Question: Should greenhouse gas discharges persist unabated, permitting further planetary thermal escalation, experts unanimously concur on the inevitability of substantial Antarctic ice masses succumbing to liquefaction under rising oceanic levels.

 Implications of Unchecked Emissions: Melting Ice Caps in Antarctica

Unchecked greenhouse gas emissions threaten the stability of Antarctica’s massive ice sheets, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences globally. Scientists predict that if current trends persist without intervention, significant portions of the continent could irreversibly thaw and contribute substantially to rising sea levels. Located at Earth’s southern extremity, encompassing both the geographical South Pole and vast expanses within the Antarctic Circle, Antarctica holds critical secrets regarding past climates while serving contemporary science through ongoing studies. Its sheer size—comparable to double that of Australia—and near-total coverage under thick layers of ice make it uniquely vulnerable yet crucially informative about planetary health.

The extreme conditions characterizing Antarctica – characterized by freezing temperatures averaging around minus sixty-three degrees Celsius during winter months, low humidity akin to deserts elsewhere despite heavy snowfall accumulation annually – create unique ecosystems harboring diverse life forms adapted specifically to survive here. These range from microscopic entities thriving below seemingly barren surfaces to majestic predators like emperor penguins navigating treacherous landscapes seasonally. However, humanity's presence remains limited; fluctuating numbers ranging approximately thousand souls maintain seasonal bases dedicated solely to exploration purposes rather than permanent settlement initiatives typical elsewhere given logistical challenges involved therein coupled alongside ethical considerations stemming directly from international agreements governing territorial claims & resource exploitation rights alike!

Historically speaking too, although ancient civilizations speculated existence concerning some form "Terra Australis" ("Southern Land"), actual discovery occurred relatively recently circa early nineteenth-century thanks largely due diligence displayed amongst explorers hailing predominantly European backgrounds embarking upon perilous journeys motivated purely curiosity-driven pursuits devoid any commercial incentive whatsoever! Fast forward several decades later saw establishment initial base camps manned crewmembers originating Norway successfully completing mission objectives outlined prior departure point located half-world away thus cementing legacy forevermore etched annals history books chronicling mankind's unwavering quest knowledge regardless obstacles presented way...

Today, Antarctica operates effectively shared territory among various stakeholders committed preserving integrity pristine wilderness free external interference save peaceful endeavors aimed advancing collective understanding surrounding myriad mysteries shrouded veil obscurity eons long gone now... Amongst key stipulations outlined comprehensive legal framework established post-war era lies explicit prohibition against militarisation endeavours alongside extraction ventures targeting finite deposits lying dormant depths frozen wasteland instead encouraging collaborative investigation projects spanning multiple disciplines fostered spirit cooperation transcending borders uniting globe pursuit common goal safeguard future generations inheriting healthier planet overall! Presently upwards four-thousand researchers representing numerous nationalities actively engaged undertaking cutting-edge analyses leveraging state-of-the-art technologies uncover truths hidden plain sight centuries ago

Dingsør Dome is a small , distinct ice-covered elevation rising inland from the coast , 11 nmi south of Point Williams , in Mac . Robertson Land . It was discovered in February 1931 by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition ( 1929 -- 31 ) under Douglas Mawson , and was named by Mawson after Captain Dingsør , a Norwegian whale fishery inspector who was aboard the Kosmos ( Captain Hans Andresen ) in Antarctica that season . The Kosmos had supplied coal to Mawson 's ship , the Discovery , on December 29 , 1930 .

Rachael Robertson is an Australian author and keynote speaker . She is best known as an authority on leading in extreme environments . Robertson is a former Antarctic Expedition Leader , who lead the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition ( ANARE ) to Davis Station in 2005 . Her current work of speaking , writing and mentoring is based around the leadership lessons she learned in what she terms as `` the world 's most extreme workplace '' . She holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and has been accredited as a Certified Speaking Professional from the National Speakers Association of Australia ( NSAA ) .

Lake Hoare is a lake about 4.2 km long between Lake Chad and Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley , Victoria Land , Antarctica . Its surface area measures 1.94 km2 . The lake was named by the 8th Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition ( VUWAE ) , 1963 -- 64 , for physicist Ray A. Hoare , a member of the VUWAE that examined lakes in Taylor , Wright , and Victoria Valleys .   Lake Hoare is dammed by the tongue of Canada Glacier , otherwise it would drain into Lake Fryxell , 3 km northeast across the glacier tongue . Lake Chad , only 5 m southeast of Lake Hoare , sometimes overflows into Lake Hoare .

Deschanel Peak is the summit of an isolated , partly ice-covered mountain , 750 m high , rising from the south part of the glacier close southeast of Cape Berteaux on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . The approved name derives from `` Sommet Deschanel '' given by J.B. Charcot , leader of the French Antarctic Expedition , in January 1909 .

David Ferguson ( c. 1857 - 1936 ) was a Scottish explorer , mining engineer and prospector .   An alumnus of the University of Glasgow , he is most known for explorations in Antarctica on private geological survey expeditions for the Scottish company , Christian Salvesen between 1911 and 1915 . His notebooks indicate voyages to South Georgia Island and the South Shetland Islands between 1912 and 1915 ; the Falkland Islands , Zambesi and Bulawayo between 1901 and 1903 ; Iran ( 1891 ) ; Newfoundland ( 1894 ) ; and mining surveys in Scotland . He is credited with naming several geographic locations in the south Atlantic region and Antarctica , and Ferguson Peak on South Georgia was named in his honour .

The Krat Rocks are an area of submerged rocks with a least depth of about 1 m , lying at the west side of Davis Anchorage , 0.8 nmi south of Bluff Island , off the Vestfold Hills , Ingrid Christensen Coast , Antarctica . The reef was delineated by d' A.T. Gale , an Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions surveyor aboard the Thala Dan in 1961 , and was named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia after I. Krat , chief engineer on the Thala Dan .

The Larsemann Hills are a series of low rounded coastal hills along the southeastern shore of Prydz Bay , Antarctica extending for 9 nmi from Dålk Glacier . They were discovered in February 1935 by Captain Klarius Mikkelsen from the whaling ship Thorshavn , sent out by Norwegian whaling magnate Lars Christensen , and given this name .

The Kursk submarine disaster , the sinking of the ( Russian : Project 949A Антей ) Kursk , took place during the first major Russian naval exercise in more than ten years , in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000 , killing all 118 personnel on board . Nearby ships registered the initial explosion and a second , much larger , explosion two minutes and fifteen seconds later , which was powerful enough to register on seismographs as far away as Alaska . The Russian Navy did not realise that the sub had sunk and did not halt the exercise or initiate a search for it for more than six hours . Because the emergency rescue buoy had been intentionally disabled , it took more than 16 hours for them to locate the sunken ship .   Over four days the Russian Navy used four different diving bells and submersibles to try to attach to the escape hatch without success . The navy 's response was criticised as slow and inept . The government initially misled and manipulated the public and media about the timing of the accident , stating that communication had been established and that a rescue effort was under way , and refused help from other governments . The Russian Navy offered a variety of reasons for the sub 's sinking , including publicly blaming the accident on a collision with a NATO submarine . On the fifth day , President Vladimir Putin authorised the navy to accept British and Norwegian offers of assistance . Seven days after the submarine went down , Norwegian divers finally opened a hatch to the escape trunk in the ship 's ninth compartment , hoping to locate survivors , but found it flooded .   An official investigation after most of the wreck was raised along with analysis of pieces of debris concluded that the crew of Kursk was preparing to load a dummy 65 -- 76 `` Kit '' torpedo when a faulty weld in the casing of the practice torpedo caused high-test peroxide ( HTP ) to leak , which caused the highly volatile kerosene fuel to explode . The initial explosion destroyed the torpedo room , ignited a fire , severely damaged the control room , incapacitated or killed the control room crew , and caused the submarine to sink . The intense fire resulting from this explosion in turn triggered the detonation of between five and seven torpedo warheads after the submarine struck bottom . This second explosion was equivalent to between 2 and of TNT . It collapsed the first three compartments and all the decks , tore a large hole in the hull , destroyed compartments four and five , and killed everyone still alive who was forward of the nuclear reactor in the fifth compartment . An alternative explanation to the faulty weld offered by critics suggested that the crew was not familiar with nor trained on firing HTP torpedoes and had unknowingly followed preparation and firing instructions intended for a very different type of torpedo . Combined with poor oversight and incomplete inspections , the sailors initiated a set of events that led to the explosion .   Following salvage operations , analysts concluded that 23 sailors in the sixth through ninth compartments had survived the two explosions . They took refuge in the ninth compartment and survived more than six hours before an oxygen cartridge contacted the oily sea water , triggering an explosion and flash fire that consumed the remaining oxygen . All 118 personnel -- 111 crew members , five officers from 7th SSGN Division Headquarters , and two design engineers -- aboard Kursk died . The investigation concluded the Russian Navy was completely unprepared to respond to the disaster . The following year , a Dutch team was contracted by the Russians to raise the hull . Employing newly developed lifting technologies , they recovered all but the bow of the vessel , including the remains of 115 sailors , who were buried in Russia . More than two years after the sinking , the Russian government completed a 133-volume , top-secret investigation of the disaster . The government released a four-page summary to the public that was published in Rossiyskaya Gazeta . It revealed `` stunning breaches of discipline , shoddy , obsolete and poorly maintained equipment , '' and `` negligence , incompetence , and mismanagement . '' The report said the rescue operation was unjustifiably delayed .

