| 单词 | landmass |
| 例句 | Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s third largest landmass, considerably smaller than the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z One would certainly assume that the colonization of Asia also permitted the simultaneous colonization of Europe, since Eurasia is a single landmass not bisected by major barriers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The connections between modern landmasses and those of the past were found to be infinitely more complex than anyone had imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Scientists also agree that about 70,000 years ago, Sapiens from East Africa spread into the Arabian peninsula, and from there they quickly overran the entire Eurasian landmass. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z These connective tendrils had not only conveniently appeared whenever it was necessary to move a living organism from one landmass to another, but then obligingly vanished without leaving a trace of their former existence. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The human societies of those two formerly joined landmasses were in modern times very different from each other. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Over most of the South American landmass, the prevailing winds come from the east, across Brazil. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Until about 200 million years ago Eurasia and the Americas were lashed together in a single landmass that geologists call Pangaea. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The Americas form the world’s second-largest landmass, significantly smaller than Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Its shell was more like a landmass—hills of bone, shiny pearl valleys, kelp and moss forests, rivers of seawater trickling down the grooves of its carapace. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Homo sapiens was the first and only human species to reach the western hemisphere landmass, arriving about 16,000 years ago, that is in or around 14,000 BC. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Vespucci’s claim was that he had encountered a vast new landmass which formed no part of the previously known world—he had found a New World. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We remembered Erik the Red, the Viking who founded the first European settlement on Greenland, as being color-blind; he wanted to name the landmass after himself, but he got confused and named it Green. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They bear only an incidental relationship to the landmasses that sit upon them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The boundary of a weather pattern, often moving across an ocean or landmass, is called a “front,” just like the line that marks out the edge of an invading army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Why did the human societies of the larger landmass derived from Pleistocene Greater Australia remain so “backward” in their development, while the societies of the smaller landmass “advanced” much more rapidly? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Africa and the Americas are thus the two largest landmasses with a predominantly north-south axis and resulting slow diffusion. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was also the landmass with the two centers where food production began the earliest: the Fertile Crescent and China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A misty landmass rose out the sea as we flapped higher. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z That’s because Eurasia is the world’s largest landmass, and it’s also very diverse ecologically, with habitats ranging from extensive tropical rain forests, through temperate forests, deserts, and marshes, to equally extensive tundras. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Five times or more bigger than any other Mississippian polity, Cahokia’s population of at least fifteen thousand made it comparable in size to London, but on a landmass without Paris, Cordoba, or Rome. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Prior to the cognitive revolution, humans of all species lived exclusively on the Afro-Asian landmass. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He also did not anticipate running into a landmass before he reached the East Indies. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Above all, he could offer no convincing explanation for how the landmasses moved about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Only the parrot is there, sitting on a perch between the captain’s cluttered desk and a globe that has all the landmasses wrong. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Native peoples also left an indelible imprint on the land with systems of roads that tied their nations and communities together across the entire landmass of the Americas. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z In season, this tiny, sparsely populated landmass might boast a literary-superstar-to-square-mile ratio unequaled anywhere outside Brooklyn. Blue Hill, a Literary Enclave, Grows in Downeast Maine 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The contours of the landmass emerged from the sea: serrated cliffs, lumpy green expanses, the outstretched wings of birds. Blond hedgehogs, and more alluring strangeness of the Channel Islands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z To me, being British refers to the fact that means I live on the landmass Britannia, those islands the Romans saw as three natural parts: Caledonia, Hibernia, Albion. What's the future of the Union? 2011-08-27T23:05:40Z He spreads his arms between a sun that resembles the head of a lion and an earthly sphere prominently displaying the boot-shaped landmass of Italy. Art Review: ‘Antonio Canova: The Seven Last Works’ Debuts at the Met 2014-01-23T22:50:58Z Underwater volcanoes spread lava over a vast area, and when the ocean floor was pushed up during the Tertiary period, stratified landmasses were formed. Toast of a Wine-Making Tradition in Italy 2010-03-29T15:23:00Z After all, it’s from Australia, a country so laid back it’s not so much a landmass as a gigantic lilo on the Pacific, and where the only thing taken seriously is outdoor cooking. Kitchen gadgets review: the Ozpig – the vaguely druidic way to heat your patio and cook a chicken 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Restoring the marsh must start fast because it landmass is eroding at a faster clip since the spill. The Gulf Coast may never recover 2013-04-23T20:02:00Z Instead, the relationship of Australia to its pre-European past is like that of the coastal cities to the vast and untenanted wilderness which constitutes the majority of its landmass. What I'm thinking about … why history has put Australia behind a firewall 2013-03-02T03:49:39Z An apocalyptic rift, separating landmasses, pushing the building, the world, apart ... Doris Salcedo, Caravaggio and Jacob Zuma exposed – the week in art 2012-05-25T12:00:17Z Over the landmass of China, he comments: “The Middle Kingdom is renowned for the greatness of its civilization.” 2010-01-20T05:23:00Z In Arabic, the Levant — the landmass that today is carved into Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories — is called A-Sham. In Israel, a New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z In countries such as India and China, with vast populations scattered across large landmasses, “reaching everyone in the most remote regions is going to be quite an endeavour”, Demarais said. Most poor countries will not achieve mass Covid-19 immunisation until 2024 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Airports have opened the corners of the world, and highways traverse every major landmass on the planet. Everything Is Different on an Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z This is less landmass than hallway, bottleneck, clover leaf onto the highway, passage from here to there, forever in-between, forever on the way. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z The bulk of his research involves locations in the United States, but the American landmass is a large and various one, including a wide variety of terrains. The End of Night by Paul Bogard – review 2013-07-14T08:00:01Z Community parks offer most Americans the opportunity to be active daily, but a study of 75 American cities found that just under 10 percent of total landmass was devoted to city parks. Why US communities should be designing parks for older adults 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Visually, Boyle's film is compelling and there is a poetry in Ralston's vulnerable, fragile flesh being crushed under the weight of a landmass trillions of years in the making. 127 Hours ? review 2011-01-06T22:05:00Z The giant landmass survived a mere 50 million years. Supercontinent: how the world is moving together 2013-06-09T17:00:00Z The fact that the latter two landmasses were populated around this time indicates that humans must have made those voyages. Beyond the Blue Horizon by Brian Fagan; Thirst by Steven Mithen – review 2012-09-29T23:05:06Z Terrestrial organisms, for instance, could move even among landmasses that were widely separated. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z To Lucy's creator, Italy wasn't a boot-shaped landmass so much as a "glorious limb sliding southward between warming seas," as Forster scribbled in his diary. Movies: Italy Porn (For Ladies Only) 2010-06-05T01:57:00Z They vary in size from blink-and-you’ll-miss-it blips to larger landmasses, such as Peaks Island a mile to the north, with year-round communities. Maine’s Cushing Island delivers a whole lot of wonderful nothing 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Where Pam sees a little Italian garden with roses and a fountain, like the one in the mural at a nearby restaurant, Diane plans the restoration of the entire North American landmass. Review: In ‘Hurricane Diane,’ the Perfect Storm Hits Suburbia 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z It isn’t a performing arts center with a certain number of seats and stages; it’s a landmass. Times Critics Discuss Direction of Arts at Governors Island 2010-08-16T22:43:00Z For a start, they inhabit a gorgeous peninsular landmass and string of dependent islands enfolded by a sapphire sea. Fashion Review: The Theater of an Italian Summer 2011-06-22T20:21:31Z He will tell you not only how Eratosthenes worked but that his flat map of the world made the overall landmass look like an elongated skull. Books of The Times: ‘On the Map’ by Simon Garfield 2012-12-18T23:14:13Z The excitement of finding someplace new and unspoiled thrills you as Ron approaches the fishhook-shaped landmass curling from east to west at the southernmost end of Cape Lookout island. Discover Cape Lookout 2011-06-29T13:20:07.060Z And it’s great, and it achieved amazing things: the creation of the wilderness parks, and the setting aside of about 8 percent of the landmass in this country. Michael Pollan: Bad food is costing America its economic health 2013-12-08T19:00:00Z He notes, for instance, that they are found on every continental landmass but Antarctica, that they date to the Pleistocene era and that they are nature’s greatest rodent killers. ‘The Stories of Jane Gardam,’ and More 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z An early sequence in which Scrat accidentally causes the breakup of the earth’s single landmass sets a high mark for cleverness that the rest of the film sometimes tries to match. Review: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ With Ray Romano 2012-07-12T13:54:00Z Although one end of it rises 20 feet high, much of the small landmass is a mere eight feet above sea level — and parts of it are even lower. In Chesapeake Bay, Poplar Island is a man-made miracle 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This bridge is connecting more than just landmasses. Civil engineer lifts bridge to maximum height, proposes to girlfriend 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Tracking right, after the town center, a small stone bridge connects Breac’s landmass, the Horn Head Peninsula, to the mainland. In Ireland’s ‘Forgotten County,’ a Tiny Inn Does It Right 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z "This Plastic Beach is the furthest point from any landmass on Earth - the most deserted spot on the planet," they add. 2010-01-21T15:39:00Z I'm not a religious person and I know America's more wrapped up in religion, but we aren't in Europe because we had that second World War on our landmass. "If they shout at me, I'll shout back": Eddie Izzard talks comedy, transphobia and taking a stand 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Within hours, the column was several kilometres high, the explosions were continuous and a landmass was beginning to appear. Volcanic splash 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z The island’s indigenous people, the Ainu, believe Yotei was the first place created on earth and the spot from which the entire landmass of Hokkaido formed. The Japanese island where powder snow is almost guaranteed during the month of January 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z These changes in the configurations of landmasses and oceans left an indelible imprint on life. Evolution, but different: Adventures of a Darwin-doubting botanist 2014-01-12T15:00:00Z For their latest project, Onorato and Krebs embarked on a new journey, this time travelling across the world’s largest landmass, Eurasia, visiting Switzerland, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Mongolia. Road Tripping Through Eurasia 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Petraeus and his 30,000 soldiers of the 101st occupied a landmass about the size of Connecticut, which was by any sane military measure absolutely ridiculous. 