News tagged with rocky mountains
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Ancient Americans took cold snap in their stride
Paleoindian groups* occupied North America throughout the Younger Dryas interval, which saw a rapid return to glacial conditions approximately 11,000 years ago. Until now, it has been assumed that cooling temperatures and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 12, 2010 |
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2 more glaciers gone from Glacier National Park
(AP) -- Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Aspen's 'dandelion' habits challenge mountain evergreens
(PhysOrg.com) -- The face of high-elevation evergreen forests in Western Canada could be drastically altered as a combination of climate change, human and natural disturbances is making spruce and pine forests ...
Feb 22, 2010 |
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Wolf hunts to open, judge eyes injunction request
(AP) -- Gray wolf hunting was set to begin in the Northern Rockies, even as a federal judge eyed a request to stop the killing of the predators just four months after they were removed from the endangered species list.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Theory provides more precise estimates of large-area biodiversity
Ask biologists how many species live in a pond, a grassland, a mountain range or on the entire planet, and the answers get increasingly vague. Hence the wide range of estimates for the planet's biodiversity, ...
Jul 09, 2009 |
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Ex-Rocky staffers plan to launch online magazine
(AP) -- Some former staffers of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News say they plan to launch an online news magazine this summer.
May 14, 2009 |
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Ex-Rocky Mountain News staffers plan news Web site
(AP) -- Former Rocky Mountain News staffers plan to start an online newspaper if they can get 50,000 paying subscribers by April 23.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Mountain caribou's ancient ancestry revealed
The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study by University of Calgary researchers that is ...
Biology /
Jan 28, 2009 |
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