Depth hoar ( also called sugar snow ) is large crystals occurring at the base of a snowpack that form when uprising water vapor deposits or desublimates onto existing snow crystals . Depth hoar crystals are large , sparkly grains with facets that can be cup-shaped and that are up to 10 mm in diameter . Depth hoar crystals bond poorly to each other , increasing the risk for avalanches .   The formation of depth hoar in Arctic or Antarctic firn can cause isotopic changes in the accumulating ice . This can influence analysis of ice cores in scientific research .

The Denton Hills are a group of rugged foothills , 24 nautical miles ( 44 km ) long southwest -- northeast and 9 nautical miles ( 17 km ) wide , to the east of the Royal Society Range on the Scott Coast , Victoria Land . The feature comprises a series of eastward-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by Howchin Glacier , Armitage Saddle , Blue Glacier , the coast , and Walcott Bay . The highest summits , Mount Kowalczyk at 1,703 m , and Goat Mountain at 1,634 m , rise from Hobbs Ridge in the northern part of the foothills . Elevations decrease southward as in Kahiwi Maihao Ridge , 1,045 m high near the center of the group and the Xanadu Hills , 820 m high at the southern end . The principal glaciers ( Hobbs , Blackwelder , Salmon , Garwood , Joyce , Rivard , Miers , Adams , Ward ) flow east but have receded , leaving several dry valleys .   The Denton Hills were discovered and roughly mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition , 1901 -- 04 , under R.F. Scott . The hills were mapped in detail by United States Antarctic Research Program and New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme personnel in the years following the International Geophysical Year , 1957 -- 58 . The hills were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( 1999 ) after Professor George H. Denton of the Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute for Quaternary Studies , University of Maine , who conducted geological research in the Transantarctic Mountains and Victoria Land ( including work in these hills ) , 1958 -- 99 , making more than 25 visits to Antarctica . Denton Glacier is also named after him .


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 Approximately 120 millennia prior to the onset of the most recent glacial epoch, Earth experienced an era characterized by naturally occurring elevated warmth; this climate was strikingly akin to that which we anticipate will manifest within the forthcoming temporal segment spanning several tens of years henceforth. This rephrased statement retains the original's complex structure while preserving meaning. It conveys the same historical context regarding prehistoric temperature conditions but uses more elaborate language for stylistic variation. The use of "millennia" instead of simply stating 'years' adds formality as does replacing 'coming decades' with a phrase denoting future time ('the forthcoming temporal segment'). Additionally, employing terms like 'manifest', 'henceforth', and 'glacial epoch' enhances sophistication without altering core content or intent behind conveying information about past climatic states compared against predictions made concerning our near-term environmental outlook. Overall, both sentences share equivalent meanings yet differ sufficiently enough aesthetically speaking so they don't appear identical upon first glance despite being closely related conceptually-speaking when discussing ancient versus contemporary climates respectively.
(Note: While I aimed at keeping sentence lengths roughly equal between pairs here - there may still exist slight discrepancies depending precisely how one measures such things!)

 Eemian Warm Period: A Prehistoric Climate Echo
Approximately 120,000 years ago, during what scientists refer to as the Eemian Interglacial stage, Earth experienced a significant warmth phase preceding the onset of the last major ice age. During this interval, average global temperatures were comparable to projections forecasted for future decades under current anthropogenic climate trends. This prehistoric era witnessed reduced ice sheet coverage across the Northern Hemisphere, particularly noticeable retreatments within Greenland’s massive ice cap regions. Despite fluctuating conditions since then – encompassing multiple glacial cycles characterized by colder climates interspersed with warmer intervals known as interstadials - humanity now faces potentially irreversible alterations reminiscent of ancient times but accelerated exponentially faster than any previous naturally occurring event documented throughout history.

In essence, while past epochs saw shifts attributed largely to volcanic eruptions, solar radiation changes, orbital variations around our sun, etc., modern-day scenarios involve predominantly man-made influences stemming directly from excessive carbon dioxide emissions linked closely back to industrial revolution-era practices continuing unabated into contemporary society without adequate mitigation strategies implemented globally speaking thus far unfortunately enough indeed alas...

(Note: I've maintained similarity regarding structure & content whilst ensuring no direct plagiarism occurs.)

This article is about the field of language planning and policy . See Constructed language for details on the creation of planned or artificial languages .   Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function , structure , or acquisition of languages or language variety within a speech community . It is often associated with government planning , but is also used by a variety of non-governmental organizations , such as grass-roots organizations , and individuals . Goals of such planning vary . Better communication through assimilation of a single dominant language can bring economic benefits to minorities but is also perceived to facilitate their political domination .   Language engineering involves the creation of natural language processing systems , whose cost and outputs are measurable and predictable , as well as establishment of language regulators , such as formal or informal agencies , committees , societies or academies as language regulators , to design or develop new structures to meet contemporary needs . It is a distinct field contrasted to natural language processing and computational linguistics . A recent trend of language engineering is the use of Semantic Web technologies for the creation , archiving , processing , and retrieval of machine processable language data .

A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state goes to war against another . The declaration is a performative speech act ( or the signing of a document ) by an authorized party of a national government , in order to create a state of war between two or more states .   The legality of who is competent to declare war varies between nations and forms of government . In many nations , that power is given to the head of state or sovereign . In other cases , something short of a full declaration of war , such as a letter of marque or a covert operation , may authorise war-like acts by privateers or mercenaries . The official international protocol for declaring war was defined in the Hague Convention ( III ) of 1907 on the Opening of Hostilities .   Since 1945 , developments in international law such as the United Nations Charter , which prohibits both the threat and the use of force in international conflicts , have made declarations of war largely obsolete in international relations . In addition to this , non-state or terrorist organizations may claim to or be described as `` declaring war '' when engaging in violent acts . These declarations may have no legal standing in themselves , but they may still act as a call to arms for supporters of these organizations .

Dictogloss is a language teaching technique that is used to teach grammatical structures , in which students form small groups and summarize a target-language text . First , the teacher prepares a text that contains examples of the grammatical form to be studied . The teacher reads the text to the students at normal speed while they take notes . Students then work in small groups to prepare a summary of their work using the correct grammatical structures , and finally each group presents their work to the rest of the class . Dictogloss activities encourage learners to focus on the form of their language while also being based in communication , and are used in task-based language teaching .   Dictogloss activities have several advantages . They integrate the four language skills of listening , reading , speaking , and writing . They also give students opportunities to talk about both content and the language itself . Furthermore , dictogloss activities are a useful way of presenting new factual information to students and encourage them to listen for key points . Finally , they give support to less confident students , as they are encouraged to participate in their groups as part of the structure of the activity .

In international relations , a rapprochement , which comes from the French word rapprocher ( `` to bring together '' ) , is a re-establishment of cordial relations , as between two countries . In the political scene of an individual country , rapprochement means the bringing together of diverse political factions as , for example , during metapolitefsi in Greece .  Other examples of its use are the mending of relations between the United States under Richard Nixon and the People 's Republic of China from 1972 onwards . Additionally , the period known as détente or ` relaxation ' between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1970s was a time of rapprochement .   Rapprochement also refers to a human developmental milestone usually occurring between 15 and 24 months . The child moves away from and then returns to the mother for reassurance ( Mahler ) .

De duodecim abusivis saeculi `` On the Twelve Abuses of the World '' is a treatise on social and political morality written by an anonymous Irish author between 630 and 700 . During the Middle Ages the work was very popular throughout Europe .

Lake Tulane in Florida is one of numerous natural lakes that occupy sinkholes , which were formed by the dissolution of Eocene limestone at depth . Lake Wales Ridge , within which Tulane Lake lies , is a linear highland that consists of unconsolidated quartz sands of the Pliocene Cypresshead Formation . These sands rest upon impermeable Miocene sediments that overlie limestone , which was dissolved by groundwater and collapsed to form Tulane Lake . It is oblong in shape , has a surface area of eighty-eight acres and has a maximum depth of seventy feet . It is surrounded by residential housing in Avon Park , Florida .   The organic-rich sediments , which underlie the bottom of Lake Tulane , provide one of the few records of ancient climates within eastern North America that extends beyond the late glacial period ( ∼ 15,000 cal years BP ) . Cores from the bottom of Lake Tulane have yielded a record of paleoclimates and paleovegetation , which date back to before 60,000 BP . The Pre-Holocene pollen record shows alternating periods of Pinus ( pine ) - dominated and Quercus-Ambrosia ( oak-ragweed ) - dominated vegetation . The periods of Pinus-dominated vegetation correlate with Heinrich events H1 to H5 . This correlation demonstrates a linkage between continental and oceanic climate events . The periods of Pinus-dominated vegetation are interpreted to represent periods of relatively high precipitation associated with relatively warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico . The periods of Quercus-Ambrosia-dominated vegetation are interpreted to represent period of arid climate associated with periods when the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic Ocean were cooled by glacial meltwaters .   Lake Tulane is used for swimming , boating and fishing . There is a public boat ramp on its west side and a public swimming beach on its south side . A person leaving a comment in the Fishing Works website rated the fishing at the lake as excellent .

Renaissance Latin is a name given to the distinctive form of Latin style developed during the European Renaissance of the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries , particularly by the Renaissance humanism movement .

See Raetians for the Alpine people of antiquity . See Raetian language for their language .  The Rhaetian is , in geochronology , the latest age of the Triassic period or in chronostratigraphy the uppermost stage of the Triassic system . It lasted from to million years ago . It was preceded by the Norian and succeeded by the Hettangian ( the lowermost stage or earliest age of the Jurassic ) .   In this age , Pangaea began to break up , though the Atlantic Ocean was not yet formed .

In rhetoric , a rhetorical device or resource of language is a technique that an author or speaker uses to convey to the listener or reader a meaning with the goal of persuading him or her towards considering a topic from a different perspective , using sentences designed to encourage or provoke a rational argument from an emotional display of a given perspective or action . Rhetorical devices can be used to evoke an emotional response in the audience , but that is not their primary purpose .

In linguistics , rhinoglottophilia refers to the connection between laryngeal ( glottal ) and nasal articulations . The term was coined by James A. Matisoff in 1975 .   There is a connection between the acoustic production of laryngeals and nasals , as can be seen from the antiformants both can produce when viewed via a spectrogram . This is because both sounds in a sense have branched resonators : in the production of nasal sound , both the oral cavity and the nasal cavity act as resonators . For laryngeals , the space below the glottis acts as a second resonator , which in turn can produce slight antiformants .   In Krim , a language without contrastive nasal vowels , vowels are nonetheless strongly nasalized after -LSB- / h / -RSB- . A similar correspondence occurs after -LSB- / h / -RSB- and -LSB- / ʔ / -RSB- in Pirahã . It is also attested in some varieties of American English , such as -LSB- -LSB- hɑ̃ːvəd -RSB- -RSB- for Harvard by the Kennedys .   Rhinoglottophilia may have occurred historically in the development of Inor , one of the Gurage languages . Inor has nasal vowels , unusual for a Gurage language , and in many cases these occur where the language etymologically had a pharyngeal or laryngeal consonant . Rhinoglottophilia has been documented elsewhere in Gurage , also . Similar processes have also been reported for Irish , Basque , North-Central Hlai and in Nyole , where Bantu * p appears as -LSB- / ŋ / -RSB- rather than as -LSB- / h / -RSB- as in other Luhya dialects .   Rhinoglottophilia may occur with any laryngeal sound , not just specifically glottal ones . For example , correspondences such as Khoekhoe xárà meerkat and Khwe xánà banded mongoose ( and similar correspondences between nasalized and unnasalized clicks ) have been explained as pharyngealization of the vowel in proto-Khoe .


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 Prior to the onset of the most recent glacial era approximately 120 millennia back, Earth experienced an interval characterized by naturally occurring elevated warmth; this climate phase exhibited thermal conditions akin to what's forecasted for our near future within the next few generations.
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 Eemian Warm Period: A Prehistoric Climate Analogue
Approximately 120,000 years ago, during what scientists refer to as the Eemian interglacial stage, Earth experienced conditions strikingly akin to projections for upcoming centuries. This prehistoric era saw elevated global temperatures comparable to forecasts made under contemporary models influenced by anthropogenic greenhouse gases. During the Eemian, sea levels were notably higher than they are now, illustrating how warmer climates affect polar ice sheets and glaciers. Despite occurring long before recorded human history, the Eemian offers valuable insights into possible ecological responses to rapid climate changes we might face soon. Ice core samples reveal fluctuations in carbon dioxide concentrations paralleling shifts in temperature, indicating strong correlations between greenhouse effects and planetary warmth even without direct human intervention. Understanding past warm periods helps contextualize predictions about future environments shaped significantly by Homo sapiens' actions since then.
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Reta Vortaro ( `` Internet Dictionary '' , often known by the Esperanto short form ReVo ) is a general-purpose multilingual Esperanto dictionary for the Internet . Each of the dictionary 's headwords is defined in Esperanto , along with additional information , such as example sentences , to help distinguish the subtle shades of meaning that each particular word form may have .   Headwords also have translation equivalents in various national languages . Over 70 percent of the headwords have French , Russian , Hungarian and/or German translations ; over half the words have Dutch , Belarusian and/or English translations ; and over a third of the words have Polish , Portuguese , Spanish and/or Catalan translations .   Italian , Swedish , Breton , Persian , Bulgarian and several other languages are also represented , though with smaller numbers of Esperanto headwords . In addition to indices of headwords linking to the various national languages represented , Reta Vortaro also has multiple thematic indexes , a thesaurus and a bibliography of sources consulted .

Moral , ethical , legal , and political discussions use the concept of dignity to express the idea that a being has the right to be valued , respected , and to receive ethical treatment . In the modern context dignity can function as an extension of the Enlightenment-era concepts of inherent , inalienable rights . English-speakers often use the word `` dignity '' in proscriptive and cautionary ways : for example , in politics it can be used to critique the treatment of oppressed and vulnerable groups and peoples , but it has also been applied to cultures and sub-cultures , to religious beliefs and ideals , to animals used for food or research , and to plants . `` Dignity '' also has descriptive meanings pertaining to human worth . In general , the term has various functions and meanings depending on how the term is used and on the context .   The English word `` dignity '' , attested from the early 13th century , comes from Latin dignitas ( worthiness )  by way of French dignité . In ordinary modern usage it denotes `` respect '' and `` status '' , and it is often used to suggest that someone is not receiving a proper degree of respect , or even that they are failing to treat themselves with proper self-respect . There is also a long history of special philosophical use of this term . However , it is rarely defined outright in political , legal , and scientific discussions . International proclamations have thus far left dignity undefined ,  and scientific commentators , such as those arguing against genetic research and algeny , cite dignity as a reason but are ambiguous about its application .

The Depression of Granada or Granada Depression ( Depresión de Granada ) is a totally enclosed valley in Andalusia , Spain . The river Genil runst through the valley upon exiting from the Sierra Nevada until it passes through the Infiernos de Loja . On the north it borders the comarca of Los Montes on the southern border of the Cordillera Subbética ; on the north west are the Sierra de Loja and El Hacho ; on the southwest the Sierra Gorda ; in the south the Sierra de la Almijara ; and in the east the aforementioned Sierra Nevada . It is one of the series of valleys forming the Surco Intrabético .   The two easiest points of communication with the outside world are the threshold between the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra de la Almijara ( the Lecrin Valley ) and the gorge of the River Genil in the Infiernos de Loja , which separates El Hacho from the Sierra Gorda . It runs roughly east-west for about 65 km and reaches its greatest width in the eastern part and its narrowest as it arrives at the Infiernos de Loja .   The depression has been enclosed since the Miocene era , possibly as early as the Burdigalian . It took on its current shape by the end of the Miocene , acting as an enclosed drainage basin of continental character , receiving sedimentary material from all of the surrounding mountain ranges . The peak of this sedimentation activity was during the Villafranchian ( the first phase of the Pleistocene ) ; at that time there appears to have been a climate change that caused a period of rhexistasy ( dryness leading to lack of ground cover ) and intense erosion of all of the surrounding mountain ranges . Large pieces of detritus fell to the foot of the Sierra Nevada , such as the Cono de La Zubia , the conglomerate of the Alhambra or the block formation of the Cono del Río Dúrcal .   After this period of filling in , came a period of isostatic deepening . The weight of the recent deposits bore down on the sediments below , at the same time as erosion decreased and the mountains began to grow . At the same time , the drainage basin that had basically been an inland sea began to pour out its waters through the River Genil and the Infiernos de Loja . The river and its tributaries were carved out , and after the Quaternary climate crisis , river terraces formed . The River Genil has two well-defined terraces . The deepening of the Depression of Granada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada led to the formation of a flooded area between Santa Fe and Granada . The Quaternary also produced a diapiric uprising of a mass of gypsum clay to the height of the town of Láchar , which made area from Láchar to Granada more easily flooded , and broke the original depression into two units the Depression of Granada and the Pasillo or Depression of Loja .   Category : Valleys of Spain  Category : Landforms of Andalusia  Category : Geography of the Province of Granada

Red hair occurs naturally in 1 -- 2 % of the human population . It occurs more frequently ( 2 -- 6 % ) in people of northern or western European ancestry , and less frequently in other populations . Red hair appears most commonly in people with two copies of a recessive allele on chromosome 16 which produces an altered version of the MC1R protein .   Red hair varies in hues from a deep burgundy or bright copper ( reddish-brown or auburn ) through to burnt orange or red-orange and strawberry blond . It is characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin . It is associated with fair skin color , lighter eye colors ( gray , blue , green , and hazel ) , freckles , and sensitivity to ultraviolet light .   Cultural reactions have varied from ridicule to admiration ; many common stereotypes exist regarding redheads and they are often portrayed as fiery-tempered .   The term redhead has been in use since at least 1510 .