59 Tomahawks and 5,900 years of slaughter: A brief history of Syria 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z When the bridge complex, built under Robert Moses, was completed in 1936, the island was still three separate landmasses: Randalls, Sunken Meadow and, to the south, Wards Island. Randalls Island Paths for Urban Biking 2012-10-12T05:25:30Z As the eleven prison ships from Britain tracked the Australian coastline, there were probably some 750,000 Aboriginal inhabitants on the entire landmass. What I'm thinking about … why history has put Australia behind a firewall 2013-03-02T03:49:39Z On a globe, every landmass on the planet is an island. Everything Is Different on an Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z Housed in a historic warehouse on Paper Island, a tiny and trendy landmass in the center of the city, the showroom consists of 12 minimalist structures that are dispersed throughout the expansive, 1,000-square-meter space. Nordic Exposure 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Cut off from the rest of the populated landmass of planet Earth for several millennia, Australia had plenty of time to develop some natural quirks. What the heck is Vegemite (and how do you eat it)? 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z The Arctic is potentially warming as much as four times faster than the rest of the globe, partly because the region lacks a solid landmass. See the otherworldly beauty of Earth’s polar regions 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Niger is West Africa’s second largest country in landmass but it is landlocked, leaving it heavily reliant on trade with neighbors that now has paused. Many in Niger are suffering under coup-related sanctions. Junta backers call it a worthy sacrifice 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Starting over the present-day location of the South Pole, it incorporated the landmasses that make up present day South America, Africa, the Middle East, India, and Australia. Superdeep diamonds provide a window on supercontinent growth 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z In this bereft, forsaken place—a place in which all landmasses have merged to form a single “supercontinent”—moisture and most animal life are merely a faded memory. Will the Next Supercontinent Really Drive Mammals to Extinction? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The planet’s landmasses are expected to form a supercontinent, driving volcanism and increases to carbon dioxide levels that will leave most of its land barren. Pangaea Ultima, the Next Supercontinent, May Doom Mammals to Far-Future Extinction 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The findings suggest the landmass layout for a distant world could be a key factor when determining how liveable it is for humans. New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Less than 6% of the state’s landmass remains unaffected by hot and dry conditions. Seattle Public Utilities asks 1.5 million people to conserve water amid drought 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z “When you look at the type of cooperation that they have, this is a large landmass and it’s directly connected,” he said. With Russia isolated on the world stage, Putin turns to old friend North Korea for help 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z There have been several supercontinental eras in the past; each were forged when tectonic plates—giant slabs of solid rock floating atop Earth’s mantle—thrust landmasses together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Will the Next Supercontinent Really Drive Mammals to Extinction? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z It’s home to an outsized proportion, 25 percent, of threatened wildlife in the U.S., despite making just 0.25 percent of its landmass. This bird survived Maui’s fires—but it could soon vanish 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z From this relatively modest stock, I found, sauropods evolved their record sizes a remarkable three dozen times on six landmasses over the course of 100 million years. How Sauropod Dinosaurs Became the Biggest Land Animals Again and Again 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Yet, it has joined none of the land, air and naval drills conducted in recent years by China and Russia on the Eurasian landmass, and in the Sea of Japan and the South China Sea. As China, Russia drill, North Korea left on the sidelines 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z But it noted only eight of those dashes were around the landmass labelled "Asia". South China Sea: Philippines to allow Barbie film but wants map blurred 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z And not all supercontinents necessarily include all continental landmasses—sizable stragglers can exist in isolation. Will the Next Supercontinent Really Drive Mammals to Extinction? 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Furthermore, New Zealand was the last major landmass settled by humans. New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Its aim was to build a massive infrastructure across the Eurasian landmass and Africa, thereby improving the lives of humanity's forgotten millions, while making Beijing the focal point of Eurasia's economic development. Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China? 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z It is sometimes said of America's stark political divisions that the US is two countries sharing the same landmass. The different ways Republicans defend Trump over indictment is revealing 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z New research estimates the city’s landmass is sinking at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year, something referred to as “subsidence.” As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z The closest landmass to the epicenter is the Loyalty Islands in the French overseas collectivity of New Caledonia. Earthquake in the South Pacific causes small tsunamis 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Beginning in approximately 1700 BCE, the Hittites established a large empire in Anatolia, the landmass that comprises present-day Turkey. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z During the latter half of the Paleozoic, the landmasses began moving together, with the initial formation of a large northern block called Laurasia. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Relative to the Sahara, the African rainforest covers a far smaller geographic footprint: some two million square miles, or roughly 10 percent of the continent’s total landmass. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z But without access to Russia as an emergency stop, Delta’s Detroit-to-Shanghai flights are now being forced to fly near obscure Pacific landmasses like Shemya Island southwest of Alaska. Banned From Russian Airspace, U.S. Airlines Look to Restrict Competitors 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Ukrainian leaders, having vowed to retake the strategically important landmass, have carried out a handful of attacks there. Pentagon rejects Russian airspace claims after downing of U.S. drone 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z Most of its landmass is an arid plateau crossed by mountain ranges. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The landmasses on Earth were very different from those of today. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z These are clustered around the desert’s oases, which amount to a fraction of a percentage of its total landmass. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z When the separation of these landmasses was complete, the Antarctic circumpolar current swept around Antarctica, isolating it from warmer waters and pulling up nutrients from the deep that supported an abundance of phytoplankton and zooplankton. No One Knows How the Biggest Animals on Earth—Baleen Whales—Find Their Food 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Canada is vast — it is the world’s the second-largest country by landmass, after Russia — but most of its residents live near the United States border. O Canada, Where Are All Your Tornadoes? 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z However, this bias hurts the preservation of other ecosystems, including the grasslands that make up 24 percent of the Indian landmass. We Must Stop Treating Grasslands As Wastelands 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z On paper, Russia’s size would appear to give it a growing advantage as the war drags on: It occupies one-tenth of the earth’s landmass, with some of its most prized natural resources. Russia, Ukraine and the West Vow to Fight On, in a War With No End in Sight 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z For centuries, merchants and adventurers traveling from the Indian landmass along the coastlines of Asia have exploited monsoon winds from June to November that easily push boats all the way to the Malaysian peninsula. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “The old concepts of fighting big tank battles on European landmass,” he said, “are over.” Global impact: 5 ways war in Ukraine has changed the world 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In the Antarctic, the pole is covered by a vast landmass. Floating ice around Antarctica just hit a record low 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z A third of the world’s landmass is forested — a steep historical decline, even if it seems like a lot. In an ancient reindeer forest, one woman has found a way to slow climate change This transcontinental highway succumbed to rising sea levels sometime between 11,000 and 10,000 years ago, but that didn’t stop migrations between the landmasses. Ancient Americans Crossed Back into Siberia in a Two-Way Migration, New Evidence Shows 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Although together these oases take up only eight hundred square miles—about 0.02 percent of the desert’s total landmass—they are home to some three-quarters of the people living in the desert. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Well, only 3 percent of Turkey’s landmass and 10 percent of its people are in Europe; the rest are in Asia. Opinion | Who’s Asian? Good question. 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z The 40 wild cat species occupy 74 percent of the earth’s landmass and overlap with 75 percent of its Key Biodiversity Areas, the most critical sites for nature on our planet. Opinion | Want to save the planet? Focus on wild cats. 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z As for Antarctica, some experts argue that its inclusion on Fodor's list is complicated, due to the fact that the landmass has no local population that would benefit from visitors. Planning your 2023 travel? Skip these places in order to save them 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z After the landmasses began to sink, the ice sheet that had once extended offshore to the west and into the North Sea no longer rested on the sea floor, but instead began to float. Watch an ice sheet melt—and Great Britain and Ireland emerge 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “You could call it an echo chamber of our beliefs,” she added, “but that’s a pretty big landmass to be an echo chamber.” Their America Is Vanishing. Like Trump, They Insist They Were Cheated. 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z About 22 percent of Australia’s landmass is currently protected, the report said, and increasing that figure to 30 percent would mean an increase of 61 million hectares, or more than 235,000 square miles. Australia Aims to Cut Its High Rate of Species Extinctions to Zero 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Eruptions in the Home Reef — located in the Tonga-Kermadec subduction zone, one of the world’s most active volcanic arcs — have often produced new landmasses. A volcano in Tonga birthed a new island. Consider it limited edition. 