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«Firstly, we are following a non-destructive strategy to mass propagate individuals from a variety of genotypes to allow for potential repopulation of dwindling populations in the Duthie Reserve and elsewhere,» Dr Hills explains.

The chronology also pinpoints the timing of the Neanderthals» disappearance, and suggests they may have survived in dwindling populations in pockets of Europe before they became extinct.»

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In 2010, the census revealed that Detroit's population had dwindled to just 713,000 people, from a high of two million — fewer than in the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factorieIn 2010, the census revealed that Detroit's population had dwindled to just 713,000 people, from a high of two million — fewer than in the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factoriein the years before Henry Ford's Model Ts began rolling out of the factories.

Given its multi-year recession, high unemployment, dwindling population, high energy costs (the list goes on), it seems clear to us that Puerto Rico is in no position to grow itself out of debt any time soon.

If Christianity doesn't keep up with other avenues of entertainment, it will suffer in population, which means dwindling revenues, which means fewer goals will be achieved, which means it is a continuing cycle, a business.

The Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that lion populations have declined by 43 percent in the last 20 years due to habitat loss, dwindling prey populations and humans.

Even in the Holy Land, where Christians have been caught in the crossfire of the Israeli - Palestinian dispute, their numbers have dwindled from 20 percent of the population (in 1945) to a mere 2 percent today.

As a city, Rome dwindled in population.

WRAP CEO Liz Goodwin, who is also a 12.3 Champion added: «In a world of dwindling resources and population increases, future generations are set to face challenges in supplying demanIn a world of dwindling resources and population increases, future generations are set to face challenges in supplying demanin supplying demand.

In Riley's first book, Riley and his family travel to the exotic and lush Terai Arc region of India and Nepal, where there is much concern over the dwindling Bengal Tiger population and habitat.

Women's participation in politics in Ghana continues to dwindle though they represent 52 percent of the national population.

Thanks to growing population and dwindling supplies, fossil fuel production per capita may peak by mid-century — ending the two centuries of unlimited growth in energy production that is at the root of modern civilization, consultant Richard Nehring writes in the journal.

With populations dwindling elsewhere, that may not happen in the future.

When the population had dwindled from 296 individuals to fewer than 10, parasitologist Peter Daszak of Kingston University in Kingston - upon - Thames, England, and veterinary pathologist Andrew Cunningham of the Institute in Zoology in London set out to find out why.

Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide belched out by cars and power plants soar, while amphibian populations plummet and glaciers dwindle like an ice cube in your palm.

Fish populations in U.S. waters have been dwindling for decades, posing a severe threat to the $ 20 billion fishing industry.

According to the popular logic, the wolves preyed on elk, keeping the grazers» populations in check, which allowed dwindling aspen populations, and the beavers that fed on them, to rebound.

Far more must be done to use our existing water more efficiently, but with the world's population escalating and the water supply dwindling, the economic tide may soon turn in favor of desalination.

Alaskan Native communities that subsist on fish and shellfish in the region only saw some of the dwindled sea life populations regain their pre-spill levels by 2003.

Many see no need: The continent's population is expected to peak in just 25 years, and dwindle after that.

In response, the USFWS, the National Park Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have drafted a landmark Florida Panther Response Plan, which guides game managers and law enforcement officials in handling such interactions in ways that ensure public safety while recognizing the need to preserve dwindling Florida Panther populationIn response, the USFWS, the National Park Service and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission have drafted a landmark Florida Panther Response Plan, which guides game managers and law enforcement officials in handling such interactions in ways that ensure public safety while recognizing the need to preserve dwindling Florida Panther populationin handling such interactions in ways that ensure public safety while recognizing the need to preserve dwindling Florida Panther populationin ways that ensure public safety while recognizing the need to preserve dwindling Florida Panther populations.

Already - dwindling primate populations will see mass extinctions in the next 25 to 50 years if current manmade pressures are not addressed, according to experts on primate conservation writing in the 18 January issue of the journal Science Advances.