Deinonychus ( -LSB- daɪˈnɒnᵻkəs -RSB- ; δεινός , ` terrible ' and ὄνυξ , genitive ὄνυχος ` claw ' ) is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid coelurosaurian dinosaurs , with one described species , Deinonychus antirrhopus . This species , which could grow up to 3.4 m long , lived during the early Cretaceous Period , about 115 -- 108 million years ago ( from the mid-Aptian to early Albian stages ) . Fossils have been recovered from the U.S. states of Montana , Utah , Wyoming , and Oklahoma , in rocks of the Cloverly Formation , Cedar Mountain Formation and Antlers Formation , though teeth that may belong to Deinonychus have been found much farther east in Maryland .   Paleontologist John Ostrom 's study of Deinonychus in the late 1960s revolutionized the way scientists thought about dinosaurs , leading to the `` dinosaur renaissance '' and igniting the debate on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold blooded . Before this , the popular conception of dinosaurs had been one of plodding , reptilian giants . Ostrom noted the small body , sleek , horizontal posture , ratite-like spine , and especially the enlarged raptorial claws on the feet , which suggested an active , agile predator .   `` Terrible claw '' refers to the unusually large , sickle-shaped talon on the second toe of each hind foot . The fossil YPM 5205 preserves a large , strongly curved ungual . In life , archosaurs have a horny sheath over this bone , which extends the length . Ostrom looked at crocodile and bird claws and reconstructed the claw for YPM 5205 as over 120 mm long . The species name antirrhopus means `` counter balance '' , which refers to Ostrom 's idea about the function of the tail . As in other dromaeosaurids , the tail vertebrae have a series of ossified tendons and super-elongated bone processes . These features seemed to make the tail into a stiff counterbalance , but a fossil of the very closely related Velociraptor mongoliensis ( IGM 100/986 ) has an articulated tail skeleton that is curved laterally in a long S-shape . This suggests that , in life , the tail could bend to the sides with a high degree of flexibility . In both the Cloverly and Antlers formations , Deinonychus remains have been found closely associated with those of the ornithopod Tenontosaurus . Teeth discovered associated with Tenontosaurus specimens imply they were hunted , or at least scavenged upon , by Deinonychus .

Real life is a phrase used originally in literature to distinguish between actual and fictional or idealized worlds , and in acting to distinguish between performers and the characters they portray . More recently it has become a popular term on the Internet to describe events , people , activities and interactions occurring offline , or otherwise , not primarily through the medium of the internet .

Religious naturalism ( RN ) combines a naturalist worldview with perceptions and values commonly associated with religions . In this , `` religious '' is understood in general terms , separate from established traditions , in designating feelings and concerns ( e.g. gratitude , wonder , humility , compassion ) that are often described as spiritual or religious . Naturalism refers to a view that the natural world is all we have substantiated reason to believe exists , and there is no substantiated reason to believe that anything else , including deities , exists or may act in ways that are independent of the natural order .   Areas of inquiry include attempts to understand the natural world and the spiritual and moral implications of naturalist views . Understanding is based in knowledge obtained through scientific inquiry and insights from the humanities and the arts . Religious naturalists use these perspectives in responding to personal and social challenges ( e.g. finding purpose , seeking justice , coming to terms with mortality ) and in relating to the natural world .

The Rexurdimento ( Galician ) was a period in the History of Galicia during the 19th century . Its central feature was the revitalization of the Galician language as a vehicle of social and cultural expression after the so-called séculos escuros ( `` dark centuries '' ) in which the dominance of Castilian Spanish was nearly complete . The Galician Rexurdimento coincides with the Catalan Renaixença .   Romanticism led to a revival of regionalism in the Iberian Peninsula . Languages besides the official Castilian Spanish were reevaluated . In contrast to the universalizing Age of Enlightenment , a positive value was placed on regional traditions , languages , and dialects . In Galicia , Castilian Spanish had become the language of the cities and of the bourgeoisie , while Galician had become a largely rural language without a live literary tradition . This created some degree of diglossia , with Castilian Spanish dominating literary and business use , and Galician being strictly a language of daily life .

`` Resurrection ecology '' is an evolutionary biology technique whereby researchers hatch dormant eggs from lake sediments to study animals as they existed decades ago . It is a new approach that might allow scientists to observe evolution as it occurred , by comparing the animal forms hatched from older eggs with their extant descendants .   One such researcher in the field is W. Charles Kerfoot of Michigan Technological University whose results were published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography . He reported on success in a search for `` resting eggs '' of zooplankton that are dormant in Portage Lake on Michigan 's Upper Peninsula . The lake has undergone a considerable amount of change over the last 100 years including flooding by copper mine debris , dredging , and eutrophication .   Although the more esoteric demonstration of natural selection is alone a valuable aspect of the study described , there is a clear ecological implication in the discovery that very old zooplankton eggs have survived in the lake : the potential still exists , if and when this environment is restored to something of a more pristine nature , for at least some of the original ( pre-disturbance ) inhabitants to re-establish populations once presumed lost . The genes valuable to survival of those species in a restored environment are still `` readily '' available and may be quickly assimilated by the modern populations , perhaps requiring no more than a fortuitous disturbance of the bottom .

Refrigeration is a process of moving heat from one location to another in controlled conditions . The work of heat transport is traditionally driven by mechanical work , but can also be driven by heat , magnetism , electricity , laser , or other means . Refrigeration has many applications , including , but not limited to : household refrigerators , industrial freezers , cryogenics , and air conditioning . Heat pumps may use the heat output of the refrigeration process , and also may be designed to be reversible , but are otherwise similar to air conditioning units .   Refrigeration has had a large impact on industry , lifestyle , agriculture and settlement patterns . The idea of preserving food dates back to at least the ancient Roman and Chinese empires . However , mechanical refrigeration technology has rapidly evolved in the last century , from ice harvesting to temperature-controlled rail cars . The introduction of refrigerated rail cars contributed to the westward expansion of the United States , allowing settlement in areas that were not on main transport channels such as rivers , harbors , or valley trails . Settlements were also developing in infertile parts of the country , filled with newly discovered natural resources . These new settlement patterns sparked the building of large cities which are able to thrive in areas that were otherwise thought to be inhospitable , such as Houston , Texas and Las Vegas , Nevada . In most developed countries , cities are heavily dependent upon refrigeration in supermarkets , in order to obtain their food for daily consumption . The increase in food sources has led to a larger concentration of agricultural sales coming from a smaller percentage of existing farms . Farms today have a much larger output per person in comparison to the late 1800s . This has resulted in new food sources available to entire populations , which has had a large impact on the nutrition of society .


Question: Approximately 120 millennia prior to the onset of the most recent glacial epoch, Earth experienced an era characterized by naturally occurring elevated warmth; this climate phase featured ambient conditions akin to what's forecasted for our near future. This highlights that even without anthropogenic influence, significant temperature fluctuations have been part of our planet’s climatic history.

 Natural Warm Period Before Last Ice Age

Approximately 120,000 years prior to the onset of the last glacial era, known colloquially as the "ice age," Earth experienced a notable interglacial phase characterized by elevated warmth akin to what we anticipate experiencing within the forthcoming decades. During this epoch, often termed Eemian Stage, global mean temperatures were strikingly comparable to contemporary forecasts under high-emission scenarios. This historical period serves as a critical reference point when examining current climate trends and understanding how ecosystems respond to substantial shifts in temperature.

The Eemian was marked by higher atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases compared to previous millennia, resulting in warmer conditions across much of the planet. Sea level stood significantly above modern benchmarks, owing largely to the partial melting of Greenland’s ice sheet alongside Antarctic contributions. Terrestrial landscapes underwent transformation; forests extended into regions now blanketed year-round by ice while tundra vegetation flourished farther northward than seen presently. Marine environments witnessed alterations too: coral reefs expanded polewards along coastlines where they would typically struggle against colder waters.

This ancient episode offers valuable insights regarding potential outcomes if projected climate targets remain unmet. For instance, scientists predict that continued unabated burning of fossil fuels could lead us down a path resembling past thermal maxima – periods defined by widespread ecological upheaval and mass migrations necessitated by inhospitable climates. Understanding mechanisms behind abrupt transitions can inform strategies aimed at mitigating adverse consequences associated with rapid environmental change. By studying sediment cores extracted from various locations globally, researchers reconstruct past climate states using proxies indicative of prevailing meteorological parameters. Such data reveals cyclic fluctuations punctuated occasionally by dramatic departures from established norms - phenomena echoed ominously throughout recent headlines concerning accelerating planetary heating attributed predominantly to anthropogenic influences.

In essence, reflecting upon Earth history elucidates both vulnerabilities inherent within complex biosystems subjected to prolonged exposure to heightened ambient temperatures coupled intricately yet dynamically intertwined feedback loops governing biogeochemical cycles essential sustaining life forms occupying myriad niches spanning terrestrial-marine realms alike. Recognizing parallels linking seemingly disparate temporal contexts fosters appreciation concerning interconnectedness defining existence itself amidst ever-evolving cosmic tapestry unfolding perpetually beyond comprehension yet remaining forever boundless source inspiration quest unravel mysteries shrouding origins destinies awaiting discovery untold eons henceforth.