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Guadalcanal, the largest landmass in the Solomon Islands, was the site of the crucial battles between Allied forces and Japan early in World War II. Biden looks to win over Pacific Island leaders at summit 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z With the largest landmass in the Arctic, Russia considers itself the regional preeminent power. Pentagon establishes new senior coordinator for Arctic policy 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Much of the planet’s landmasses were locked up in the supercontinent Pangaea, and Zimbabwe was farther south and more distant from any ocean than it is now. New Dinosaur Species Is Oldest Ever Found in Africa 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The entire country, which is one of the geologically youngest landmasses in the world, is the product of millions of years of eruptions and is perfectly placed for ongoing volcanic activity. See Iceland Aglow in Volcanic Eruptions 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Other coral reef systems are fringing islands, which are directly adjacent to land, or atolls, which are circular reef systems surrounding a former landmass that is now underwater. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z This allowed life to colonize the landmasses of our planet instead of remaining only in the ocean. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Using the explorer’s first name as a label for the new landmass, Waldseemuller attached “America” to his map of the New World in 1507, and the name stuck. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Last year, he lamented that “there are not enough working hands” in the country with the world’s biggest landmass. Putin revives Soviet ‘Mother Heroine’ award for women who have 10 children 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Bennett’s house is in the middle of the largest park in the contiguous United States: Adirondack Park, a mountain range covering a fifth of the state’s landmass. New York gun bans alarm residents of upstate bear country 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The aerial photograph shows a landmass separating two coastal estuarine habits, the mud flats of Egypt Bay and the Mount Desert Narrows. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Before that, it was unthinkable for life to venture outside the protective oceans, so the landmasses of Earth were barren. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z More precipitation falls near the equator, and landmasses there are characterized by a tropical rainforest climate. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Currents returning cold water toward the equator tend to be broad and diffuse along the western coasts of adjacent landmasses. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z It claims that if the charter is endorsed and implemented in full, it will “protect and manage a quarter of the world’s landmass.” Commonwealth heads expected to endorse climate charter 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z The Cretaceous and Jurassic were periods of warm landmasses covered by a shallow sea. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The snow is a silence except for how the seeds call out to one another across landmasses that shift and warm. Poem: ‘Vaulted Seeds,’ after the Svalbard Global Seed Vault 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Fiji’s exclusive economic zone is an area of water 70 times larger than its landmass. Fights over illegal fishing lead to armed conflict, deaths 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The Arctic is almost completely surrounded by large landmasses, such as Canada and Siberia, which keep it relatively isolated from the rest of the world. How Antarctica Has Changed Since Shackleton’s 1915 Shipwreck 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Whoever controls Central Europe controls the vast landmass stretching from Europe to Asia, he argued. China Sees at Least One Winner Emerging From Ukraine War: China 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z This is especially true in the vast landmass of contemporary Russia, much of which is actually in Asia. Whose lives really matter? How racism colors coverage of the crisis in Ukraine 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two landmasses. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A vast belt of dry grassland, called the steppe, stretches across the landmass of Eurasia. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z According to experts, the country, a giant landmass as large as the continental United States and surrounded by climate-driving oceans, has suffered weather extremes for millenniums, including harsh droughts ending with major floods. ‘Rain Bomb’ Hits Northeastern Australia, Killing at Least 8 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Exploring the Forbidden West — the large landmass where most of the game takes place — you’ll encounter the same sorts of diversions found in any number of open-world games. Review | ‘Horizon Forbidden West’: Not much more than another save-the-world adventure game 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z Russia is the world’s biggest landmass but has annual output smaller than Italy’s. Oil jumps to $105, gas prices surge and global stocks tumble after Ukraine invasion – business live 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z More than showing how Neanderthals and modern humans were co-tenants of the European landmass over time, this new discovery pushes back the timeline for the earliest modern human settlements in Europe. Neanderthals and Modern Humans Agreed About One Thing: This Cave 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Mountain ranges and deserts dominate about two-thirds of China’s landmass. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "We have enough landmass to accommodate everyone, so it's about strategic decision-making." US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The rocks consisted of sediments eroded from land, which suggests that large landmasses emerged from the sea more than half a billion years earlier than many researchers believed. In Case You Missed It 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z Birds, reptiles and invertebrates flourished in lush forests hundreds of miles from any other landmass. Track New Zealand’s Bid to Take Back Nature 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z They dump huge quantities of fresh water into the wider ocean, along with iron and other minerals scraped off the Antarctic landmass. How a colossal block of ice became an obsession 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Geographers often refer to the landmass that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as the Indian subcontinent. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z You can almost fit a Star Destroyer in Lake Union or park it on Harbor Island, a tiny landmass made entirely of dirt removed from early regrading projects dumped into Elliot Bay. TIL that the Death Star is the size of the Olympic Peninsula 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z The European Space Agency does not have an orbital launch site in any of its member countries on the European landmass. How to Watch the James Webb Space Telescope Launch 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z I see the need for this type of historical truth on those societies that inhabited this landmass thousands of years before any Spanish conquistador or British colonists ventured onto its soil. Opinion | History 10,000 years in the making 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Permafrost covers 65% of Russia's landmass and about a quarter of the northern landmass. A father and son's Ice Age plot to slow Siberian thaw 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z To put that into context, it has about the same landmass as Jersey in the Channel Islands. The remote British island hoping to see more visitors 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z While U.S. officials call China the nation’s “pacing challenge,” Gen. Carter said Russia and the challenge it poses along the Eurasian landmass remain Britain’s most acute security threat. British military chief says pact with U.S., Australia sign of things to come in Asia 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z With permafrost covering 65% of Russia's landmass, the costs are already mounting. Russia's remote permafrost thaws, threatening homes and infrastructure 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Research has shown that hundreds of tribes occupied this landmass as far back as 10,000 years ago. Opinion | History 10,000 years in the making 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z DHAKA, Bangladesh — Its name translates into “floating island,” and for up to 100,000 desperate war refugees, the low-slung landmass is supposed to be home. They Were Promised a New Home. Then They Tried to Escape It. 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z If we could imagine the population of the United States spread evenly across its landmass, there would be 36 households per square mile. The Downtown Decade: U.S. Population Density Rose in the 2010s 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Denmark and Sweden fused into a single landmass. The Art of Pondering Earth's Distant Future 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z My family is, generally speaking, not thinking too often of the formation of mountain ranges or the shifting of landmasses. How I Let Go of My Time-Management Anxiety 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z The loss of Scotland would deprive the United Kingdom of about a third of its landmass and significant international prestige. Scenes of Scotland, as It Weighs Its Future Within Britain 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z It would mean the United Kingdom would lose about a third of its landmass and almost a tenth of its population. Scotland votes to decide the fate of independence movement 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z He notes, for example, that Israel has a much smaller population and a smaller landmass than the United States, which makes the logistics of widely and uniformly vaccinating the adult population less complicated. Do kids really need to be vaccinated for COVID? Yes. no. maybe 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z After the last human died, the landmass kept on rising. The Art of Pondering Earth's Distant Future 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z The company’s satellites circle the globe in carefully designed orbits that “line-scan the Earth” — taking precise photographs of landmasses that together create an image of the planet every day. Satellite technology puts into orbit swarms of spacecraft no bigger than a loaf of bread 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z For more than an eon, the landmass formed a nearly unbroken blanket over a large swath of the planet, trapping in the heat deep below the surface. Earth’s mountains may have mysteriously stopped growing for a billion years 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z On the positive side, conservationists say, Primorye has already protected about 10.8 million square miles, or 17 percent, of its total landmass, either in federal or local preserves. The world’s biggest owl is endangered—but it’s not too late to save it 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Now, researchers theorize that these giant landmasses form in regular cycles, about once every 600 million years. What might Earth’s next supercontinent look like? New study provides clues 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z America’s weather was more favorable to fighting covid-19 because more of our landmass falls in southern latitudes where it’s comfortable, for most of the year, to spend time outside. Opinion | There are so many ways we could have done better 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z Strata are the ribboned horizontal layers of minerals and sediment that underlie the topography of all the landmasses on the earth and have been revealed by erosion over hundreds of millions of years. Early Maps of Geologic Strata, an Oliver Sacks Documentary and a New Science Podcast 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The parish, in terms of landmass, is Louisiana’s largest, but it is the third smallest by population, which had once eclipsed 10,000 but has trickled to just under 7,000. After Storms, They Built Higher. They Dread Doing It Again. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The researchers say this higher efficiency was very likely mirrored in forests across the northern temperate latitudes, where more of the Earth's landmass is located. 'Mummified' plants give glimpse of Earth's future 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “Inside the unconscious, I think, is a submerged island of whiteness. It is like a landmass.” Review | A White author grapples with a family history of racial oppression 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Some region: The Eurasian landmass is dominated by, and Europe is menaced by, a thugocracy whose president is pleased with the U.S. president. Opinion | The thugocracy of Vladimir Putin 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z About 230,000 people live in the Highlands, even though the area covers just under half the landmass of Scotland and a large swathe of coastal area. Highland's finances 'hit hardest' by Covid crisis 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Abnormally dry conditions affect mountain and plains regions and roughly 80% of the state’s landmass is in some form of drought. Drought plan enacted for 40 Colorado counties by governor 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z “They would not have been that common because there was not that much exposed landmass.” The First Organism on Earth May Have Been a Genetic Hybrid 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z On reaching the shores of this North Atlantic landmass, the new migrants quickly displaced the local Mesolithic hunter-gatherers, who were genetically similar to pre-farming peoples across Europe. DNA study reveals Ireland's age of 'god-kings' 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z At the time, this terrain lay far from the arctic, at lower latitudes, locked in the arid interior of a landmass called the Old Red Sandstone Continent. No asteroids or volcanoes needed: ancient mass extinction tied to ozone loss, warming climate 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z That means the amber-entombed animals lived in what are today polar and subpolar latitudes, hinting at the environment that once prevailed on what was then a unified landmass. Scientists Find 2 Mating Flies Trapped in Prehistoric Amber 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Scientific research aims to expand the landmass of that island into the unlimited horizon which lies ahead. Why the Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge Will Never End 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z The Nicobar archipelago, comprising 22 islands with a combined landmass of only 1,841 square kilometers, lay along the fault line and very close to the earthquake's epicenter. How Disaster Aid Ravaged an Island People 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The species' journey most likely occurred within the last 5 million years, as this is when Christmas Island emerged to form a new landmass, according to researchers. Christmas Island discovery redraws map of life, scientists say 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z This thinking has also reached the top of the agency that manages a tenth of America’s landmass. Opinion | White Supremacy Goes Green 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z “Because they have emerged in relatively small landmasses, they are very aware of how limited their resources are, so they have more conservationist traditions.” A new wave of indies are using games to explore climate change 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The remaining heating manifests as atmospheric warming, a drying and warming landmass, and melting of land and sea ice. Earth Had Its Second Warmest Year in Recorded History in 2019 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z Wary personnel inside Cheyenne Mountain watched their monitors for anything amiss as the new millennium swept, one time zone at a time, across the great landmass of Russia. When Russia and America Coöperated to Avert a Y2K Apocalypse 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z The Philippines is the first major landmass facing the Pacific cyclone belt and gets hit by an average of 20 storms and typhoons each year. Philippines typhoon brings Christmas Day misery 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Sand is also used to bulk up landmass - Singapore is 20% bigger now than it was at the time of independence in 1965. How the scramble for sand is destroying the Mekong 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z They never talked about the past, he said, but early on they were so poor that they survived by foraging for food in the mountains that make up much of Hong Kong’s landmass. Hong Kong’s Protest Movement and the Fight for the City’s Soul 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Further, of the 15 former Soviet republics, only Kazakhstan is larger in landmass yet possesses less than half Ukraine’s population. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Never forget Harriet Tubman 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Laird grew up on nearby Smith Island, a small landmass split by the Maryland-Virginia state line. This classroom on a Chesapeake Bay island taught generations of students. As the sea rises, its doors are closing. 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It lived about 372 million years ago during the Devonian period, and inhabited a shallow lagoon in a landmass that is now part of northwestern Russia. Early tetrapods had an eye on the land 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z At the time, this area would have been part of Doggerland, a landmass that is now subsumed under the North Sea. Neanderthal 'glue' points to complex thinking 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z We were far north, hundreds of kilometers from the nearest landmass and roughly 50 kilometers from the Akademik Fedorov, the Russian icebreaker that was our home base. Ship Freezes Itself in Arctic Ice to Study Climate Change 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z In terms of landmass, it is the second-largest country in all of Europe. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Never forget Harriet Tubman 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Raoul Island, a volcanically active landmass half the size of Manhattan, is not an obvious place for a whale party. In the South Pacific, a Humpback Whale Karaoke Lounge 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The Chinese requested a 100-year lease of a 1,076-square-mile area — 13 percent of the country’s landmass — and demanded tax exemptions for their companies that would last three decades. To Influence El Salvador, China Dangled Money. The U.S. Made Threats. 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Far from being barren places, glaciers represent more than 10% of our landmass and are teeming with biodiversity. The tiny algae at ground zero of Greenland's melting glaciers | Dan McDougall 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z By 2026 – when a World Cup staged in Canada, the United States and Mexico will embrace countries comprising about 14% of the planet’s landmass – such hypocrisies may be less acceptable. Football appears too self-important to bother itself about climate emergency | Louise Taylor 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z About 140 million years ago, it was a Greenland-size landmass, largely submerged in a tropical sea, where sediments collected and slowly turned into rock. Geologists uncover history lost continent buried beneath Europe 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “All of them are so flat and their landmass composed so much of sand and limestone that no doubt their very shapes will not be the same moving forward,” he said. Hurricane Dorian leaves terrible destruction in Bahamas as it rolls toward U.S. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Panama, the narrow isthmus linking the North and South American landmasses, is the hemisphere’s natural transit point — both for cargo ships using its interoceanic canal and for U.S.-bound migrants coming from South America. U.S. seeks deal to send asylum seekers from Africa and Asia to Panama - The Washington Post 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, terrestrial factors — including the depth of oceans, the size of landmasses and the shape of shorelines — cause tides to behave very differently from location to location. Perspective | Five myths about the moon 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The largest landmass in the Western Maritime and Insular Command, overseen by an admiral, is a rocky archipelago with little vegetation and no permanent residents. Special Report: Why the military still stands by Venezuela's... 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z The Allies, who were in control of all the major landmasses that lined the ocean, had the upper hand. Why Weather Forecasting Keeps Getting Better 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Kazakhstan’s vast landmass of steppes lies in the crossroads of Russia and China, and Nazarbayev enjoys a close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, while welcoming China’s investment in Central Asia. Presidents may come and go. In Kazakhstan, there’s only one Father of the Nation 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z The peaks also seem to precede the assembly of continental landmasses known as supercontinents, which was presumably driven by increased plate motion. Role of major erosion events in Earth’s dynamics 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It is pressuring partners and allies not to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative, China’s massive programme to build infrastructure projects across the Eurasian landmass. Could the US-China trade row become a global cold war? | Nouriel Roubini 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z With a landmass as big as the continental United States and one-tenth the population, Australia is one of the world’s most sparsely populated countries. Why Has Australia Fallen Out of Love With Immigration? 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z If that weren’t complicated enough, Indian law mandates that no voter be forced to travel more than 2km to their nearest polling station – in the world’s seventh largest country by landmass. What's at stake as India's 900m voters head for the polls? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Rather than ditching the INF Treaty, we could offer to revise it to apply only to the European landmass west of the Ural Mountains. Opinion | What Ronald Reagan would tell President Trump about arms control 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z An administrative board found him ineligible because he was not “present on the landmass or the inland waters of Vietnam.” ‘Blue water’ Navy veterans from Vietnam-era win Agent Orange benefits case 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The scientific enterprise is all about expanding the landmass of this island. Advanced Extraterrestrials as an Approximation to God 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z MLR isn’t big enough to arrange itself in conferences, the usual antidote to the travel demands of such an enormous landmass. Major League Rugby: New York and Toronto expand reach in season two 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z That’s why many rocket launches to orbit occur at the coast — where they fly over water instead of populated landmasses. Rockets and airplanes may begin to share airspace even more. Here’s how it works. About 91% of the UK's landmass received good mobile data reception from at least one operator and 66% from all four operators, said the report. Rural areas stuck in data slow lanes 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Oysters contribute to the habitat of other animals and protect landmasses from erosion. Gulf coast looks to maintain, restore oysters 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z The landmass in the North Atlantic Ocean shares several characteristics with the Scandinavian country, such as fjords, the midnight sun, the northern lights, the Arctic Circle and, according to recent archaeology digs, Vikings. Ten overcrowded tourist destinations and 10 just as fabulous alternatives Mr. Poliquin represents Maine’s heavily rural Second Congressional District, which includes most of the state’s landmass and faces more economic challenges than the state’s southern, coastal areas. Maine Counts Votes Differently. That Could Put a House Republican in Jeopardy. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z Drawn from years of fieldwork, this is a book sparking renewed awe over this stupendous landmass, outpost of the climate system and — with the sea bed — Earth’s final frontier. Ethics at the cutting edge, beastly movers and shakers, and teeth as time machines: Books in brief. 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z Europe was at the western extremity of the vast 8,078-mile-wide landmass. 40,000-year-old animal drawing discovered in remote Borneo cave 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The Twin Cities suburbs - Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties, not including Minneapolis or St. Paul - represent a pretty small slice of the state in terms of landmass. Many Minnesota political races hinge on the suburbs 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z The largest of Australia’s six states, Western Australia covers about one-third of the country’s landmass, and is home to 11% of its population. Western Australia’s science finds strength in its isolation 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Even though I came from the same landmass, and had the same language, I was now an alien. How I write: Man Booker shortlist authors reveal their inspirations 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z The 12-mile distance is commonly accepted as constituting the territorial waters of a landmass. Chinese warship sails within yards of US destroyer in 'unsafe' encounter 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Before Earth's current ice age cycles began 3 million years ago, a long warm period had allowed a thick soil layer to build up on northern landmasses. Seafloor cores suggest sticky, thick glaciers caused mysterious shift in ice age rhythms 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z They coexisted, probably in relatively small populations scattered across the vast Eurasian landmass, until both became extinct some 30,000 to 40,000 years ago. When a Neandertal Fell for a Denisovan, What Happened Was Only Human 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z "If you compare Australia to other similar countries, we are concentrated along the east coast. We're not maximising all of the landmass," she told the BBC. Australia population to hit 25 million 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z “It is going to drastically change the entire landmass.” Sri Lanka's 'new Dubai': will Chinese-built city suck the life out of Colombo? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Isis once controlled nearly half of Syria’s landmass at the zenith of its power in 2015. Sweida province: Isis knocked on doors then slaughtered families 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas, covering just 3 percent of the overall landmass. Our real immigration problem is that we don’t have enough immigrants 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z The Faroe Islands, a mountainous archipelago two hundred miles north of Scotland, has a landmass of only five hundred and forty square miles, and is sparsely populated with fifty thousand people and seventy thousand sheep. Koks, the World’s Most Remote Foodie Destination 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The effect was significant over land, with cyclones affecting regions along the western North Pacific slowing by 30% and by about 20% over Australia and landmasses in or near the North Atlantic. Hurricanes slow their roll around the world 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z O.K., surely that hulking landmass to the right must be Harris? A Veritable No Man’s Land, Off the Coast of Scotland 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Wedged in between the continental landmasses of south-east Asia and Australia lies the vast island realm of Wallacea. Wallace’s enigma: how the island of Sulawesi continues to captivate biologists 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Leaving on such a big journey, the size of the task ahead was hard to fathom as I alighted from the ferry in Calais, the entirety of the Eurasian landmass ahead of me. Warmshowers: why free hospitality for bike tourists is a priceless experience | Joshua Cunningham 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z The researchers also found that visible light was being absorbed by Earth’s landmasses, a clear sign of photosynthesis. Asteroid-bound spacecraft finds signs of life—on Earth 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The task is monumental, considering there are only 27 criminal investigators covering a population of about 300,000 on a landmass as large as West Virginia, or 27,000 square miles. 27 Navajo criminal investigators to cover 27K miles 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Regardless of the season, the temperatures are consistently below freezing, making treks to the landmass unthinkable for the faint of heart. Five New Fossil Forests Found in Antarctica 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z He also planned to slice the UK landmass in two, connecting the slivers with what he describes as “an abstract interpretation of Tower Bridge”. Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai's ultimate folly 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Cheddar Man was part of this wave of migrants, who walked across a landmass called Doggerland that, in those days, connected Britain to mainland Europe. Early Briton had dark skin and blue eyes 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Located 500 miles east of Christchurch, the Chatham Islands are the country’s easternmost inhabited landmass—the first place to see the sun. The Ultimate Unplugged Vacation? Try This New Zealand Island 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z “If we can do this on 5% of the landmass people are growing crops on, we can take out 50% of global human emissions,” she said. Researchers share $22m Breakthrough prize as science gets rock star treatment 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z I watch British TV and there are lots of green, open spaces in England even though they have a much smaller landmass and higher population density than the US. The Great American Single-Family Home Problem 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Deep underneath the ice in west Antarctica is a break in the continental landmass – a seaway that links the Weddell Sea to the north with the Amundsen Sea to the south. Could octopus DNA reveal the secrets of west Antarctica’s ice sheet collapse? 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The island chain accounts for less than 1 percent of Japan’s landmass but houses 64 percent of the U.S. military bases in the country. U.S. military imposes alcohol ban across Japan after fatal Okinawa crash 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z Waldseemueller decided to name the landmass after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who helped show that lands being explored by Europeans in the 15th and 16th centuries were not — as Christopher Columbus surmised — part of Asia. AP Exclusive: Oldest map to use word ‘America’ up for sale 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z At one point on Monday, some 6,000 firefighters were deployed to battle the flames, and a state of emergency was declared over almost half of Portugal's landmass. Portugal government in crisis over fires 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z The number of fires prompted Portugal to declare a state of emergency in areas north of the river Tagus - almost half its landmass. Mourning for Portugal wildfire victims 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z For most of the Cretaceous, the landmass was split in two by a sea called the Western Interior Seaway. A glimpse of when Canada's badlands were a lush dinosaur forest by the sea | Elsa Panciroli 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z The country's two most recent earthquakes occurred when the Cocos plate, which carries the Pacific Ocean floor, travelled under the North American plate, the platform for most of the Mexican landmass. Mexico quake: Where buildings collapsed 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z To this day, the Navajo Nation is the largest Indian reservation in the United States—larger by landmass than many states. Bears Ears is sacred to Native Americans. But heritage isn't all equal for Trump | Julian Brave NoiseCat 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z With just over 2 percent of the EU landmass, Portugal accounts for almost a third of burnt areas in the union this year. Wildfire-plagued Portugal declares public calamity as braces for more 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The 21 August eclipse is rare because it will be visible over a heavily populated landmass — the continental United States. Citizen scientists chase total solar eclipse 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z And health resources are widely dispersed in a county that spreads just over 70,000 people over a landmass larger than the state of Massachusetts. The Places in America Where Seniors are Most -- and Least -- Likely to Take Their Blood Pressure Meds 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z Hi colleague, Simone Maganuco, also from the Natural History Museum in Milan, said: "Its geographic position during the period when Madagascar was separating from other landmasses is strongly suggestive of an endemic lineage." Giant croc had teeth like a T. rex - BBC News 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Some were going to St Helena, the nearest landmass some 700 km to the southeast, while others included deep sea fishermen, conservationists and people arriving to see the turtles. Ascension Islanders left stranded after RAF halts flights - BBC News 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z With just over 2 percent of the EU landmass, Portugal accounts for almost a third of burnt areas in the union this year. Wildfire-plagued Portugal declares public calamity as braces for more 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z The distance is commonly accepted as constituting the territorial waters of a landmass. 'Serious military provocation': China angered by US presence in South China Sea 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z The landmass was opening up, allowing dinosaurs to travel and intermingle in ways they hadn't for millions of years. When Horned Dinosaurs Traveled East 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z At the same time, he said, it represented a further signal that the Notosuchians originated in southern Gondwana - an ancient "super-continent" made up of Madagascar, Africa, South America, Australia and other present-day landmasses. Giant croc had teeth like a T. rex - BBC News 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z More than a quarter of California’s landmass is used for agriculture. California Today: To Fight Climate Change, Heal the Ground 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z And yet, as overpopulation and decreasing landmass become a conundrum for future generations, will outer space provide an inhabitable environment? Red alert: Kofi Annan on the photos that capture our choking planet 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z No one knows exactly what landmass he reached—possibly Iceland, possibly the Faroe Islands, possibly Greenland. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The Sicilian is a landmass of dough, cheese and sauce cooked down to the consistency of tomato paste and spiked with garlic powder. Review | These two Washington spots offer pub food and pinball 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Then there's the geographical spread of the rallies, covering more than 80 cities across Russia's vast landmass. Russia protests: Why Navalny rattles Kremlin - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The next picture—a shot of the sea with a landmass in the background, taken from the window of an airplane—was received with less enthusiasm. Catherine Opie, All-American Subversive 2017-03-05T05:00:00Z Where did humans first arrive on the continent, and how did they spread across the entire landmass? How Did Aborigines Get to Australia? DNA Helps Solve a Mystery 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Say hello to Zealandia, a huge landmass almost entirely submerged in the southwest Pacific. Zealandia: Is there an eighth continent under New Zealand? - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Because that's not a huge landmass the effect was merely to nudge the mid-point a little way to the south-east, to the point where it now sits in the Bavarian village of Westerngrund. Where will the EU's real centre be after Brexit? - BBC News 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z In some sense, we have always been thinking differently about this continent-wide landmass, using ideas borrowed from Indigenous societies. The Canada experiment: is this the world's first 'postnational' country? 