlyin mine by the sight of so many things inwhich singularity magnificence boldness of designand skill of execution were combined it will be more simple
Two by two (the soldiers) skated over the ice with bows and arrows in their hands and shot one at the leather ball and the other at a kind of hat of leather also laid upon the ice at a little distance from the gate Houckgeest wrote in his journal.
The food was said to be terrible. At one point Houckgeest said he was served meat that had been gnawed on.
At 22 feet (6. 7 meters) below today's street level in a pit that would become an underground security
and Its Tree Rings Archaeologists had been on-site throughout the excavation of the World trade center's Vehicular Security Center.
in Palisades New york. Researchers at the lab dried the fragments slowly in a cold room
So how did he survive the buzzing attack? Turns out the man's attackers probably Africanized honeybees according to the local fire department are not as deadly as their name may suggest.
To be lethal the bees would likely have had to sting the man several hundred more times experts say.
because not all attacks are reported and partly because oftentimes people aren't quite sure what stung them.
While the victim of Thursday's attack in Wichita Falls Texas survived the incident not all killer bee victims have been as lucky.
and make sure the enemy doesn't repeat the threat Berenbaum told Live Science. Unfortunately for the victims of killer bee attacks the insects aren't very good at distinguishing between a true threat
and an accidental nudge from a noisy mower. Africanized honeybees are extremely protective of their hive and brood much more so than European honeybees.
And their home turf is much larger than that of their calmer cousins. About 100 yards (91 meters) or the length of a four-lane highway is usually a safe distance from these insects according to the U s. Department of agriculture.
but already too big to seek shelter under their parents'bodies the team reports today (Jan 29) in the journal PLOS ONE.
Wayne Trivelpiece an Antarctic penguin researcher with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric administration's Southwest Fisheries science Center based in La jolla Calif. agrees that climate change is a serious threat to these and other penguin populations around the world.
For instance whether Dutch women suffered through post-WORLD WAR II famines during pregnancy apparently influenced how skinny
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Rich creamy and flavorful avocados are a versatile fruit that add heft and health to many dishes.
Eating avocados may also lower the risk of heart disease. High levels of homocysteine is associated with a higher risk of heart disease
but the Vitamin b6 and the folic acid found in avocados can help regulate it. One seven-year study published in 2013 found that avocados were associated with a reduced risk of metabolic syndrome
which refers to a group of symptoms shown to increase the risk of stroke coronary artery disease and diabetes.
Anti-inflammatory agent There are five ways that avocados act as anti-inflammatory agents which can reduce the risk of inflammatory and degenerative disorders such osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Avocados phytosterols carotenoid antioxidants other antioxidants omega-3 fatty acids and polyhydroxylated fatty alcohols are associated all with preventing
which reduces the risk of macular degeneration and cataracts. Immune system Glutathione is a powerful antioxidant that helps fight free radicals promoting immune system and nervous system health.
Avocados are a good source of this substance. Pregnancy and preventing birth defects Avocados are full of folic acid providing about 23 percent of the recommended daily value.
As with many other fruits avocados primary risks are related to overconsumption. Because of their high fat and caloric levels (about 200 calories per 100 grams) eating too many avocados can lead to weight gain.
Many medium-to large-sized carnivores have come into direct conflict with humans leading to localised extinctions.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature suggests that brown hyaenas are under threat from human persecution
The fights that the males have are pretty ferocious up in the trees said Bill Ellis a koala researcher with the University of Queensland in Australia.
We think that by and large the fighting is a really significant biological event for them and that's probably why they are not so common.
#7 Easy Ways to Save Water This Summer (Op-Ed) Peter Lehner is executive director of the Natural resources Defense Council (NRDC.
NASA's Earth Observatory released a new high-resolution image of an Alaskan forest near the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge that has been left off of most maps.
Another study found a substantial reduction in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes among people who ate yogurt compared to those who didn t
#Another fundamental element in the fight against child cavities is watching what kids drink and how they drink it.
or clenching teeth the dentist may suggest a mouth guard specially molded to your child s mouth.
but it's still probably not the best choice among the many available oils to reduce the risk of heart disease.
Virgin coconut oil which has not been treated chemically is a different thing in terms of a health risk perspective.
There are several forces creating this phenomenon. The coconut oil industry is working hard to win public favor.
but somewhere in there#etween slipping into the ditch the failed rescue attempts and the final arrival of the giant tow truck#did actually hike into the woods
and all by following the trail of a plant biologist who had collected maple branches there more than 40 years ago during the height of the Nixon administration and the Vietnam war.
