Angel’s Peak in the Cairngorms, Scotland. I don’t know if this is a Munro or not. It was when I climbed it in 2006, but it never used to be. Things are easier now. These days as long as you can get to the top
Scottish Munro mountain A'Bhuidheanach Bheag © Mick Knapton via Flickr A Munro is any Scottish mountain which exceeds 3000 feet in height, not to be confused with a Monroe, which is a lip piercing! Munros were named after the person who first compiled the list of these hiking challenges,...
Scale-induced changes in resource partitioning between trees and grasses may influence the foodscapes for large herbivores, which are expected to forage for high-quality plant material in a scale-dependent manner (Cromsigt et al. 2009; Laca et al. 2010). Large-sized herbivores, such as Africa...
The monsoon climate in eastern China is unstable and variable. The high variability of precipitation here leads to frequent floods and droughts. As a traditional agricultural country, China has abundant records of extreme climate events in historical periods, which provides unique advantages in the res...
hands thunder together before electric tendrils fizz out from her prong-like fingers. In a melee, an earthquake type rumble builds up to its crescendo: the glass chandeliers ting together, casting rainbow patterns upon the dark sweeping walls. High above the loopholes let in what little natural...
This new reality is confirmed by a growing mountain of evidence. For instance, the year 2023 was the world's hottest year on record and marked the first time that all seven of the oceanic basins spawned at least one Category 5 equivalent hurricane. It also witnessed catastrophic earthquakes, ...
mountain kin, who can weigh up to 50 pounds. Desert coyotes are light gray or tan with a black tip on the tail.” William H. Burt and Richard P. Grossenheider point out in theirA Field Guide to the Mammals of America North of Mexico,the coyote’s nose “is more pointed and [the]...
As a junior she raced in road cycling, track cycling and, her strongest event, downhill mountain biking. She’s also no stranger to Bonneville, having driven a Mini Cooper at high speed there eight years ago. Nonetheless, to be crowned fastest cyclist ever, male or female, she must ...
a bombproof storage bank built deep into a mountain in Norway, in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago, about 1300 kilometres from the North Pole. Countries from all over the world send seed samples there to be protected and preserved; the Vault’s mission is to provide a safety net agains...
becoming a successful blogger. Just remember that it may not happen from one day to the other. All that momentarily stands in-between you and a successful blog is a massive mountain that needs to be climbed step-by-step. However, once you reach the peak of the mountain, the view is ...