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Abu Dhabi accounts for eighty-six per cent of the federation’s landmass and more than ninety per cent of its oil reserves. The Gulf Art War 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z As those landmasses get slammed by the seas, Earth loses some rotational momentum. Ancient eclipses show Earth’s rotation is slowing 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This island chain accounts for less than 1 percent of Japan’s landmass but houses 74 percent of the U.S. military bases in Japan. For military-weary Okinawa, Donald Trump offers a glimmer of hope 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z For the first time in Iceland’s long political history — its Parliament was founded in 930 — a dozen parties were jostling for power over this frozen volcanic landmass. Populist Wave Likely to Lift Iceland’s Pirate Party 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z "At this time global average temperatures increased allowing sauropods to traverse landmasses at polar latitudes." Giant dinosaurs 'crossed continents' - BBC News 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Scientists don’t fully understand how much of the ancient Gondwanan landmass sauropods inhabited, partly because Australian sauropods are so rare. New Species of Dinosaur Identified in Australia 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z It is expected to move westward through the mountainous northern end of Luzon and will exit the landmass by Thursday, he said. Philippines on high alert as Super Typhoon Haima hits country 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z To put the matter in different terms: The landmass of Bangladesh is one-118th the size of Russia, but its population exceeds Russia’s by more than 25 million. The Bangladeshi Traffic Jam That Never Ends 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Congo is one of Africa’s most pivotal nations, the largest in terms of landmass south of the Sahara. Kinshasa, Congo, Is Locked Down as Protests Erupt Against Joseph Kabila 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z We do, after all, share the same landmass. Hillary Clinton Denounces the ‘Alt-Right,’ and the Alt-Right Is Thrilled 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z With a landmass a little bit larger than the continental United States, Brazil emits about 2.5% of the world’s carbon dioxide and other polluting gases, according to United Nations data. Brazil ratifies Paris agreement with pledge to sharply reduce emissions 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z The Philippine islands are often the first major landmass to be hit by storms that generate over the Pacific Ocean. Philippines on high alert as Super Typhoon Haima hits country 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z With a landmass a little bit larger than the continental United States, Brazil emits about 2.5 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide and other polluting gases, according to United Nations data. Brazil ratifies Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gases 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z With a landmass a little bit larger than the continental United States, Brazil emits about 2.5 percent of the world's carbon dioxide and other polluting gases, according to United Nations data. Brazil ratifies Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gases 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z The landmass of the western world is slowly being submerged by bad books. My best writing tip by William Boyd, Jeanette Winterson, Amit Chaudhuri and more 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests — the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, better absorb carbon and reduce the impact of natural disasters. 10 Things to Know for Today 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Moving just millimeters at a time, it took the ancient supercontinent Pangea hundreds of millions of years to break apart into today’s landmasses. Continents Split Up at the Same Speed Finger Nails Grow. And That’s Fast. 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z They concluded that Tangier had lost two-thirds of its landmass since 1850. Should the United States Save Tangier Island From Oblivion? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z The result was near perfect: The green circuit boards were successfully cut into the various shapes that make up the landmass of greater New York City. How we made New York City with a pile of e-waste 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z To Britons, Europe remains a place apart — a landmass off in the hazy distance where invasions are hatched, crises are brewing and bureaucracy is born. When voting on Brexit, emotional ties to Europe likely won’t be on Brits’ minds 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z With just a sliver of Japan’s total landmass, Okinawa is home to about half the American soldiers and sailors stationed in Japan. At Okinawa Protest, Thousands Call for Removal of U.S. Bases 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z About six million people—half of Mumbai’s population—are jammed into a mere 8% of its landmass, living in makeshift settlements, some decades old, on railroad rights of way, state-owned land and some private property. ‘High-Rises’ Take Over a Mumbai Slum 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Russian media recently announced that Russia's "Satan II" missile could destroy a landmass the size of Texas or France. Never Forget the Horror of Nuclear War 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z We’ve lost the equivalent of Delaware’s entire landmass over the past century, and the familiar outline of the state is being eaten away. My family fell victim to a warming world. Now we need to build for this new reality | Vicki Arroyo 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z "Typically, more than 99% of the landmass we analyse does not contain any human-made structure, and it therefore poses a challenge for the machine learning algorithms to learn from such an unbalanced data set." MWC 2016: Facebook uses AI to map people's homes - BBC News 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Huge landmasses splintered and glided about on deep tectonic plates. Here's a Profound Contradiction of Human Existence 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z It's now an unpopulated nature reserve, popular with green toads, and its completion increased the landmass of Denmark by 1.3 million square metres. The real story of the Bridge - BBC News 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z That's still a month or more away, depending on your location, because oceans and landmasses are slow to lose the heat energy they absorbed during the warmer months. Everything You Need to Know About the Winter Solstice 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Southern Chile is the first landmass the Roaring Forties hits after racing unimpeded across thousands of miles of the Southern Pacific Ocean. Insiders Recount Efforts to Save North Face Founder 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z A new report by the US army corps of engineers, published in Nature, shows that just 33% of Tangier Island’s landmass in 1850 now remains. Climate change could leave Chesapeake Bay island uninhabitable in 50 years 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z In western Iraq and eastern Syria, a landmass the size of Great Britain, it holds the monopoly on violence and exercises authority over citizens—to a higher degree than many members of the United Nations. Response Against Islamic State Hinges on Whether to Treat It as a State 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z The Caucasus region is located at a crossroads of the Eurasian landmass, with nearby migration routes heading both west and east. Genetic sleuthing helps sort out ancestry of modern Europeans 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The other six are destined for the Northern Fleet, where Russia seeks to control a new shipping passage opening north of its landmass as Arctic ice melts. Russia's grand plan to modernize navy is tripped up by economy 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Sea level fell substantially, wiping out much of the shallow-water habitat surrounding major landmasses. Ancient mass extinction may have shrunk Earth’s creatures 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Mining has left much of Nauru’s tiny landmass hollowed out and unusable, and its people have been left unwell – they suffer extreme levels of diabetes, heart disease and obesity. This is Abyan's story, and it is Australia's story 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z The mountainous region is seismically active, with earthquakes the result of the Indian subcontinent driving into and under the Eurasian landmass. At Least 100 Dead After Strong Quake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z This is a result of the Indian subcontinent driving into and under the Eurasian landmass. Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by earthquake – as it happened 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The mountainous region is seismically active, with earthquakes being caused by the Indian subcontinent driving into and under the Eurasian landmass. Strong earthquake in Afghanistan kills more than 150 people 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z From the tip of Patagonia to the Antarctic landmass, Antarctica’s waters swirl west to east, but the current is also vertical. Warming Oceans May Threaten Krill, a Cornerstone of the Antarctic Ecosystem 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The scale of the sanctuary will dwarf any previous New Zealand protected area, spanning twice the size of the country’s landmass. New Zealand's new ocean sanctuary will be one of world's largest protected areas 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Over the past several years, I and colleagues have aimed to improve our knowledge of the Late Cretaceous fauna of the Haţeg Island, a landmass that corresponds to modern-day Romania. Late Cretaceous Animals of Romania's Haţeg Island, A More Complex View 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z This is a result of the Indian subcontinent driving into and under the Eurasian landmass. Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by earthquake – as it happened 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z China, however, now lays claim to more than 3,000 acres of landmass across the region and is seen by several of its neighbors as the biggest threat to stability. U.S. to Press China on Island Expansions 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Victoria acceded to the throne in 1837 and oversaw the British Empire during its peak — at one point ruling over one-quarter of the world’s landmass. Tale of two queens: How does Elizabeth II stack up to Victoria? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Others may find their paths blocked by landmasses or shallow seas. Warming Oceans Putting Marine Life ‘In a Blender’ 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Already the regime holds barely a third of Syria's landmass, though it is the most "useful" bits containing most of the big cities, the coast and more than half the population. Chastened Assad faces up to reality - BBC News 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z They are focusing on the huge potential opportunities of their "One Belt One Road" vision, which will connect the Eurasian landmass via major new transport infrastructure - to the exclusion of the US. What next for the EU? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Today, this means that First Nations hold unextinguished legal claims to a landmass larger than Texas. Canada wants First Nation people to sell land for cheap and give up their rights | Julian Brave NoiseCat 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Collectively the crises threatened to destabilize the Eurasian landmass, the Eastern Hemisphere, and potentially generate a global crisis. The Turkish Enigma 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z “The MoD owns 1% of the landmass of this country. Is that really necessary?” George Osborne Set to Take U.K. Austerity Battle onto Golf Course 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He wonders how long they will survive the wind-driven waves, some as high as 30 feet, that develop far out at sea and then roll in with no landmass to stop them. What happens to a coral reef when an island is built on top? 