It s about cities as an advance guard of climate change. If we can look at scales response to urban warming
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits on the planet and according to the U s. Department of agriculture Americans'favorite fresh fruit.
which can provide protection from free radicals which we come into contact with every day from the sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin Flores added.
Some evidence suggests that moderate consumption of bananas may be protective against kidney cancer. A 2005 Swedish study found that women who ate more than 75 servings of fruits
and vegetables cut their risk of kidney cancer by 40 percent and that bananas were especially effective.
Women eating four to six bananas a week halved their risk of developing kidney cancer.
Magnesium also relaxes the muscles another sometimes-benefit sometimes-risk. Bananas are a sugary fruit
If you eat dozens of bananas every day there may be a risk of excessively high vitamin and mineral levels.
It turns out that the biggest risk from a banana peel might really be slipping on it.
If the ship was a double canoe it probably had a deck a shelter and a sail that was pitched forward much like the historic canoes of the Society islands (a group that includes Bora Bora and Tahiti) and the Southern Cook islands.
while colonies with fewer cloudlike viral assaults survived the winter. The increasing prevalence of TRSV in conjunction with other bee viruses is associated with a gradual decline of host populations
Several long-term studies have found a correlation between high magnesium levels and a lower risk of heart disease sudden cardiac death and ischemic heart disease according to the National institutes of health's Office of Dietary Supplements.
An analysis of seven studies including more than 200000 people found that an extra 100 milligrams of magnesium a day reduced a person's risk of stroke by 8 percent according to a February 2012 review in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
and poisons millions of animals including about 100000 native carnivores ostensibly to resolve conflicts between people and wildlife.
and many more are killed before any conflict has occurred even. How can that be? As NRDC's recently released film Wild Things explains the short answer is
and the size and strength of a wolf require that minimum breaking forces must be high...
thus potentially increasing the risk of livestock predation (because most depredating coyotes are adults trying to feed pups).
7 Gruesome Ways to Take a Life A recent execution by lethal injection that went awry has renewed interest in the protection against cruel and unusual punishment as guaranteed in the U s. Constitution.
It was practiced also in Japan during WORLD WAR II; sporadic reports indicate crucifixion has been used as recently as 2002 in the handful of countries where it is permitted still.
and was used in colonial America to punish slaves convicted of revolt. The last known use of the breaking wheel occurred in Prussia in 1841.
Two of the men were veterans who had been in explosions; two had been in skiing accidents
or no benefit according to the results detailed today (April 30) in the journal Science Translational Medicine. 7 Technologies That Transformed Warfare Muscle is one of the few tissues that regenerates
The Department of defense provided some funding for the work as one early application might be for veterans.
Sadly this traditional way of life is under threat from two principal trends. First children inheriting ranches from their parents are subdividing their properties.
and increases the chance of conflict between people their cows and predators with fewer and fewer prey options.
What they will find will surely alter their perception of Brazil as a land known more for deforestation than sustainable ranching that supports rather than undermines the protection of local wildlife.
6 Tips to Reduce Your Risk Following six diet guidelines can reduce your cancer risk researchers say.
Plants are rich in protective compounds and help consumers avoid the cancer-causing substances found in animal products.
and vegetables especially leafy greens to help reduce overall cancer risk. Most doctors agree. It is an incontrovertible fact that a plant-based diet lowers your risk of cancer
and heart disease said Dr. Paul Talalay a distinguished service professor at Johns hopkins university in Baltimore who was involved not in this study.
The reason fruits and vegetables help lower cancer risk is that they contain protective compounds such as the phytochemicals that Talalay discovered in broccoli in the 1990s that reduce the risk of several cancers
and as reported this June the toxic effects of the pollutant benzene. 2. Eat soy products to reduce both the risk and recurrence of breast cancer.
Soy products such as edamame tempeh and tofu also have protective properties and if substituted for red meat can help reduce exposure to fats
and heart disease. 3. Limit or avoid dairy products to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Studies have linked dairy to prostate cancer
or avoid alcohol to reduce the risk of cancers of the mouth pharynx larynx esophagus colon rectum and breast.
The PCRM reports that one drink per week increases the risk of mouth pharynx and larynx cancers by 24 percent;
two to three drinks per day increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 21 percent.
