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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers are using DNA to help uncover what happened to the original Otomi inhabitants of the capital of a pre-Aztec Mexican state. Jaime Mata-Míguez, an anthropology graduate student and lead author of the study, and colleagues used ancient DNA sampling (aDNA) to track the biological whereabouts of the Otomi people following the establishment of the Xaltocan into the Aztec empire. The team believes that some original Otomies...
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arup, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm with a reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable designs, announced today that it has hired Janine Witko as Arup's Water Business Leader in the Americas region, to be located in the New York City office. Under Janine's leadership, Arup will refocus its strategic efforts on building its water business in the Americas. Arup's commitment towards climate change adaptation is...
Washington University in St. Louis Nominated early this year for recognition on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which includes such famous cultural sites as the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu and Stonehenge, the earthen works at Poverty Point, La., have been described as one of the world’s greatest feats of construction by an archaic civilization of hunters and gatherers. Now, new research in the current issue of the journal Geoarchaeology, offers compelling evidence that one of the massive...
CHICAGO, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelers in pursuit of a luxurious tropical getaway are veering off the beaten path to stay at a new private island eco-resort in Panama's Chiriqui Gulf, The Resort at Isla Palenque, opening February 14. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/PH51584-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130131/PH51584-INFO-b ) The Panama resort on 400-acre Isla Palenque combines sustainability initiatives with high-end amenities and...
BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Colombia Resources, Inc. (OTCQB: NEWC) ("NEWC" or the "Company") announced today its plans of a Public Private Partnership with the Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI) of Colombia to build a railroad that will move its high quality metallurgical coal from central Colombia to export terminals on the northern coast. The Company is in talks with consultants to develop a pre-feasibility study to submit to the ANI. Once the...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers are contradicting one hypothesis that comet explosions may have ended the 9,000-year-old Clovis culture. The Clovis comet hypothesis was first reported in 2007, claiming a comet initiated the Younger Dryas cold period nearly 13,000 years ago. This period, also known as the Big Freeze, was a brief period of cold climatic conditions and drought, causing the collapse of the North American ice sheets. According to the...
Resolution 3545 prevented over 2700 km2 of forest from being cleared between 2008 and 2011 RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A rural credit law in the Brazilian Amazon Biome is helping reduce deforestation according to a new study by Climate Policy Initiative, Does Credit Affect Deforestation? Evidence from a Rural Credit Policy in the Brazilian Amazon. In 2008, Brazil introduced Resolution 3,545. The law hinged credit, which is an important source of...
NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets are officially on sale online for, "The Reality of FASHION The Reality of AIDS", (http://www.realityontherunway.com), taking place on Saturday, February 9th 2013 NYC. Reality stars will walk the runway to raise money for AIDS. Tickets are required with prices at $200 for standing room and $300 for priority seating. A portion of all proceeds from the evening will be donated to benefit the RFRA AIDS charity of choice for 2013. The...
PANAMA CITY, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Copa Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., {NYSE: CPA} today announced its growth plan for the first half of 2013, which includes the start of new nonstop service to Boston, Massachusetts in the United States; an increase in flight frequencies to three of its main destinations; and expansion of its fleet. The growth strengthens the airline's regional leadership, offering the fastest and most efficient way to make connections throughout...
NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lend Lease, one of the world's largest property and infrastructure providers, promoted Ralph Esposito, Joe Farrell, and Jeff Riemer to regional Executive General Managers for its Americas region Project Management & Construction (PM&C) division, effective immediately, with each person reporting to Jeffrey L. Arfsten, Chief Operating Officer of the Americas region PM&C business. Mr. Esposito joined Lend Lease in 1996. He was most...
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The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean that is located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It’s bordered by Mexico and Central America towards the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and towards the south by South America. The whole area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and neighboring coasts, are together known as the Caribbean. The sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of...
North America is a continent completely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost completely within the Western Hemisphere. It’s also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It’s bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. This continent covers an area of approximately 9,540,000 sq miles, about 4.8 percent of the plants surface or about...
The Colombian Journal of Statistics (Revista Colombiana de Estadistica) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on statistics published biannually by the National University of Colombia. It was established in 1968. During its early years, the journal was published only in Spanish; since 1985, it includes English-published papers as well. The journal halted publication in 1969, being re-launched in 1979 by Luis Thorin. The journal covers research on statistics, including applications,...
The Amazon Rainforest (known as Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia in Portuguese, and Selva Amazónica or Amazonia in Spanish), also known as Amazonia, or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers almost all of the Amazon Basin in South America. The basin consists of 1.7 billion acres, of which 1.4 billion acres is rainforest. This rainforest covers nine nations (Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana). Brazil contains...
Commonly known as Cane Bluestem, Bothriochloa barbinodis is a grass species native to the Americas. It is indigenous to the southern United States as well as South and Central America and Mexico. Booming perennially, the species grows in tufts from 2 to 4 feet in height. The stems are similar in color to wheat and have intermittent nodules adorned with wispy hairs. The leaves are 8 to 11 inches in length and range in color from a bluish green to a rusty yellow depending on the dryness of...