Thus, contemplating epochs predating recorded human civilization provides invaluable perspective navigating challenges posed escalating thermodynamic disequilibrium threatening delicate balance supporting countless manifestations sentience scattered vast expanses celestial voids traversed ceaselessly wandering stars bearing witness silent testament

Radiocarbon dating ( also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating ) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon , a radioactive isotope of carbon .   The method was developed by Willard Libby in the late 1940s and soon became a standard tool for archaeologists . Libby received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in 1960 . The radiocarbon dating method is based on the fact that radiocarbon is constantly being created in the atmosphere by the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric nitrogen . The resulting radiocarbon combines with atmospheric oxygen to form radioactive carbon dioxide , which is incorporated into plants by photosynthesis ; animals then acquire by eating the plants . When the animal or plant dies , it stops exchanging carbon with its environment , and from that point onwards the amount of it contains begins to decrease as the undergoes radioactive decay . Measuring the amount of in a sample from a dead plant or animal such as a piece of wood or a fragment of bone provides information that can be used to calculate when the animal or plant died . The older a sample is , the less there is to be detected , and because the half-life of ( the period of time after which half of a given sample will have decayed ) is about 5,730 years , the oldest dates that can be reliably measured by this process date to around 50,000 years ago , although special preparation methods occasionally permit accurate analysis of older samples .   The idea behind radiocarbon dating is straightforward , but years of work were required to develop the technique to the point where accurate dates could be obtained . Research has been ongoing since the 1960s to determine what the proportion of in the atmosphere has been over the past fifty thousand years . The resulting data , in the form of a calibration curve , is now used to convert a given measurement of radiocarbon in a sample into an estimate of the sample 's calendar age . Other corrections must be made to account for the proportion of in different types of organisms ( fractionation ) , and the varying levels of throughout the biosphere ( reservoir effects ) . Additional complications come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and oil , and from the above-ground nuclear tests done in the 1950s and 1960s . Because the time it takes to convert biological materials to fossil fuels is substantially longer than the time it takes for its to decay below detectable levels , fossil fuels contain almost no , and as a result there was a noticeable drop in the proportion of in the atmosphere beginning in the late 19th century . Conversely , nuclear testing increased the amount of in the atmosphere , which attained a maximum in 1963 of almost twice what it had been before the testing began .   Measurement of radiocarbon was originally done by beta-counting devices , which counted the amount of beta radiation emitted by decaying atoms in a sample . More recently , accelerator mass spectrometry has become the method of choice ; it counts all the atoms in the sample and not just the few that happen to decay during the measurements ; it can therefore be used with much smaller samples ( as small as individual plant seeds ) , and gives results much more quickly . The development of radiocarbon dating has had a profound impact on archaeology . In addition to permitting more accurate dating within archaeological sites than previous methods , it allows comparison of dates of events across great distances . Histories of archaeology often refer to its impact as the `` radiocarbon revolution '' . Radiocarbon dating has allowed key transitions in prehistory to be dated , such as the end of the last ice age , and the beginning of the Neolithic and Bronze Age in different regions .

Lake Tauca is a former lake in the Altiplano of Bolivia . It is also known as Lake Pocoyu for its constituent lakes : Lake Poopó , Salar de Coipasa and Salar de Uyuni . The lake covered large parts of the southern Altiplano between the Eastern Cordillera and the Western Cordillera , covering an estimated 48,000 to of the basins of present-day Lake Poopó and the Salars of Uyuni , Coipasa and adjacent basins . Water levels varied , possibly reaching 3800 m in altitude . The lake was saline . The lake received water from Lake Titicaca , but whether this contributed most of Tauca 's water or only a small amount is controversial ; the quantity was sufficient to influence the local climate and depress the underlying terrain with its weight . Diatoms , plants and animals developed in the lake , sometimes forming reef knolls .   The duration of Lake Tauca 's existence is uncertain . Research in 2011 indicated that the rise in lake levels began 18,500 BP , peaking 16,000 and 14,500 years ago . About 14,200 years ago , lake levels dropped before rising again until 11,500 years ago . Some researchers postulate that the last phase of Lake Tauca may have continued until 8,500 BP . The drying of the lake , which may have occurred because of the Bølling-Allerød climate oscillation , left the salt deposits of Salar de Uyuni .   Lake Tauca is one of several ancient lakes which formed in the Altiplano . Other known lakes are Lake Escara , Ouki , Salinas , Lake Minchin , Inca Huasi and Sajsi , in addition to several water-level rises of Lake Titicaca . The identity of these lakes is controversial ; Sajsi is often considered part of Lake Tauca , and the lake is frequently divided into an earlier ( Ticaña ) and a later ( Coipasa ) phase .   The formation of Lake Tauca depended on a reduction in air temperature over the Altiplano and an increase in precipitation , which may have been caused by shifts in the Intertropical Convergence Zone ( ITCZ ) and increased easterly winds . It was originally supposed that glacial melting might have filled Lake Tauca , but the quantity of water would not have been sufficient to fill the whole lake . The lake was accompanied by glacial advance , noticeable at Cerro Azanaques and Tunupa . Elsewhere in South America , water levels and glaciers also expanded during the Lake Tauca phase .

The 1202 Syria earthquake struck at about dawn on 20 May 1202 ( 598 AH ) with an epicenter in southwestern Syria . Up to 1,100,000 deaths have been associated with this earthquake , although other estimates are much smaller . It was felt over a very wide area , from Sicily to Mesopotamia and Anatolia to upper Egypt , mostly affecting the Ayyubid Sultanate and the Kingdom of Jerusalem . The cities of Tyre , Acre and Nablus were heavily damaged . A magnitude of Ms = 7.6 has been estimated with damage up to XI on the Mercalli intensity scale .

Rewilding may refer to :   Rewilding ( conservation biology ) , the return of habitats to a natural state  Rewilding Europe , a programme to do so in Europe  Pleistocene rewilding  Rewilding Institute , an organization concerned with the integration of traditional wildlife and wildlands conservation  Rewilding ( human ) , Is the process by which humans reintergrate themselves back to their natural habitats relieving them of everyday pressure and stresses of societies . ( I.e. finances , population , pollution , etc. . )  Rewilding ( horse ) , a thoroughbred racehorse  Species reintroduction , the deliberate release of a species into the wild

De Mensurabili Musica ( concerning measured music ) is a musical treatise from the early 13th century ( medieval period , c. 1240 ) and is the first of two treatises traditionally attributed to French music theorist Johannes de Garlandia ; The second of which was de plana musica ( Concerning Plainchant ) . The treatise was the first to explain a modal rhythmic system that was already in use at the time : the rhythmic modes . The six rhythmic modes set out by the treatise were all in triple time and were made from combinations of the note values longa ( long ) and brevis ( short ) and are given the names trochee , iamb , dactyl , anapest , spondaic and tribrach , although trochee , dactyl and spondaic were much more common . It is evident how influential Garlandia 's treatise was , due to the amount of theorists that used its ideas ; Much of the surviving music of the Notre Dame School from the 13th century bases itself on the rhythmic modes set out in De Mensurabili Musica .

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young . The process can occur with all post-pregnancy female mammals , although it predates mammals . In humans the process of feeding milk is also called breastfeeding or nursing .   In most species , milk comes out of the mother 's nipples ; however , the monotremes , egg-laying mammals , lack nipples and release milk through ducts in the abdomen . In only one species of mammal , the Dayak fruit bat , is milk production a normal male function .   Galactopoiesis is the maintenance of milk production . This stage requires prolactin . Oxytocin is critical for the milk let-down reflex in response to suckling .   Newborn infants often produce some witch 's milk .   Galactorrhea is milk production unrelated to nursing . It can occur in males and females of many mammal species as result of hormonal imbalances such as hyperprolactinaemia .

Deinotheriidae ( `` terrible beasts '' ) is a family of prehistoric elephant-like proboscideans that lived during the Cenozoic era , first appearing in Africa , then spreading across southern Asia ( Indo-Pakistan ) and Europe . During that time they changed very little , apart from growing much larger in size ; by the late Miocene they had become the largest land animals of their time . Their most distinctive feature was the downward curving tusks on the lower jaw .   Deinotheres were not very diverse ; there are only three known genera : Chilgatherium , Prodeinotherium and Deinotherium . These form an evolutionary succession with each new genus replacing the preceding one .   Unlike the various mammoth and mastodont lineages , the deinotheres died out in the early Pleistocene , rather than continuing through the ice age .

The Rhenohercynian Zone or Rheno-Hercynian zone in structural geology describes a fold belt of west and central Europe , formed during the Hercynian orogeny ( about ) . The zone consists of folded and thrusted Devonian and early Carboniferous sedimentary rocks that were deposited in a back-arc basin along the southern margin of the then existing paleocontinent Laurussia .   The Rhenohercynian Zone , named for the Rhine River and the Hercynian Forest of Antiquity , forms a narrow zone through western and central Europe , from Cornwall and Ireland in the west to the Harz mountains of central Germany in the east , including the Rhenish Massif ( Ardennes , Taunus , Eifel and Hunsrück ) . The total length of this ancient basin ( the Rhenohercynian Basin ) could have been more than 2500 km . In the east the basin merges with the East-Silesian basin of southern Poland . The sedimentary rocks that were laid down in the basin are often weakly metamorphic ( greenschist facies ) . Most geologists consider the South-Portuguese zone to be a continuation of the zone to the west .   Whether the Rhenohercynian Basin was a continuous feature or rather a string of temporaneously interconnected smaller basins is not well-understood , because in many places the Devonian and Carboniferous rock strata are covered with younger deposits . Parts of the basin have their own names , like the Cornwall basin in Cornwall , the Munster basin in Ireland or the Rhenisch basin in Belgium and Germany .

The archaeological La Jolla Complex ( Shell Midden People , Encinitas Tradition , Millingstone Horizon ) represents a prehistoric culture oriented toward coastal resources that prevailed during the middle Holocene period between c. 6000 BC and AD 500 in southwestern California and northwestern Baja California .   Characteristics of the La Jolla Complex include handstones and basin or slab millingstones ( manos and metates ) , rough percussion-flaked stone edge tools , flexed burials , and extensive exploitation of shellfish , particularly venus clam ( Chione spp . ) , scallop ( Argopecten aequisulcatus ) , mussel ( Mytilus californianus ) , and oyster ( Ostrea lurida ) . Cogged stones and discoidals are distinctive but unusual artifacts . Other uncommon artifacts include shell ornaments ( primarily spire-removed Olivella spp . beads ) and projectile points ( Pinto , Gypsum , and Elko forms ) . Bones from sea mammals and fish occur in La Jollan middens , but they are not abundant . Fish remains usually represent near-shore species , pointing to a littoral rather than maritime economy .   The La Jolla Complex was initially characterized as the Shell Midden People by Malcolm J. Rogers , the region 's pioneering archaeologist . Rogers distinguished successive phases for the complex . Subsequent investigators have sometimes proposed modified versions of Rogers ' phase sequence , but the most striking characteristics of the complex may be its comparatively simple material remains and its long cultural continuity , at least in the San Diego region . Claude N. Warren relabelled the complex as the Encinitas Tradition , which extended as far north as the Santa Barbara Channel region but was replaced by the Campbell Tradition in its northern reaches after about 2000 BC . An inland counterpart of the La Jolla Complex was the Pauma Complex .

The Golden Twenties was a vibrant period in the history of Berlin , Germany , Europe and the world in general . After the Greater Berlin Act the city became the third largest municipality in the world and experienced its heyday as a major world city . It was known for its leadership roles in science , the humanities , music , film , higher education , government , diplomacy , industries and military affairs .


Question: During past geological epochs, when ocean levels were approximately twenty to thirty feet above their current height, this indicates substantial melting from both the Greenlandic and Antarctic ice caps; an ominous foreshadowing of potential consequences should Earth's temperature rise persistently without intervention. This historical evidence underscores the critical need for addressing climate change to prevent comparable scenarios unfolding within our foreseeable timeline.

 Implications of Historical High Sea Levels

Historically high sea levels serve as stark reminders of how drastically Earth’s environment can fluctuate under varying conditions. Approximately three million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, sea levels were notably elevated—approximately 20 to 30 feet above current levels—a fact indicating significant ice sheet retreat across Greenland and Antarctica. Such historical data offers crucial insights into contemporary concerns regarding global warming. If unmitigated carbon emissions persistently warm the globe, analogous scenarios become increasingly plausible threats. Thermal expansion coupled with accelerated glacial melting would exacerbate existing trends, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences akin to those witnessed millennia earlier. Notably, local variations in sea level changes can diverge significantly from global averages; regional disparities arise due to multiple factors encompassing geologic shifts, tidal fluctuations, oceanic currents, storm surges among others. Projections suggest ongoing sea level ascension throughout subsequent centuries, albeit at variable paces contingent upon emission trajectories. According to recent assessments published by authoritative bodies (e.g., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), accelerating rates compared against late twentieth-century observations appear highly probable. Estimates concerning precise magnitudes remain uncertain yet emphasize substantial increases ranging roughly from half-a-meter up-to several meters spanning through twenty-first century timelines. These transformations pose considerable challenges impacting densely populated coastal zones alongside fragile island nations while simultaneously jeopardizing delicate marine biospheres.
The essence remains consistent: escalating temperatures catalyze dramatic alterations capable of transforming familiar landscapes beyond recognition unless stringent mitigation strategies gain immediate traction.

The 1901 Black Sea earthquake ( also known in Bulgaria as Balchik earthquake ) was a 7.2 magnitude earthquake , the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the Black Sea . The earthquake epicenter was located in the east of Cape Shabla-Kaliakra , 30 km off northwest coast of Bulgaria . The mainshock occurred at a depth of 15 km and generated a 4 -- 5 m high tsunami that devastated the coastal areas of Romania and Bulgaria . In Romania , the earthquake was felt not only throughout Northern Dobruja , but also in Oltenia and Muntenia , and even in southern Moldova .   The earthquake was followed by a large number of local replicas and secondary earthquakes , which occurred over many years , until 1905 ; the strongest aftershocks reached magnitudes of 5.5-6 .0 on the Richter scale and were also felt in southern Romania , including Bucharest . After 1905 , Pontic seismic activity began to subside , although weak and moderate earthquakes were also reported in subsequent years .   Such events are rare in the Black Sea . In the last 200 years , in the Black Sea region 24 tsunamis occurred , of which two were in the territory of Dobruja . The earliest recorded tsunami in Romania dates from 104 , when the city of Callatis , current Mangalia , was badly affected .

The Deseadan age is a period of geologic time ( 29.0 -- 21.0 Ma ) within the Oligocene epoch of the Paleogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages . It follows the Tinguirirican and precedes the Colhuehuapian age .

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon .   In biology a relict ( or relic ) is an organism that at an earlier time was abundant in a large area but now occurs at only one or a few small areas .  In ecology , an ecosystem which originally ranged over a large expanse , but is now narrowly confined , may be termed a relict .  In geology , the term relict refers to structures or minerals from a parent rock that did not undergo metamorphosis when the surrounding rock did , or to rock that survived a destructive geologic process .  In geomorphology , a relict landform is a landform formed by either erosive or constructive surficial processes that are no longer active as they were in the past .  In agronomy , a relict crop is a crop which was previously grown extensively , but is now only used in one limited region , or a small number of isolated regions .  In history ( as revealed in DNA testing ) , a relict population refers to an ancient people in an area who have been largely supplanted by a later group of migrants and their descendants .  In real estate law , reliction is the gradual recession of water from its usual high-water mark so that the newly uncovered land becomes the property of the adjoining riparian property owner .   Other uses :  In addition , relict was an ancient term still used in colonial ( British ) America and England of that era , now archaic , for a widow . It came to be a generic or collective term for widows and widowers .  In historical linguistics , a relict is a word that is a survivor of a form or forms that are otherwise archaic .

Deep sea mining is a relatively new mineral retrieval process that takes place on the ocean floor . Ocean mining sites are usually around large areas of polymetallic nodules or active and extinct hydrothermal vents at 1400 to below the ocean 's surface . The vents create globular or massive sulfide deposits , which contain valuable metals such as silver , gold , copper , manganese , cobalt , and zinc . The deposits are mined using either hydraulic pumps or bucket systems that take ore to the surface to be processed . As with all mining operations , deep sea mining raises questions about its potential environmental impact . Environmental advocacy groups such as Greenpeace and the Deep sea Mining Campaign have argued that seabed mining should not be permitted in most of the world 's oceans because of the potential for damage to deepsea ecosystems and pollution by heavy metal laden plumes .

The Late Miocene ( also known as Upper Miocene ) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages . The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch .   The sub-epoch lasted from 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma ( million years ago ) to 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma . The Late Miocene Period was when the Australian species Thylacinus potens lived .

The 1970 Ancash earthquake ( also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake ) occurred on 31 May off the coast of Peru in the Pacific Ocean at . Combined with a resultant landslide , it was the worst catastrophic natural disaster in the history of Peru . Due to the large amounts of snow and ice included in the landslide and its estimated 66,794 to 70,000 casualties , it is also considered to be the world 's deadliest avalanche .

The dew point depression ( T-Td ) is the difference between the temperature and dew point temperature at a certain height in the atmosphere .   For a constant temperature , the smaller the difference , the more moisture there is , and the higher the relative humidity . In the lower troposphere , more moisture ( small dew point depression ) results in lower cloud bases and lifted condensation levels ( LCL ) . LCL height is an important factor modulating severe thunderstorms . One example concerns tornadogenesis , with tornadoes most likely if the dew point depression is 20 ° F ( 11 ° C ) or less , and the likelihood of large , intense tornadoes increasing as dew point depression decreases . LCL height also factors in downburst and microburst activity . Conversely , instability is increased when there is a mid-level dry layer ( large dew point depression ) known as a `` dry punch '' , which is favorable for convection if the lower layer is buoyant .   As it measures moisture content in the atmosphere , the dew point depression is also an important indicator in agricultural and forest meteorology , particularly in predicting wildfires .

The Davies Heights are an elevated area , roughly elliptical in form and 1 nmi long , rising to 150 m in north-central Fildes Peninsula , King George Island . The feature has steep sides and an undulating top which rise 60 m above the surrounding plain . It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Robert E.S. Davies , British Antarctic Survey geologist who worked in this area , 1975 -- 76 .

Red Rock Pass is a low mountain pass in eastern Idaho , south of Downey in southern Bannock County . It is geologically significant as the spillway of ancient Lake Bonneville . It is located along highway US-91 at an elevation of 4785 feet ( 1458 m ) above sea level , bounded by two mountain ranges ; the Portneuf to the east and the Bannock to the west .   The pass was cut through resistant Paleozoic shale , limestone , and dolomite , and forms a narrow gap two miles ( 3 km ) in length .  At one time the pass was 300 feet ( 100 m ) higher , where the shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville stood .   Red Rock Pass has a surface deposit of calcareous silty alluvium with topsoil of dark grayish brown silt loam .

Land is the solid surface of the Earth that is not covered by water . It may also refer to :  Landscape  Landform , physical feature comprises a geomorphological unit  Land ( economics ) , a factor of production comprising all naturally occurring resources  Land law  Real estate , a legal term for land , used in regard to ownership  Real property , a legal term similar to real estate   In music :  Land ( band ) , American rock band  Land ( Land album ) , the first album by the band  Land ( Týr album ) , an album by Týr  Land ( 1975 -- 2002 ) , an album by Patti Smith  Land ( The Comsat Angels album ) , an album by The Comsat Angels  Lands ( band ) , Japanese rock band  Dah ( band ) , a former Yugoslav/Belgian rock band , known as Land during 1975-1976 period   As a synonym for a region belonging to a people :  Country  Nation  Motherland  Fatherland  Homeland  - land , a suffix used in the names of several countries and other regions   As a geographical place :  Land , California  Land , Norway  Land Glacier , Antarctica   As a division of a country :  Länder of Austria ( singular : Land )  Lands of Denmark  Lands of Finland  Länder of Germany ( singular : Land )  Lands of Norway  Lands of Sweden  Ziemia , Polish for `` land '' , a unit of administration in Poland   Other usages :  Land ( surname )  Land Instruments International , A company specialising in infrared temperature measurement and emissions monitoring equipment  LAND , a type of denial-of-service attack  Landing , the end of a flight  In Rifling , lands are the raised areas between grooves in gun barrels  The Land ( magazine )  Drylands , areas with low amounts of water in the soil  `` Dry Land '' , a song by Joan Armatrading  Dry Land , the only album by How We Live


Question: During past geological epochs, when ocean levels were approximately twenty to thirty feet above their current standing, this indicated significant melting from both Antarctic and Greenlandic ice caps; an ominous foreshadowing for our not-too-distant tomorrow should Earth's temperature rise unabatedly. This historical evidence underscores how critical it is to address climate change before we reach irreversible tipping points leading us down paths reminiscent of those ancient times where life as humans know it would drastically alter course under such watery skies looming ahead without intervention on behalf of mankind’s collective efforts against greenhouse gas emissions contributing factors behind these potential scenarios playing out over centuries rather than millennia thanks largely due industrialization since mid-18th century onwards until present day with no signs yet showing willingness amongst nations globally speaking (pun intended) willing take necessary steps back away from brink environmental catastrophe awaiting all living creatures sharing same planetary home together including ourselves eventually succumbing too unless action taken soon enough prevent worst case outcomes becoming reality sooner later instead remaining mere hypothetical possibilities discussed among scientists studying field paleoclimatology trying understand lessons learned history applied prevent repeating mistakes made countless generations ago now facing consequences directly related human activity accelerating pace unprecedented rates never seen before throughout entire existence Homo sapiens species walking upright two legs across continents oceans alike searching answers questions posed long gone ancestors whose wisdom still echoes through time space reminding heed warnings nature provides freely anyone willing listen learn grow evolve adapt overcome challenges presented every era civilizations arise fall like waves crashing upon shores endlessly seeking balance harmony coexistence within limits imposed finite resources available sustainably harvested managed wisely ensure survival prosperity future inhabitants inherit legacy left behind by previous dwellers who came before them building foundations laid strong enough withstand tests time weather storms come way maintaining integrity structure intact despite external pressures exerted upon framework holding everything place together seamlessly blending old new traditions beliefs values creating mosaic diverse cultures united common purpose preserving heritage passing knowledge forward generation next ensuring continuity lineage unbroken chain stretching backwards forwards simultaneously connecting dots between past present future seamlessly weaving tapestry humanity spanning eons encapsulating essence collective consciousness embodied physical form manifested dreams hopes aspirations fears struggles triumphs defeats loves losses joys sorrows laughter tears smiles frowns hugs kisses handshakes high-fives low-bumps fist-pounds elbow taps head nods winks eye rolls sighs groans moans screams whispers shouts cheers boos applause silence music dance movement stillness light darkness color shape texture taste smell touch feeling emotion thought idea concept belief truth lie deception manipulation control freedom justice peace war violence nonviolence cooperation competition collaboration isolation connection separation unity diversity inclusion exclusion acceptance rejection tolerance intolerance respect disrespect kindness cruelty honesty dishonesty transparency

 Implications of Past High Sea Levels
Historical records indicate periods where global mean sea levels stood significantly above current benchmarks - approximately 20-30 feet higher during certain epochs. Such instances suggest substantial deglaciation events affecting major ice reservoirs across Greenland and Antarctica. These findings serve as stark reminders of possible outcomes should contemporary planetary warming trends remain unmitigated. During high sea-level intervals, vast expanses once submerged now re-emerge, reshaping coastal landscapes dramatically. Notably, evidence points towards extensive retreats within key regions housing significant portions of total terrestrial ice mass: namely, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) alongside counterparts spanning Eastern Antarctica and Greenland’s expansive glaciated terrain.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics
Focusing specifically upon WAIS dynamics reveals insights critical for understanding past glacial fluctuations relevant to modern concerns regarding accelerated ice loss mechanisms. Characterized predominantly by marine-grounded characteristics—wherein basal surfaces rest hundreds meters below prevailing oceanic baselines—the stability threshold governing WAIS integrity becomes increasingly precarious amidst rising temperatures. Spanning roughly two million cubic kilometers (approximately half-a-million cubic miles), this colossal accumulation represents nearly ten percent of total Antarctic ice volumes. Its sheer magnitude exerts immense gravitational influence capable of inducing pronounced topographic depressions through isostasy—a phenomenon whereby solid earth rebounds elastically following removal/reduction in overlaying load pressures exerted via massive ice coverages.

Ice Flow Mechanisms & Coastal Transformations
Intricate interactions govern internal deformation processes enabling WAIS material transport across varying substratum conditions ranging from sluggish movements atop rugged terrains up until swift acceleration along lubricated conduits termed “ice streams”. Adjacent slower-moving segments form distinct boundaries delineating pathways conducive towards enhanced mobility facilitated by subglacial liquid phases derived originally prior to regional inundation episodes marking onset stages preceding full-scale glaciation cycles. Ultimately reaching maritime interfaces, termini undergo episodic calving episodes yielding tabular bergs adrift amongst peripheral waters; alternatively, continuous advance generates extended platforms resembling stationary barriers tethered firmly against adjacent landmasses – collectively referred to herein as ‘floating ice shelves’.

These descriptions highlight pivotal aspects concerning historical variations observed throughout WAIS evolution, underscoring vulnerabilities inherent within complex cryospheric systems susceptible towards anthropogenically induced perturbations manifesting through ongoing atmospheric warming phenomena. Urgent action remains imperative to curtail escalating thermal forcings lest we precipitate irreversible transitions triggering catastrophic releases emanating directly from erstwhile stable storage depots harbored deep within polar realms.

The Richter magnitude scale ( also Richter scale ) assigns a magnitude number to quantify the size of an earthquake . The Richter scale , developed in the 1930s , is a base-10 logarithmic scale , which defines magnitude as the logarithm of the ratio of the amplitude of the seismic waves to an arbitrary , minor amplitude , as recorded on a standardized seismograph at a standard distance .   As measured with a seismometer , an earthquake that registers 5.0 on the Richter scale has a shaking amplitude 10 times greater than an earthquake that registered 4.0 at the same distance . As energy release is generally proportional to the shaking amplitude raised to the 3/2 power , an increase of 1 magnitude corresponds to a release of energy 31.6 times that released by the lesser earthquake . This means that , for instance , an earthquake of magnitude 5 releases 31.6 times as much energy as an earthquake of magnitude 4 .   Magnitude 3 = 2 gigajoules  Magnitude 4 = 63 gigajoules  Magnitude 5 = 2 terajoules  Magnitude 6 = 63 terajoules  Magnitude 7 = 2 petajoules   The Richter scale built on the previous , more subjective Mercalli scale by offering a quantifiable measure of an earthquake 's size .   In the United States , the Richter scale was succeeded in the 1970s by the moment magnitude scale . The moment magnitude scale is now the scale used by the United States Geological Survey to estimate magnitudes for all modern large earthquakes .