As with the dairy recommendation the dangers depend on which studies you read. Mouth pharynx and larynx cancers are rare in nonsmokers
so a 24-percent risk increase isn't something to fret over. Also a drink a day seems to promote heart health.
5. Avoid red and processed meats to reduce the risk of cancers of the colon and rectum.
The broader issue she said is reducing consumption to reduce risk given your risk profile
and family history. 6. Avoid grilled fried and broiled meats to reduce the risk of cancers of the colon rectum breast prostate kidney and pancreas.
Cancer risk reduction doesn't guarantee cancer avoidance. According to the World health organization up to 30 percent of all cancers might be caused by a poor diet.
(i e. poison ivy) may not want to risk finding out whether these processes for removing anarcardic acid are entirely effective.
Top 10 Cancer-Fighting Foods And in addition to the cashew's known nutritional benefits researchers have explored also the possibility of using the toxic oil found in the nut's shell as an antibiotic.
The UN Secretary general has raised an alarm about the world running out of water but the planet's surface is 70 percent ocean
There are some nifty examples of the bold human imagination ranging from super sustainable cities to the intelligence revolution.
It is the crazy ones who will change the world not the worrywarts who think fear force
The author's most recent Op-Ed was Is Climate Change Response'Fight or Flight'or'Rest and Digest'?
and rely on their mothers for food and protection. Sun bear cubs have no hair and cannot smell
An added advantage in protecting community forest rights is that the quality of the forests tends to be better often containing about one-third more carbon per hectare than areas outside community forests.
or enforce community forest rights communities are often powerless to keep external forces such as unscrupulous actors in the timber
Legal recognition of community forest rights and protecting those rights stops this carbon going into the atmosphere.
if only communities were given legal recognition and protection. This is well illustrated in a country like Indonesia where the government has done a great deal to protect the forest
but two Italian sausages it s clear that caloric extremism still rules the roost at many of America s chain restaurants said Paige Einstein a dietitian at CSPI.
However people are less zealous about protecting species when abundant or even common. The unlearned and maybe unrecognized lesson is that
and now Africa with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently recognizing 12 of the 16 species as at risk.
Four of the six flamingo species are endangered because of mining and other threats to their critically important soda lakes where they feed and breed.
African Grey Parrots aggregate in tremendous numbers around fruiting trees and at forest openings rich in salts in Central African forests.
Millions of these birds have now been lost to the pet trade putting the species at risk.
Groups of gorillas are called troops or bands. A band of gorillas can have as many as 50 members
Troops are led by a dominant male called a silverback which can often be identified by a gray strip of hair on his back.
Each time of day has its purpose for a troop of gorillas. Mornings and evenings are designated as feeding time.
and their habitat has been destroyed by mining and agriculture. IUCN estimates that there are about 680 mountain gorillas left in two isolated populations.
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Sweet juicy oranges make a delicious and healthy snack or addition to a meal.
Oranges may additionally help reduce the risk of respiratory diseases certain cancers rheumatoid arthritis ulcers and kidney stones.
Not only may oranges help reduce the risk of chronic conditions but they may also boost a person's immunity when dealing with everyday viruses and infections like the common cold.
Vitamin c also helps keep skin looking beautiful by helping fight against skin damage caused by the sun and pollution.
According to Flores the potassium found in oranges helps to lower blood pressure protecting against stroke. She noted another heart-related benefit pointing out that oranges are high in folate
which is beneficial in lowering levels of homocysteine a cardiovascular risk factor. Oranges are high in fiber
Furthermore the American Optometric Association reports that Vitamin c can help reduce the risk of cataracts
The Vitamin c in oranges is associated with a reduced risk of colon cancer due to preventing DNA mutations from taking place Flores said.
and orange juice in the first two years of life may reduce the risk of childhood leukemia.
These pigments act like sunscreen for leaves blocking out damaging radiation and providing protection from excess light.
Climate change might also postpone the onset of leaf-color changes and leave fall hues lingering later into the year.
But as America braces for an onslaught of Super bowl snacks these words have a whole new relevance.
Before WORLD WAR II there were just a few recipes for what's now called dip though people had been dunking bread
Specifically some species can only be preserved outside of their natural environments as their wild habitats are in great danger.
and vegetables a day reduces people's risk of dying a new study suggests. The study also found that fresh vegetables may be slightly more protective than fresh fruit
and canned fruit may actually increase the risk of death. Researchers analyzed information from more than 65000 people in England ages 35 and older who answered questions about their eating habits.