In the American West, a burgeoning population created a double - whammy of surging power demands and dwindling freshwater supplies.

The study also finds that half of unfenced populations of lions are likely to dwindle in the next few decades.

Dwindling populations created a «mutational meltdown» in the genomes of the last wooly mammoths, which had survived on an isolated island until a few thousand years ago.

«On a planet with a population growing at exponential rates and resources dwindling, we're almost in a state of emergency on a timeline measured in decades,» Trent said.

In the new study, Taylor examines how breeding forest fragmentation relates to the shape and strength of density - dependence or how dwindling resources limit bird population.

Each nearly extinct wallaby or bandicoot has great value, but the more successful the company is in building up their populations, the more the value of each individual dwindles.

But sage grouse «leks,» or mating grounds, are becoming less and less lively as habitat dwindles and numbers decline — especially in the Mono Basin area, where an isolated, genetically distinct population is holding on by a thread.

That's as little as one - tenth of the intake among the world's dwindling hunter - gatherer and rural agrarian populations, whose living conditions and dietary intake presumably most closely resemble those of our common human ancestors, said Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, associate professor of microbiology and immunology and senior author of a study published Jan. 13 in Nature.

Anything in this article that says «fur» really means «faux fur» to preserve our dwindling animal population.

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The few schools that remained were in the death grip of aging parish populations, increased costs (the number of nuns in Memphis had dropped from 160 to 80), and dwindling enrollment.

With a dwindling student population and an expanding array of education options, Detroit's schools are in an all - out battle for students.

This has been an outgrowth of a general sense of shock among much of the nation's white population that their assumed normalcy and social / political status was under threat due to Mr. Obama's Presidency and demographic projections of a dwindling white population in coming decades.

Yes, there was a small but dwindling Jewish population in that city (and several others), the descendants of traders who settled in a land where they did not face discrimination.

In Steven Kelliher's secondary world only a handful of walled towns remain as the last bastions against the night, and the dwindling population of Emberfolk struggle to defend their secluded homes from the Dark Kind.

Ted Hammond, the hero of Andrew Clements» Room One is the only sixth - grader in Plattsford, Nebraska, a peaceful speck on the Great Plains, with a one - room school house and a dwindling population.

According to one figure, 20 percent of the world's population lives in or near their rapidly dwindling range.

It is thought that the 2,000 or so adults estimated to exist back in the early 1990s have dwindled to less than half than the original number due to habitat loss and severely fragmented populations.

So, NGO African Parks are in the process of relocating 500 of Liwonde's elephants, transporting them 370 km to the Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, where the local elephant population has dwindled to just 100.

The park was established in 1980, largely to protect the dwindling populations of the amazing Komodo dragons; it was also listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in recognition of its overwhelming biodiversity both above and below the waters of the magnificent Flores Sea.

While populations began to dwindle in 900 AD, the Maya persisted well into the late 16th and 17th centuries when European settlers arrived, bringing with them an onslaught of new diseases.

After this the population dwindled, with a moderate surge of reoccupation in the 12th century before declining again to a small agricultural village.

From the news that a single bluefin tuna has been sold for the highest price in the past nine years at a Tokyo fish auction to the government of Sweden allowing wolf hunting after a 45 - year ban to dwindle the population of 237 down to 210 wolves, a lot

Since 1901, when coal was discovered in the region, the amount of open space has dwindled, making way for industrial and community infrastructure to support the population employed by the mines.

In contrast CO2 emitting coccolithophorid populations and their chalk deposits dwindled.

He was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2007 for his efforts to protect dwindling wild salmon populations from over fishing.

Like the debunked claims of Parmesan that global warming is killing animals in the south, Orff highlighted dwindling moose populations on the southern end of their range, concluding, «we need to put this earth on a diet of carbs, carbon, and bring back winter.»