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Scientists have discovered nearly a dozen new penguin colonies hidden in Antarctica. But it s not all good news mdash; the colonies are lo adidas campus cated in a region that is at a high risk of disappearing due to c air max limate change.A new study, published this week in the journal Remote Sensing Ecology and Conservation, reveals that a satellite spotted 11 new colonies of emperor penguins mdash; nearly 20% more than previously thought. Scientists said the findings help paint a clearer picture of the impact of climate change on the iconic bird.Images from the European Commission s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission revealed penguin excrement stains on ice not previously seen, allowing researchers to find the new colonies. The addition of 11 new colonies brings the global tally to 61 across Antarctica.Penguin colonies are notoriously difficult to study because they tend to be in highly remote and inaccessible regions with temperatures as low as minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Aerial photographs and satellite imagery have long been used to locate colonies. The smudges on the ice show the existence of an emperor penguin colony. Image taken from the European Commission s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. British Antarctic Survey This is an exciting discovery. The new satellite images of Antarctica s coastline have enabled us to find these new colonies, lead author Dr. Peter af1 Fretwell, a g Etne Climate solutions from the Arctic, the fastest-warming place on Earth
Egyptian authorities Wednesday identified a mummy found a century ago as the remains of Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt s few women pharaohs and one of its most mysterious rulers.In a search worthy of a plot for CSI, scientists matched DNA stanley cup from a tooth found in a box of organs to a mummy unearthed more than 100 years ago, reports CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey.The mummy was discovered in Egypt s Valley of the Kings burial ground in 1903 but was left unidentified at the site for decades, until two months ago when it was brought to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for testing, said Egypt s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass.A molar perfectly matched a gap in the jaw of the mummy. That tooth exactly fit with the mummy, said Hawass. I can say that this is the most important discovery af stanley termoska ter the discovery of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. A woman monarch who called herself a pharoah, dressed like a man and also wore a false beard, Hatshepsut ruled during the 15th century B.C., wielding more power than two other women of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra and Nefertiti. More powerful than even the legendary Cleopatra, Hatshepsut s life three-and-a-half thousand years ago was the stuff of today s tabloids, reports Pizzey. She married her half brother, stole the t stanley cup hrone from her stepson, and ruled longer than any other Egyptian queen, often dressing like a man and wearing a false beard.But when her rule in the 18th Dynasty ended, all traces of her mysteriously disappeared,
Ybxk 2 killed, U.S. athletes injured in balcony collapse during swimming championships in South Korea
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki onSunday ruled out a military assault on Fallujah, saying he wanted to spare thecity mo adidas original campus re carnage and give Sunni Muslim tribesmen time to expel al Qaeda-linkedfighters. We want to end the presence of those militants withoutany bloodshed because the people of Fallujah have suffered a lot, he toldReuters in an interview in Baghdad, referring to the devastating assaults byU.S. forces to evict insurgents adidas campus 00 in 2004.Fighters of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and their tribal allies took over Fallujah and parts ofthe nearby city of Ramadi nearly two weeks ago at a time of Sunni anger withthe Shiite-led government, stirred by a bloody raid to arrest a Sunnipolitician in Ramadi.Maliki said he had reassured fearful residents of Fallujahthat the army would not attack, but told them that they must take the city backfrom the militants who overran it on Jan. 1. There is a good response from Fallujah s sons andtribes, the Iraqi leader said. We do not care how long thistakes. Violence in Iraq continues with two more bombings 01:46 CBS News Elizabeth Palmer said Maliki is holding off on an attack on Fallujah because he does not want to incite violence by local Sunnis, w dunks ho are not warm to his Shiite-led government. There s a ch Oplh Mohammed al-Zawahri, brother of Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri, arrested in Egypt
A four-star general will testify at a pretrial hearing in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war, a Marine Corps spokesman said Thursday.Gen. James Mattis is scheduled to address a military judge Monday on a defense motion to dismiss charges against Staff stanley thermoskannen Sgt. Frank Wuterich on grounds of undue command influence, said the spokesman, Lt. Col. David Griesmer.The defense argues Mattis was improperly influenced by a military lawyer, Col. John Ewers, who investigated the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in November 2005 and later became a top aide when the general was deciding who should be charged.Wuterich is the only remaining and p stanley water bottle erhaps the highest-profile of eight Marines who were charged in connection with the Haditha case.The eight Marines were charged with murder or with failing to properly report or investigate the killings. Charges were dismissed against six defendants and one was acquitted. Wuterich, a squad leader during the killings, faces reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, der kubki stanley eliction of duty and obstruction of justice.Mattis referred charges against Wuterich when he was both commander of the Marine Corps Forces Central Command and the commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton. He was later promoted to commander of both NATO s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and commander of U.S. Joint Forces.A courtroom appearance is rare for such a high-rankin