People who ate seven or more servings of fruits and vegetables were 42 percent less likely to die from any cause over a nearly eight-year period compared with those who ate less than one serving a day. 6 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruits
although the protective effect was not as strong: People who ate one to three servings were 14 percent less likely to die during the study;
The findings held even after the researchers took into account factors that may affect people's risk of dying such as cigarette smoking body mass index and physical activity level.
Each daily serving of fresh vegetables was linked with a 16-percent reduction in a person's risk of dying
while each serving of fresh fruit was linked with a 4-percent reduction in risk of death.
However each serving of canned or frozen fruit increased the risk of death by 17 percent.
and vegetables were solely responsible for the reduced risk of death or that canned fruit increases the risk of death.
The study did not take into account people's total calorie intake or salt consumption which may affect the link.
and vegetables experience other factors that increase their risk of dying such as health conditions or stressful lives the researchers said.
Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Soft and creamy enough to be put in pies and called dessert sweet potatoes are also a surprisingly nutritious vegetable.
Cancer prevention The NIH reports that some studies have suggested that beta-carotene may reduce the risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women.
and prepared in a healthy way (that means not just indulging in sweet potato fries) sweet potatoes are a nutritious delicious food that should pose no significant health risks.
However if you have had a high-risk pregnancy or a history of problems in giving birth you should see the health care provider sooner than that.
These are countries coming out of civil war and struggling to get back on their feet Bausch said.
It is not at all uncommon for the hospitals in the region to not have protective gloves masks clean needles
and to find wood to make charcoal and deeper into mines to extract minerals Bausch said.
This increases people's risk of exposure to Ebola virus in remote corners of the forest he added.
Rams fight to decide who will be the dominant male in their group. During the fight the males will face each other rear up on their back legs and crash their huge horns into each other.
Sometimes they charge as fast as 40 mph (64 km h). ) Eventually one of the rams ends up submitting
and drawings WGBH says it strictly follows the Federal trade commission s updated regulations on the Children s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) designed to safeguard children under the age of 13 who are online.
They are very protective of each other and take care of sick and old members of the herd shielding them from predators
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's president, has declared a state of emergency and appealed for international aid.
in western Africa, was prepared simply not to deal with the threat, he says. The caterpillars have munched through cocoa, bananas and maize (corn),
This is an emergency on the scale of a major locust outbreak, says the FAO's Christopher Matthews. Many of the armyworms have bored now into the ground,
Liberia was unable to deal with the threat fast enough. Initially farmers who could not get hold of pesticides set fire to worms
and even in 2100 long-lived CFCS will remain the dominant ozone destroyers. But schedules are in place to phase out most of the remaining chemicals of concern.
says WASHINGTON DC-based David Doniger, a policy director for the Natural resources Defense Council. Michael Wara, a researcher at Stanford university in California, is convinced less that HFCS need be addressed under the Montreal Protocol.
and firing rifles. The captured goats were killed then humanely. Other goats were hunted on foot, with the help of dogs or by a large group hunting together in a line,
and raised fears of a potential threat to human health. Last week, a joint mission of 22 international health and veterinary experts returned from investigating the outbreak with more questions than answers about the virus's pathology and epidemiology.
the risk of catching Ebola Reston in this way is relatively low. By contrast, the appearance of the virus in an important livestock species was unexpected
But there seems to be little threat to human health from the current form of the virus. It is destroyed by cooking,
similar to its mode of attack in monkeys. Further pathology tests are due to begin in spring at the Australian Animal health Laboratory in Geelong, Victoria.
and the threat of infection could be reduced by moving fruit trees, where the bats roost, away from pig farms,
Secondary forests are worth saving: Nature Newstropical forest that has regrown after clear-cutting can become almost as biodiverse as untouched forest, according to new research.
said at the symposium that the greatest threat to tropical species today is climate change.
The EFSA will then draw up a list of approved pest-destroying ingredients that can used in crop-protection products.
as at present, an assessment of the risk to health and the environment posed by their application.
The crop-protection industry, led by its EU trade association the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) in Brussels,
Individual member states will then have to adopt National Action Plans to reduce the risks of pesticides
And I don't deny the force of environmental questions but I think there are equally compelling
</br>In his Financial times column, 2008 On energy security: Tom Vilsack: Iowa is one of the nation's leading producers of corn-based ethanol,
but if we are going to create energy security we can't simply replace one imported source of energy with another.
That alone is not security â Â the only way we can produce enough domestically is
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