6 QUOTES WITH «THE TROPICS»
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the tropics.
It's a fair guess that at the rate we're destroying habitat, especially but not exclusively in the tropics, we're pushing to extinction about one species every hour. That doesn't count the species whose populations are being reduced so greatly that diversity within the population is essentially gone.
I love going to the beach in the tropics and doing whatever I do - surfing, swimming or being - and the glow when I get a tan that deepens. I walk around with red and gold in my skin and feel like the most beautiful thing on the planet!
One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators, by taking a large lump of ice to show these strangers from the tropics.
True, when you behold Damascus from the Salahiyeh, the last slope of the Anti-Lebanon, it is the realization of all that you have dreamed of Oriental splendor; the world has no picture more dazzling. It is Beauty carried to the Sublime, as I have felt when overlooking some boundless forest of palms within the tropics.
I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.
I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE TROPICS»
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the tropics in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the tropics and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dragon in
the Tropics: Hugo Chavez and
the Political Economy ...
"A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Chávez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Chávez took a frail but still pluralistic democracy and turned it into a semi-authoritarian regime, achieving political ...
2
Good government in
the tropics
Theoretical novelty and elegant use of evidence combine to make this book a clear winner." -- Peter Evans, University of California at Berkeley
3
Gardening in
the Tropics
Gardening in the Tropics contains a rich Caribbean world in poems offered to readers everywhere. Olive Senior's rich vein of humour can turn wry and then sharp in satire of colour-consciousness, class-consciousness and racism.
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Gardening in
the Tropics:
The Definitive Guide for Gardeners
Gardening in the Tropics offers invaluable advice on how to establish a luxuriant tropical garden. This authoritative guide lists more than 500 varieties of tropical plants.
Richard Eric Holttum, I. C. Enoch, 2010
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Agricultural Insect Pests of
the Tropics and Their Control
Principles of pest control; Methods of pest control; Pest demage to crop plants; Biological control of crop pests; Chemical control of insect pests; Major tropical crop pests; Tropical crops and their; Pest spectra; General bibliography.
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A Naturalist's Guide to
the Tropics
Beautifully illustrated throughout with color plates, photographs, and drawings, this volume is a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of the tropics worldwide. 59 color photos. 21 maps.
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Vichy in
the Tropics: Petain's National Revolution in ...
Winner of the 2001 Alf Andrew Heggoy Prize of the French Colonial Historical Society This book examines the role of the Vichy regime in bringing about profound changes in the French colonial empire.
8
Improving Goat Production in
the Tropics: A Manual for ...
Written for both livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production, this book explains the theory of goat-keeping using practical, step-by-step guidelines.
9
Silviculture in
the Tropics
This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests.
Sven Günter, Michael Weber, Bernd Stimm, 2011
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Geomorphology of
the Tropics
The book was first published in German in 1987. However, the present version is much more than a translation, encompassing a range of new ideas and findings in the field of tropical geomorphology.
Alfred Wirthmann, D. Busche, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE TROPICS»
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the tropics is used in the context of the following news items.
A Little More Action in The Tropics
... for weakening or destroying tropical systems. Remember you can always keep up with the latest activity in the tropics on the WMBF First Alert Weather App. «WMBF, Jul 15»
Dinosaurs avoided tropics due to hot, dry climate: study
WASHINGTON – An unpredictable, yet scorching and dry climate kept large, grass-eating dinosaurs out of the tropics for some 30 million years after they first ... «The Japan Times, Jun 15»
Paradise Avoided: Why Largest Dinosaurs Skipped the Tropics
Giant dinosaurs steered clear of the tropics for tens of millions of years because wild climate swings there were too much for them to handle, researchers say. «Live Science, Jun 15»
The tropics are getting wetter: the reason could be clumpy storms
For a long time climate models have predicted that wet and warm areas in the tropics are going to get wetter, especially over the oceans. Observations of the ... «The Conversation AU, Mar 15»
OHL Notebook: Could the Tropics be the OHL's newest team?
Tropics is currently one of five possible team names that have been registered with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The others ... «SooToday.com, Feb 15»
Deforestation in the tropics affects climate around the world, study …
The effect is so pronounced, the study finds, that if all the trees in the tropics were cut ... climate changes from deforestation could have on farming in the tropics. «Carbon Brief, Dec 14»
This Week's Bitter Cold Is Courtesy of the Tropics
Children walk to school in St. Paul, Minnesota, during the first snowstorm of the season, on Nov. 10, 2014. Photographer: Leila Navidi/The Star Tribune via AP ... «Bloomberg, Nov 14»
Fish are Disappearing From the Tropics
Scores of the planet's most vibrantly colorful and sought-after fish species will disappear from the tropics as soon as 2050, a new study finds, driven closer to the ... «U.S. News & World Report, Oct 14»
Kettering restaurant closes over parking dispute
A dispute over parking has prompted the owner of The Tropics restaurant adjacent to the Fraze Pavilion to shut down the restaurant, perhaps permanently. «Dayton Daily News, Sep 14»
Shark tags track great whites to tropics
The sharks migrate to the tropics in the winter, and travel in straight lines, averaging about 100km a day. The fisheries scientist, Malcom Francis, said the findings ... «Radio New Zealand, Aug 14»