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Syria Isis now controls roughly half of Syria’s landmass and the city of Raqqa is the capital of its self-proclaimed caliphate. From Syria to Bosnia: Isis and its affiliates around the world 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The coast of the West Antarctic landmass is one of the most desolate places on the planet. Found: Life under Antarctica's Ice 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Yet the “heartland” of this vast landmass, a “pivot area” stretching from the Persian Gulf to China’s Yangtze River, remained nothing less than the Archimedean fulcrum for future world power. American imperialists are deluding themselves: Henry Kissinger, George W. Bush and the end of U.S. hegemony 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z The country’s survival as a landmass is a triumph of nature-niggle. Matthew Dellavedova isn't dirty, America: he's just Australian 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The group is now thought to control more than 50% of Syria’s landmass. Pentagon admits two children probably killed in US-led air strike in Syria 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Recent satellite images also show reclamation work on Subi Reef creating landmasses that, if joined together, could make space for a similar sized airstrip. U.S., China set for high-stakes rivalry in skies above South China Sea 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Reports indicated that if the two landmasses were joined together there could be enough room for a 3,110-meter runway, which is long enough for military transport planes and fighter-jets. China building runway on manmade South China Sea island 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z They lived at a time when the supercontinent Pangea had not yet fully broken apart, so that animals could disperse relatively easily across landmasses. Rise of the Tyrannosaurs 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z South America became an isolated landmass when it separated from Africa. Continental contact: the Americas may have fused earlier than thought 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z “China has now created over four square kilometers of artificial landmass,” he said. A ‘Great Wall of sand’ in the South China Sea 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Harris said that China has created 1.5 square miles of artificial landmass in recent months. U.S. Navy alarmed at Beijing’s ‘Great Wall of sand’ in South China Sea 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Although 86% of the world’s landmasses remain in relative darkness at night, darkness declined slightly in all regions over the study period. Protected areas not safe from light pollution 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z “The city center is doing well; however, the city center comprises only 1 percent of the city landmass. Thus the question: What about the rest of the 99 percent of the neighborhoods?” Race for Chicago mayor splitting Democrats apart over economic issues 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z With names like Rodinia, Gondwana and Pangaea, scientists believe they were significant landmasses in Earth’s history and were periodically joined together through the movement of plates. Antarctica: Mystery continent holds key to mankind’s future 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z In Russia — a country that constitutes one-seventh of the world’s landmass, spans eight time zones and has a population of 143 million — television unites the nation. The new Russian roulette 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The politics of passing the largest trade agreement ever—further tying the economies of 12 countries nested on the Pacific Ocean, an area larger than the Earth’s landmass—is complex, to say the least. Why Republicans Want to Give President Obama More Power 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The Java Sea is so shallow it isn’t really ocean at all, from a geological perspective, but merely part of the continental landmass. This Is Why It's So Hard to Find AirAsia QZ 8510 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It will represent geopolitics with a human touch, knitting together small traders and huge markets across a vast landmass. Go West, young Han: How China and the new Silk Road threaten American imperialism 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The rising sea level, driven by climate change, is projected to wipe out 17 percent of its landmass by 2050 and displace 18 million people. Fixing the Crowded Earth The last time New Zealand was within swimming distance of another large landmass was not long after it broke free from Australia, eighty million years ago. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z More than 110 of these islands are uninhabited and Monuriki – now casually called Castaway — the mini landmass of movie fame, is one of them. TRAVEL FIJI: Comfortably marooned on Tom Hanks’ ‘Castaway’ island in Fiji 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Before the Second World War, France, with its raft of African and Asian colonies, governed nearly ten per cent of the planet’s landmass. The French Obsession With National Suicide 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z It’s roughly one-sixth the size of Earth, but given its lack of oceans, it nearly matches us in landmass. A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z This, they claim, suggests that a "meta-population" of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers managed to survive the Ice Age and colonise the landmass of Europe for more than 30,000 years. First Europeans 'weathered Ice Age' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Two hundred million years ago, all of the world’s landmasses were squished together into a single giant supercontinent, Pangaea. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Despite the size of its economy and landmass, Brazil is still a country facing inequality and a poverty level that affects its society as a whole. The Educational Revolution in Brazil 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The physical distance between landmasses is no longer important. Lizard Stowaways Revise Principle of Ecology 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Now, nearly two years later, many things have changed, including the expansion of the Islamic State to include large areas of eastern Syria and western Iraq, a landmass bigger than Britain and many other nations. ISIS Releases New Video of Captured British Journalist John Cantlie A landmass bigger than Britain and many other nations. Isis video shows UK hostage delivering propaganda message 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z “New Zealand was the last large landmass on earth to be colonized,” he told me one day, as we zipped along through the midsection of the North Island. New Zealand’s Crusade Against Mammals | The New Yorker 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z Controlling such a landmass requires massive manpower and materiel—something that IS, even with its growing ranks and current, deep pockets—will find it difficult to amass and sustain. Putting The Islamic State In Proper Context 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But having already lost an empire, if the Britain of today were to lose a third of its landmass there would be considerably more introspection. Scottish independence: answers to seven less obvious questions 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z The Hawaiian archipelago is among the most isolated places on earth—it’s farther away from a major landmass than any other island chain on the planet. Why Hawaii Wants Liquefied Natural Gas From the Mainland 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Russia and Denmark also contend that the Lomonosov Ridge is an extension of their northern landmasses and that the resources belong to them. Canada on mission to map Arctic, lay claim to broader boundaries 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The strikes helped the Kurds regain territory, but ISIS presently controls a landmass larger than the entire state of Jordan. US directly providing weapons to Kurds in Iraq 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Double the landmass, perhaps by bringing in thousands of amphibious dump trucks loaded with dirt? Guantanamo Bay is a Stunningly Expensive Failure Meantime, the landmass there is built out, making it more feasible to go offshore. Offshore Wind Energy Traversing Regulatory And Financial Currents 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z There may be 7 billion people on Earth, but our planet is mostly uninhabited, full of vast empty spaces, even if you only count the landmass. A one-sided argument : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z This federal agency currently controls one-eighth of the surface landmass of the United States plus subsurface mineral rights that are almost three times as large. America's Losing Battle Against Poor Governance And The Whac-A-Mole Regulatory State 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Beginning roughly 130 million years ago, Gondwana broke up into what are now the landmasses of the Southern Hemisphere. Tiny Kiwi and Giant Elephant Bird Are Close Cousins 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Two hundred million years ago, the southern landmasses were all part of a single giant continent, known as Gondwana. A Theory on How Flightless Birds Spread Across the World: They Flew There 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The addition is three and a half times the size of the Crimean landmass, and about the size of Maine. In Taking Crimea, Putin Gains a Sea of Fuel Reserves 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z We now know, for example, that distinct communities of ancient behemoths once shared a relatively small landmass; Scott D. Sampson writes about their lives in “Dinosaurs of the Lost Continent”. The Monsters We Adore 2014-05-12T16:00:00Z Asia boasts half the planet’s landmass and two-thirds of its population, a peerless mishmash of boundless energy and cultures. The 2014 TIME 100: Asia On the Rise 2014-04-24T12:37:10Z In short, it seemed as if Africa was a construction backwater, a sleepy place, a vast landmass on which little of interest was happening. The next generation of shadow wars: America’s military-industrial complex is evolving 2014-04-14T13:01:00Z Archaeologists once considered Beringia, a now partly submerged landmass that once stretched from Siberia to northern... U.K. Government Proposes Rules to Allow ‘Three-Parent Embryos’ 2014-02-27T06:15:00Z During the Cold War the Scottish landmass was absolutely fundamental to our strategy. Should the English have a say on Scottish independence? 2014-02-23T01:33:52Z A powerful typhoon in 1905 killed all but two inhabitants of the Nadikdik Atoll - part of the Marshall Islands - and washed away most of the islands' landmass. Islands 'grow back' after typhoon 2014-02-20T12:37:31Z One of the planet's youngest landmasses, emerging less than 20 million years ago from submarine eruptions in the Mid-Atlantic ridge, Iceland is still a country in the making. Adventures in Europe's Wild West: Diving, Trekking and Driving in Iceland 2014-01-16T23:34:57Z It’s not alone in such a conspicuous arrangement: China, which rivals the United States in landmass, operates entirely on Beijing time. Time for Confusion 2014-01-07T05:20:23Z Between 1862 and 1938, 10 percent of the landmass of the United States–nearly the area of Texas and California combined–was claimed and settled by 1.6 million homesteads under the different Homestead Acts. Can Employee-Owned Companies Reboot the Economy? 2013-11-19T12:51:14Z Across the Eurasian landmass, freedom and democracy had retreated before authoritarianism, then thought to be the coming force. Keep Free and Carry On 2013-11-16T04:17:50Z Paleontologists believe the dinosaur lived 80 million years ago in the late Cretaceous period on a landmass in the flooded central part of North America. New dinosaur was T. rex’s ‘great uncle’ 2013-11-08T00:41:31Z The links between the blazes and climate change caused by carbon emissions are complex and as the driest inhabited landmass on earth, deadly wildfires have been a perennial problem for Australia. Australian wildfires put heat on climate change skeptic Abbott 2013-10-21T07:49:54Z But that accounts for just 3 percent of the city’s landmass. Next Step To A Techonomic Detroit? The Wrecking Ball 2013-09-25T20:49:00Z The northern state of Punjab, which produces nearly a fifth of the nation’s wheat and inhabits merely 1.5 percent of India’s landmass, accounts for 17 percent of the country’s pesticide use. India Ink: Bihar School Deaths Highlight India’s Struggle With Pesticides 2013-07-30T07:00:57Z They’re on islands spread over a surface area equivalent to India, but if you were to collapse the islands into a single landmass, it would be the size of New Delhi.” Pacific Islands Struggle With Poor Internet 2013-07-04T04:20:24Z Victoria Falls was formed from intense volcanic activity in an ancient landmass called Gondwanaland, almost 200 million years ago. VIDEO: Jumping into Victoria Falls 2013-06-07T07:49:22Z As the two landmasses converged, the rocks at their margins were pushed together like an accordion, forcing mountains upwards. How ancient collision shaped New York skyline 2013-06-07T01:26:25Z Ventura said the fragments of granite retrieved from the Rio Grande Elevantion are more direct evidence of a possible continental landmass. Atlantis Discovered? 