Sentences with phrase «near extinction for»

Rhinoceros numbers are dwindling extremely fast, especially the last two decades, resulting in near extinction for some species and the total extinction of the western black rhinoceros.

Team Bartlett then found themselves nearing extinction for the first time since their incredible 8 - run comeback in last season's Final4 Softball game, dug deep and dominated Game 2 by the score of 21 - 9.

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For many New York City office workers, an honest lunch break is a phenomenon long near extinction.

The bulls (if we may speak for the handful of them still holding their day jobs) are seemingly near extinction.

actually many pagans survived and went underground and also in places where the reaches of the catholic church did not get For example a whole other half Europe two whole continents on the other side of the ocean etc Paganism was driven into near extinction by it's brother religion that came from the same roots but it was not at all eradicated The irony find is Christians were persecuted by the Roman empire before the rule of Constantine and then during the burning times persecuted witches and pagans (aswell as non-pagans for corrupted reasons) An oximoron and hypocritical religFor example a whole other half Europe two whole continents on the other side of the ocean etc Paganism was driven into near extinction by it's brother religion that came from the same roots but it was not at all eradicated The irony find is Christians were persecuted by the Roman empire before the rule of Constantine and then during the burning times persecuted witches and pagans (aswell as non-pagans for corrupted reasons) An oximoron and hypocritical religfor corrupted reasons) An oximoron and hypocritical religion

What he opposes most stridently in this book is not religious doubt itself or attempts to understand religion as a human construct or a biological phenomenon, but rather what he sees as a very artificial and incomplete view of human nature and its purpose: the very presumption that religion can be explained away as unnecessary and that such materialistic perspectives could be definitive or anywhere near ultimately satisfactory for beings who are obviously designed to crave so much more than mere birth, death, and extinction.

Buffalo were killed off to the point of near extinction by non Native Americans whereas the N.A. lived off the populations for food, clothing, shelter, religious purposes with no damage to the herds.

According to Hardesty - Moore, this presents an opportunity for conservation through the implementation of preventive efforts to slow population decline before the species nears extinction.

To see if these deaths were linked with the KT extinction, the researchers tested for iridium, the rare metal found throughout the world near the KT boundary, thought by most to be evidence of a cosmic impact.

«This provided a slow trickle of food for organisms living near the ocean floor which enabled them to survive the mass extinction, answering one of the outstanding questions that still remained regarding this period of history.

«The near extinction of sea otters is one of the most dramatic examples of human - induced impacts to the structure and functioning of temperate nearshore marine ecosystems,» said Rebecca G. Martone, of the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University.

In most species the population grows for three years, then crashes to near - extinction in the fourth.

Says Hákon Jónsson, PhD - student at the Centre for GeoGenetics, co-leading author of the study: «The recent near extinction of the Przewalski's horse population resulted in the persistence of deleterious mutations in the population, following the same mechanism that once led to the accumulation of deleterious mutations in the genomes of domesticated horses.

A single asteroid impact near the Yucatan remains the best explanation for the massive Cretaceous - Paleogene extinction, scientists conclude in a new, deep review

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Then, consider that this creature you may have heard of for the first time 30 seconds ago comes from a group of animals not only nearing extinction, but unthinkably ancient and the survivor of several extreme climate change events.

But what about the species responsible for so many of these near - extinctions?

Investigating claims of near - term extinction for humans.

Despite its contribution to the near - extinction of India's large cats, this Rolls Royce Phantom is a relic of a bygone era of India's history — one where flamboyantly ornate palaces and generally lavish spending were the norm for a small privileged minority.

Public libraries have been teetering on the brink of extinction for years, a fact that doesn't seem likely to improve in the near future given the economic situations that lead local governments to take aim at the libraries as a primary target.

As for the rustic, bunk - beds - and - flannel aesthetic you probably enjoyed as a kid â $» thatâ $ ™ s about as near extinction as the fivefigure cottage price tag.

The resulting collapse / convergence in global interest rates & spreads, the implacable compression & decline in volatility / momentum, the restriction / regulation of banks» proprietary risk, numerous FX scandals, the replacement of human traders by algo - trading, the near extinction of FX & macro funds, all served to disrupt and suppress currency for return & dynamic hedging strategies.

In the book, Craig often refers to people who have done a great service for their breed by, say, bringing it back from near - extinction or promoting working abilities.

At one point, the breed was depleted to near extinction; they might have disappeared if not for the efforts of one Captain Graham.

We learned that the seals were hunted for their blubber in the 19th century to the point of near - extinction.

The species was once hunted for pelts, and more recently its survival has been threatened to near - extinction by predation and habitat loss.

As stated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species, the northern elephant seal has recovered from near extinction and population growth and is expected to continue over the coming decades.

Day by day, nearing the end of extinction, these people managed to create memory after memory, adventure after adventure, and as we moved on to the «reality» of things, the year 2012 for them was unarguably traveling... like it's the end of the world.

The story picks up four years after the conclusion of Resistance 2, humanity is near extinction and Joe has been vilified and discharged from the army for killing the hero Hale, and the new protagonist is doing his best to live in peace with his family and other survivors.

With the help of their trusty Astro Worker, players terraform planets, decimate local fauna and drive native animal life to near extinction in their quest for the perfect soup.

If there were a Doomsday Clock for species on the brink of extinction, the minute hand for the vaquita — a tiny porpoise restricted to waters near the Colorado River delta in the Gulf of California — would be nudging midnight.

How dare you hunt such creatures to near extinction when no one needs to eat this meet that tastes like old steak soaked in seawater for a hundred years anyway?»

Thus the unfolding fate of our species is now not only in question, but mathematically on track for certain near term total extinction if we remain on the current trajectory.

In particular, many of the plant populations predicted to persist in the near future will actually do so under local climate conditions that are already unsuitable for their long - term survival because long live spans and clonal reproduction strategies of many high mountain plants allow them to retard extinction.

It's one of the last fish stocks that hasn't been plundered to near extinction — but it might not stay that way for long.

This effectively carries off every scrap of downwelling energy up to very near the extinction altitude for 15um and well beyond the extinction altitude of water absorption bands.

As it turns out, for the DOD to continue weapons practice on the base without interruption, it'd have to do its damnedest to make sure the fluttering little butterflies make a comeback.According to biologists, checkerspot butterflies may have seen their populations plummet to near - extinction due to habitat loss, but ironically the fragile insects have found safe haven in the unlikeliest of places, forming one of their largest colonies on the firing range of the military base.

For now at least, as the first of 32 Eastern Black Rhinos are released to their homeland after their ancestors were hunted to near extinction, things are finally looking up.

Via Seattle Times, Associated Press Photos: Wikipedia Animals Buying a Headstone for Knut's Surrogate Father This Sneaky Pink Iguana Evaded Charles Darwin's Attention Ubercool «Mexican walking fish» Nearing Extinction

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Rhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild.