Sexual Organisms Replaced Clones In Caribbean Oct 13, 2009
13, 2009) Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography ... Closure of the Isthmus of Panama involved a protracted sequence of volcanic and tectonic events. (Science Daily)
Raptor rapture: Rare hawk thrills birders Oct 10, 2009
Starting in late August, thousands of Swainsons fly from the northwest United States down through Mexico, Central America, the Isthmus of Panama and into South America. The hawk s normal habitat consists of open and semi-open country such as deserts, grasslands and prairies. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Today in History Sep 25, 2009
In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and sighted the Pacific Ocean. In 1690, one of the earliest American newspapers, Publick Occurrences, published its first - and last - edition in Boston. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Stanislaus County formed after state Sep 9, 2009
A less perilous sea journey via the Isthmus of Panama and Nicaragua, among malarial jungles. Humans suffered "untold horrors" from thirst and hunger. (Modesto Bee, CA)
What energy, climate proposals mean to you Sep 1, 2009
The isthmus of Panama changed world oceanic circulation patterns when it was formed, and a small amount of rotation of Africa and/or Europe could once again close off the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean, causing the Mediterranean to dry out, and radically change the regions climate. Over time, the motions of the Earths plates move the land masses around, and can even affect sea level. (Nogales International, AZ)
Jade Sheds Light On Guatemala's Geologic History Aug 20, 2009
19, 2009) A new analysis of jade found along the Motagua fault that bisects Guatemala is underscoring the fact that this region has a more complex geologic history than previously thought. Because jade and other associated metamorphic rocks are found on both sides of the fault, and because the jade to the north is younger by about 60 million years, a team of geologists posits in a new research paper that the North American and Caribbean plates have done more than simply slide past each other:... (Science Daily)
Earliest Complex Organisms Fed By Ocean Buffet Aug 20, 2009
(July 28, 2009) Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers. The fossil record. (Science Daily)
In Perspective — Obama similar to Roosevelt Jul 23, 2009
That fleet was later used to hold Colombia at bay while Panama created itself in order to grant the United States a permanent lease on a ten mile wide stretch along the Isthmus of Panama for the famous canal. So foreign leaders knew TR was a military man who had been in action and would not be at all hesitant to use whatever power he had to further the interests of the United States. (Brenham Banner, TX)
Author urges government to take on projects vital to U.S. Jul 20, 2009
To gain access to a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama, the U.S. fomented that revolution, a bold endeavor but hardly one of America's finest hours. The book's major flaw is a lack of analysis, offering conclusions without the benefit of argument. (USA Today -- Money)