2013-05-10T08:45:00Z The ice that melts off the Greenland landmass is a key contributor to rising sea levels. Exclusive: Timelapse Satellite Videos Show Decades of Drastic Changes on Earth 2013-05-09T12:35:26Z First, a little context: Russia is the largest country in the world with a landmass of over 17 million square miles. BRICS Creativity: Spotlight Russia 2013-05-06T19:49:10Z This process uses up almost half of the solar energy absorbed by our landmasses and represents a major piece of our terrestrial climate system. Plant Life Floods Earth's Atmosphere 2013-04-23T17:45:10.803Z The remains date back to a time when India and Madagascar were one landmass cut off from the rest of the world. Dinosaur 'fills fossil record gap' 2013-04-18T23:17:04Z Pipelines do the trick when you traverse a landmass. First Mover: How Cheniere Energy Is Leading America's LNG Revolution 2013-04-17T12:00:00Z Canada’s boreal forest, which remains largely untouched, rings the northern hemisphere, covering more than 60% of the country’s landmass. Forestry Labeling War Turns Ugly As Greenpeace Bungles Logging Industry Attack 2013-04-09T13:44:46Z Africa could fit the landmasses of India, China, the US, Europe and Japan within its borders. How social entrepreneurs are inspiring change across Africa 2013-02-15T13:29:42Z Mushing in Alaska originated with Native American settlers and pioneers who traversed the chilly landmass using dog sleds out of necessity. Warm Weather Forces Changes Ahead of Iditarod Race 2013-02-05T17:25:34Z Its Malagasy name refers to its carnivorous diet and isolation on a landmass in the middle of the ocean. Dinosaur 'fills fossil record gap' 2013-04-18T23:17:04Z Unimpeded by landmass, the strong underwater currents and winds of the last leg make the clipper route the fastest round-the-world sailing route—as well as the most dangerous. When You're Stuck in Antarctic, Who You Gonna Call? 2013-01-29T04:20:24Z "With Scottish waters covering an area around five-times bigger than our landmass, it's a huge challenge to try and understand more about our diverse and precious sea life," he said. 'Huge' flame shell bed discovered 2012-12-27T00:37:47Z Glassblowing artist Josh Simpson creates imaginary planets that have landmasses, oceans, mountain ranges, volcanoes, even clouds. Where in the World Are Josh Simpson s Planets? 2012-12-26T19:15:03.520Z She was particularly drawn to the curious way that Westerners drew maps distorting the landmass of their own homes. The Strange Joints of Google Maps Show the World's Changing Seasons 2012-12-18T16:45:21.197Z The town lost about 25 percent of its landmass during Sandy, one official estimated, exposing the challenge of defending thin strips of sandy land that are heavily developed. Superstorm Sandy Settles Long-standing Argument Over the Value of Dunes 2012-12-11T16:15:00.780Z Permafrost occurs on a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere landmass—from Alaska to Canada and across Siberia—but researchers have taken far too few readings to feel very confident about the risk. Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Thought 2012-12-07T16:52:00Z Although islands make up only 5 percent of the world's landmass, they host 20 percent of the world's unique plant and animal species. Canada Declares War on Rats 2012-11-08T18:45:00.293Z Its population of fewer than 12,000 people inhabits a landmass of 26 square kilometers, or 10 square miles, about a third the size of Manhattan. Tuvalu: A Pacific Landscape Befouled 2012-10-16T16:46:00Z Wallace proposed the animals came from two ancient, larger landmasses, a Super Asia and a Super Australia, which had long since sunk beneath the waves. Recognition at last for Alfred Russel Wallace, who lived in Darwin's shadow 2012-09-26T23:01:02Z The crescent-shaped Indo-Australian tectonic plate is named, aptly enough, after the two largest landmasses it hosts—the Indian subcontinent at its northwestern tip, and Australia in its eastern reaches. Indian Ocean Quakes Part of Slo-Mo Seafloor Breakup 2012-09-26T19:41:29Z Today, only 38 million people live in Siberia—2 million fewer than 20 years ago, according to Russia’s Institute of Demography—even though the region constitutes up to 77 percent of the nation’s landmass. Shrinking Siberia 2012-09-17T05:00:00Z Their descendents are still found scattered about these landmasses — and generally only on these landmasses — to this day. Proteas: The Most Beautiful and Abundant Flowers You've Probably Never Heard Of 2012-07-04T19:15:00.240Z Broadly defined, the Southwest includes eight states and nearly a quarter of the landmass of the United States – that’s a lot of land, inhabited by a lot of losers. Dot Earth Blog: Book Report: 'A Great Aridness' 2012-06-07T15:29:03Z Highlights include “severe drought over 40% of the Earth’s habited landmass by century’s end” and more than a meter of sea-level rise. The U.S. cut its carbon emissions in 2011 — but got swamped by China 2012-05-25T18:33:56Z And because it bridges the Eurasian and North American landmasses, the Arctic became an vitally important area for submarine operations in aid of strategic defence during the Cold War. Sub data to aid climate science 2012-02-23T07:55:31Z The ecosystem is Lake Vostok, an enormous freshwater lake more than two miles beneath the ice-covered surface of the Antarctica landmass. Editorial: Ice-Fishing in the Deepest Depths 2012-02-11T03:23:02Z That's the conclusion of a new analysis of the movements of these giant landmasses. Meet 'Amasia,' the Next Supercontinent 2012-02-08T20:33:41Z "Northern Eurasia is the largest snow-covered landmass in the world each winter," she notes. Global Warming May Trigger Winter Cooling 2012-01-13T00:01:00Z In the Southeast, the map shows a great landmass with some Portuguese place names on it separated from Java by a narrow channel. The White Elephant of Rucheni 2011-11-22T18:45:02.247Z For decades scientists thought the first Americans were Asian big-game hunters who tracked mammoths and other large prey eastward across a now submerged landmass known as Beringia that joined northern Asia to Alaska. Americans: Mounting Evidence Prompts researchers to Reconsider the Peopling of the New World (preview) 2011-10-18T14:45:01.017Z The atmosphere over landmasses such as the Indian subcontinent also heats up more quickly than it does over water. Aerosols Altered Asian monsoons 2011-09-29T19:00:00Z According to this model, the next supercontinent—a sprawling landmass dubbed Amasia, which in its earliest stages will merge Asia with the Americas—will stretch across much of the Northern Hemisphere, the researchers suggest. Meet 'Amasia,' the Next Supercontinent 2012-02-08T20:33:41Z If you imagine the Canadian landmass to look like a maple leaf, that is. Winnipeg Jets new sweaters channel aviation, Canada 2011-09-06T19:18:47Z Some 250 million years ago, the Earth contained a single landmass known as Pangaea. The Real Story of Globalization 2011-08-05T23:59:24Z There is evidence of other land surfaces higher up in the sediment column, though none seems quite as extensive as the landmass that rose from the Atlantic 56 million years ago. Lost landscape found off Scotland 2011-07-14T12:33:29Z We want to know what these cave-adapted species are related to — is their closest relative a sighted and pigmented species found nearby or on a distant landmass separated from Madagascar for nearly 100 million years? Scientist at Work: The Cave Fishes of Madagascar 2011-06-13T14:12:23Z More than 70 percent of the globe falls into this "dark" category by landmass, where man-made light goes largely undetected by satellites. Do Bright Lights Mean a Big (Economically) City? 2011-05-16T20:45:00.250Z Ordinarily, such a campaign would probably be impossible, such is the size of the landmass and the number of rats present. 'Success' in island rat campaign 2011-05-04T23:39:34Z The scope of such an undertaking is huge: the U.S. controls 4.4 million square miles of seascape, making the country’s underwater real estate 25 percent larger than its landmass. World Changing Ideas: 20 Ways to Build a Cleaner, Healthier, Smarter World (preview) 2011-05-01T14:15:51.830Z But the African landmass is too light to follow suit and descend. Europe's future lies under Africa 2011-04-11T09:32:55Z This means waves will reach out across the Pacific, towards the Philippines, Hawaii and perhaps even to be recorded on the North and South American landmass. Extraordinary earthquake 2011-03-11T09:00:34Z Canada, that sprawling landmass bordering America's northern rim, presents a unique blend of allure and mystery for U.S. businesses. How to Sell Your Product in Canada 2011-01-19T19:00:00Z Although Japan is known for its big cities, about 70 percent of its landmass is mountainous forest, raising the specter of China’s gaining control of the cherished hinterlands. Chinese Developers Tap Into Japanese Insecurity 2010-09-29T17:18:00Z Canada and other countries are also busy mapping the Arctic sea bed to show how far their continental landmasses extend underwater past their coastlines. Canada Burnishes Role as Arctic Power 2010-08-31T02:29:00Z August 15, 2010, 9:33 am Surreal Glories of a Salt Flat The Lake Eyre basin stretches across 750,000 square miles of inland Australia, draining nearly a quarter of the continent’s landmass. Surreal Glories of a Salt Flat 2010-08-15T14:16:00Z It isn’t a performing-arts center with a certain number of seats and stages; it’s a landmass. Governors Island: A Critics' Roundtable 2010-08-13T15:37:00Z The crocodiles lived in Gondwana, a landmass that included present-day Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America. Observatory: Ancient Crocodile Was No Bigger Than a House Cat 2010-08-09T22:57:00Z Xinjiang is China's largest region, making up one-sixth of its landmass, and Tibet is the second-largest, twice the size of Texas and accounting for one-eighth the area of the country. China's push to develop its west hasn't closed income gap with east, critics say 2010-06-29T04:00:00Z But this giant landmass is dominated by vast, inhospitable deserts that push all but the hardiest residents to the coastal fringes. Housing Shortage Makes Australia Ask if It Is Full 2010-05-04T03:59:00Z Notes: The estimate that forests cover 30 percent of the planet’s landmasses comes from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005 Forestry Report. Tree-mendous 2010-04-06T22:15:00Z “On size and area: patterns of mammalian body size extremes across landmasses.” Divide and Diminish 2010-03-16T23:00:00Z It is the 98th airport in a country with a landmass smaller than California’s. Novel Idea for Japan: Airport for Budget Travel 2010-03-10T15:30:00Z Today, the grass family contains more than 10,000 species — that’s more species of grass than species of bird — and grasslands cover about a third of the planet’s landmasses. Evolution by the Grassroots 2010-03-03T16:44:00Z The company, which controlled much of the landmass that is now Western and Northern Canada, owed much of its early fortune to the trade in beaver pelts. 2010-01-25T05:43:00Z Formation of the Balkan landmasses involved a number of earth crust foldings and volcanic actions that either dammed rivers or forced them into new courses. Area Handbook for Bulgaria Then, the glaciers retreated, sea levels rose, and what had been one large landmass became an archipelago of separate islands. Divide and Diminish 2010-03-16T23:00:00Z But in the final few pages were computations—a trial orbit to Venus, several columns of blastoff figures, statistics on geographical distribution of the Venusian landmasses. Starman's Quest The actual seams of coal themselves will not yield much information, from which it will be possible to judge of the contour of the landmasses at this ancient period. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes Across the ocean from the island there was another landmass, whose far edges were not in sight. The Revolutions of Time |
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