Scientists have discovered nearly a dozen new penguin colonies hidden in Antarctica. But it s not all good news mdash; the colonies are lo adidas campus cated in a region that is at a high risk of disappearing due to c air max limate change.A new study, published this week in the journal Remote Sensing Ecology and Conservation, reveals that a satellite spotted 11 new colonies of emperor penguins mdash; nearly 20% more than previously thought. Scientists said the findings help paint a clearer picture of the impact of climate change on the iconic bird.Images from the European Commission s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission revealed penguin excrement stains on ice not previously seen, allowing researchers to find the new colonies. The addition of 11 new colonies brings the global tally to 61 across Antarctica.Penguin colonies are notoriously difficult to study because they tend to be in highly remote and inaccessible regions with temperatures as low as minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit. Aerial photographs and satellite imagery have long been used to locate colonies. The smudges on the ice show the existence of an emperor penguin colony. Image taken from the European Commission s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite. British Antarctic Survey This is an exciting discovery. The new satellite images of Antarctica s coastline have enabled us to find these new colonies, lead author Dr. Peter af1 Fretwell, a g Etne Climate solutions from the Arctic, the fastest-warming place on Earth
Egyptian authorities Wednesday identified a mummy found a century ago as the remains of Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt s few women pharaohs and one of its most mysterious rulers.In a search worthy of a plot for CSI, scientists matched DNA stanley cup from a tooth found in a box of organs to a mummy unearthed more than 100 years ago, reports CBS News correspondent Allen Pizzey.The mummy was discovered in Egypt s Valley of the Kings burial ground in 1903 but was left unidentified at the site for decades, until two months ago when it was brought to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo for testing, said Egypt s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass.A molar perfectly matched a gap in the jaw of the mummy. That tooth exactly fit with the mummy, said Hawass. I can say that this is the most important discovery af stanley termoska ter the discovery of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings. A woman monarch who called herself a pharoah, dressed like a man and also wore a false beard, Hatshepsut ruled during the 15th century B.C., wielding more power than two other women of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra and Nefertiti. More powerful than even the legendary Cleopatra, Hatshepsut s life three-and-a-half thousand years ago was the stuff of today s tabloids, reports Pizzey. She married her half brother, stole the t stanley cup hrone from her stepson, and ruled longer than any other Egyptian queen, often dressing like a man and wearing a false beard.But when her rule in the 18th Dynasty ended, all traces of her mysteriously disappeared,
Ybxk 2 killed, U.S. athletes injured in balcony collapse during swimming championships in South Korea
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki onSunday ruled out a military assault on Fallujah, saying he wanted to spare thecity mo adidas original campus re carnage and give Sunni Muslim tribesmen time to expel al Qaeda-linkedfighters. We want to end the presence of those militants withoutany bloodshed because the people of Fallujah have suffered a lot, he toldReuters in an interview in Baghdad, referring to the devastating assaults byU.S. forces to evict insurgents adidas campus 00 in 2004.Fighters of the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and their tribal allies took over Fallujah and parts ofthe nearby city of Ramadi nearly two weeks ago at a time of Sunni anger withthe Shiite-led government, stirred by a bloody raid to arrest a Sunnipolitician in Ramadi.Maliki said he had reassured fearful residents of Fallujahthat the army would not attack, but told them that they must take the city backfrom the militants who overran it on Jan. 1. There is a good response from Fallujah s sons andtribes, the Iraqi leader said. We do not care how long thistakes. Violence in Iraq continues with two more bombings 01:46 CBS News Elizabeth Palmer said Maliki is holding off on an attack on Fallujah because he does not want to incite violence by local Sunnis, w dunks ho are not warm to his Shiite-led government. There s a ch Oplh Mohammed al-Zawahri, brother of Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri, arrested in Egypt
A four-star general will testify at a pretrial hearing in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war, a Marine Corps spokesman said Thursday.Gen. James Mattis is scheduled to address a military judge Monday on a defense motion to dismiss charges against Staff stanley thermoskannen Sgt. Frank Wuterich on grounds of undue command influence, said the spokesman, Lt. Col. David Griesmer.The defense argues Mattis was improperly influenced by a military lawyer, Col. John Ewers, who investigated the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in November 2005 and later became a top aide when the general was deciding who should be charged.Wuterich is the only remaining and p stanley water bottle erhaps the highest-profile of eight Marines who were charged in connection with the Haditha case.The eight Marines were charged with murder or with failing to properly report or investigate the killings. Charges were dismissed against six defendants and one was acquitted. Wuterich, a squad leader during the killings, faces reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, der kubki stanley eliction of duty and obstruction of justice.Mattis referred charges against Wuterich when he was both commander of the Marine Corps Forces Central Command and the commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton. He was later promoted to commander of both NATO s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation and commander of U.S. Joint Forces.A courtroom appearance is rare for such a high-rankin