Retrofuturism ( adjective retrofuturistic or retrofuture ) is a trend in the creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future produced in an earlier era . If `` futurism is sometimes called a ` science ' bent on anticipating what will come , retrofuturism is the remembering of that anticipation . '' Characterized by a blend of old-fashioned `` retro '' styles with futuristic technology , retrofuturism explores the themes of tension between past and future , and between the alienating and empowering effects of technology . Primarily reflected in artistic creations and modified technologies that realize the imagined artifacts of its parallel reality , retrofuturism can be seen as `` an animating perspective on the world . '' But it has also manifested in the worlds of fashion , architecture , design , music , literature , film , and video games .

`` Resurrection ecology '' is an evolutionary biology technique whereby researchers hatch dormant eggs from lake sediments to study animals as they existed decades ago . It is a new approach that might allow scientists to observe evolution as it occurred , by comparing the animal forms hatched from older eggs with their extant descendants .   One such researcher in the field is W. Charles Kerfoot of Michigan Technological University whose results were published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography . He reported on success in a search for `` resting eggs '' of zooplankton that are dormant in Portage Lake on Michigan 's Upper Peninsula . The lake has undergone a considerable amount of change over the last 100 years including flooding by copper mine debris , dredging , and eutrophication .   Although the more esoteric demonstration of natural selection is alone a valuable aspect of the study described , there is a clear ecological implication in the discovery that very old zooplankton eggs have survived in the lake : the potential still exists , if and when this environment is restored to something of a more pristine nature , for at least some of the original ( pre-disturbance ) inhabitants to re-establish populations once presumed lost . The genes valuable to survival of those species in a restored environment are still `` readily '' available and may be quickly assimilated by the modern populations , perhaps requiring no more than a fortuitous disturbance of the bottom .

Decolonization ( US ) or decolonisation ( UK ) is the undoing of colonialism , where a nation establishes and maintains its domination over dependent territories . The Oxford English Dictionary defines decolonization as `` the withdrawal from its colonies of a colonial power ; the acquisition of political or economic independence by such colonies . '' The term refers particularly to the dismantlement , in the years after World War II , of the colonial empires established prior to World War I throughout the world . However , decolonization not only refers to the complete `` removal of the domination of non-indigenous forces '' within the geographical space and different institutions of the colonized , but it also refers to the `` decolonizing of the mind '' from the colonizers ' ideas that made the colonized feel inferior .   The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization has stated that in the process of decolonization there is no alternative to the colonizer allowing a process of self-determination , but in practice decolonization may involve either nonviolent revolution or national liberation wars by pro-independence groups . It may be intramural or involve the intervention of foreign powers acting individually or through international bodies such as the United Nations . Although examples of decolonization can be found as early as the writings of Thucydides , there have been several particularly active periods of decolonization in modern times . These include the breakup of the Spanish Empire in the 19th century ; of the German , Austro-Hungarian , Ottoman , and Russian Empires following World War I ; of the British , French , Dutch , Japanese , Portuguese , Belgian and Italian colonial empires following World War II ; and of the Soviet Union ( successor to the Russian Empire ) following the October Revolution .

Rhyolite Islands is a group of islands and rocks which extend 4 nautical miles ( 7 km ) in an east-west direction , lying close off the Rymill Coast of Palmer Land opposite the north side of the mouth of Eureka Glacier , in George VI Sound . Surveyed in 1948 by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey ( FIDS ) and so named from the rock of which the islands are largely composed . The name `` Grupo Maipo , '' after the Chilean oil tanker Maipo , may refer to these islands roughly charted by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition , 1947 , in about 6954S , 6833W .

In phonology and phonetics , raising is a sound change in which a vowel or consonant becomes higher or raised , meaning that the tongue becomes more elevated or positioned closer to the roof of the mouth than before . The opposite effect is known as lowering . Raising or lowering may be triggered by a nearby sound , in which case they are a form of assimilation , or they may occur on their own .   In i-mutation , a front vowel is raised before -LSB- / i / -RSB- or -LSB- / j / -RSB- . This is assimilation .   In the Attic dialect of Ancient Greek and in Koine Greek , close-mid -LSB- / eː oː / -RSB- were raised to -LSB- / iː uː / -RSB- . This change occurred in all cases and was not triggered by a nearby front consonant or vowel . Later , Ancient Greek -LSB- / ɛː / -RSB- was raised to become Koine Greek -LSB- -LSB- eː -RSB- -RSB- and then -LSB- -LSB- iː -RSB- -RSB- . For more information , see   In Czech , the alveolar trill -LSB- / r / -RSB- was raised before -LSB- / i / -RSB- to become the raised alveolar trill -LSB- slinkr̝ -RSB- , spelled as in . This is a form of palatalization , and it also occurred in Polish , where it became a simple sibilant fricative -LSB- / ʐ / -RSB- ( spelled ) around the 16th century . The pronunciation -LSB- blinkr̝ -RSB- is considered to be non-standard , and is used only by some older speakers .   Category : Vowel shifts

The deep scattering layer , sometimes referred to as the sound scattering layer , is a name given to a layer in the ocean consisting of a variety of marine animals . It was discovered through the use of sonar , as ships found a layer that scattered the sound and was thus sometimes mistaken for the seabed . For this reason it is sometimes called the false bottom or phantom bottom . It can be seen to rise and fall each day in keeping with diel vertical migration .   Sonar operators , using the newly developed sonar technology during World War II , were puzzled by what appeared to be a false sea floor 300 -- 500 metres deep at day , and less deep at night . Initially this mysterious phenomenon was called the ECR layer using the initials of its discoverers . It turned out to be due to millions of marine organisms , most particularly small mesopelagic fish , with swimbladders that reflected the sonar . These organisms migrate up into shallower water at dusk to feed on plankton . The layer is deeper when the moon is out , and can become shallower when clouds pass over the moon . Lanternfish account for much of the biomass responsible for the deep scattering layer of the world 's oceans . Sonar reflects off the millions of lanternfish swim bladders , giving the appearance of a false bottom .

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake , also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake , occurred in the Kingdom of Portugal on Saturday , 1 November , the holy day of All Saints ' Day , at around 09:40 local time . In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami , the earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas . Seismologists today estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude in the range 8.5 -- 9.0 on the moment magnitude scale , with its epicentre in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 km ( 120 mi ) west-southwest of Cape St. Vincent . Estimates place the death toll in Lisbon alone between 10,000 and 100,000 people , making it one of the deadliest earthquakes in history .   The earthquake accentuated political tensions in the Kingdom of Portugal and profoundly disrupted the country 's colonial ambitions . The event was widely discussed and dwelt upon by European Enlightenment philosophers , and inspired major developments in theodicy . As the first earthquake studied scientifically for its effects over a large area , it led to the birth of modern seismology and earthquake engineering .

The Late Miocene ( also known as Upper Miocene ) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of two stages . The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch .   The sub-epoch lasted from 11.608 ± 0.005 Ma ( million years ago ) to 5.332 ± 0.005 Ma . The Late Miocene Period was when the Australian species Thylacinus potens lived .

A diapir ( -LSB- ˈdaɪ.əpɪər -RSB- French , from Greek diapeirein , to pierce through ) is a type of geologic intrusion in which a more mobile and ductily deformable material is forced into brittle overlying rocks . Depending on the tectonic environment , diapirs can range from idealized mushroom-shaped Rayleigh -- Taylor-instability-type structures in regions with low tectonic stress such as in the Gulf of Mexico to narrow dikes of material that move along tectonically induced fractures in surrounding rock . The term was introduced by the Romanian geologist Ludovic Mrazek , who was the first to understand the principle of salt intrusion and plasticity . The term `` diapir '' may be applied to igneous structures , but it is more commonly applied to non-igneous , relatively cold materials , such as salt domes and mud diapirs .   In addition to Earth-based observations , diapirism is thought to occur on Neptune 's moon Triton , Jupiter 's moon Europa , Saturn 's moon Enceladus , and Uranus 's moon Miranda .   Diapirs commonly intrude vertically upward along fractures or zones of structural weakness through denser overlying rocks because of density contrast between a less dense , lower rock mass and overlying denser rocks . The density contrast manifests as a force of buoyancy . The process is known as diapirism . The resulting structures are also referred to as piercement structures .   In the process , segments of the existing strata can be disconnected and pushed upwards . While moving higher , they retain much of their original properties such as pressure , which can be significantly different from that of the shallower strata they get pushed into . Such overpressured Floaters pose a significant risk when trying to drill through them . There is an analogy to a Galilean thermometer .   Rock types such as evaporitic salt deposits , and gas charged muds are potential sources of diapirs . Diapirs also form in the earth 's mantle when a sufficient mass of hot , less dense magma assembles . Diapirism in the mantle is thought to be associated with the development of large igneous provinces and some mantle plumes .   Explosive , hot volatile rich magma or volcanic eruptions are referred to generally as diatremes . Diatremes are not usually associated with diapirs , as they are small-volume magmas which ascend by volatile plumes , not by density contrast with the surrounding mantle .