The catches taken from the South China Sea (SCS) by the bordering countries and others are presented for the period from 1950 to 2014, with emphasis on catches that were 'reconstructed', i.e., corrected for completeness. Following a rapid increase in the 1980s and early 1990s, catches ...
On another front, the first State Council “Document Number One” was issued to permit the rural household contracts, an approach that allocated land to rural households by headcount, similar to the land reform of 1950. Since then, the “Documents Number One” issued in five consecutive years ...
London has a wonderfully varied calendar of events throughout the year, whether you're looking for a taste of the royal life, experiencing classic British traditions or dipping into the rich cultural and artistic offerings this fine city has to offer
the crowds and the Silver Spurs Quadrille team perform a square dance on horseback. This time-honored extreme sport has been drawing crowds and delighting fans in Central Florida since the 1940s, providing air-conditioned entertainment, snacks, beer and other concessions to its annual events. ...
Since then I’ve written two sequels (that take place about 20-30 years later) and many short stories (that take place everywhere from right at the zombie apocalypse itself to just before the events in The Forest of Hands and Teeth). One of the best aspects of zombies as a creature is...
As a result, heavy precipitation events have increased in both frequency and intensity since 1950. Drought Climate change is contributing to droughts as well, often because of warming leading to increased evaporation from soils and vegetation. Tropical cyclones With warmer ocean ...
adomino-like collapse of socialism throughout Eastern Europeand, eventually, Russia itself. The pivotal year of 1989 was later dubbed the Year of Miracles. In April, Solidarity and the Polish government agreed to the first open elections since World War II. Regarding the Cold War, in May, ...
The energy from the collision that raised the Himalayas, radiates out from there, often causing destructive seismic events. Five major earthquakes have hit the subcontinent only in the past decade. This frequency is dangerous, given that the population of India has doubled since 1950. Gujarat, ...
compromising the integrity of the embankment. Additionally, the secant pile speciality contractor, Malcom Drilling, prepared contingency measures – such as stockpiling material for emergency backfilling of a hole – to address events that could impact the quality of the secant pile construction o...
The anti-immigrant AfD won 12.6 percent of the vote in Germany's election on Sunday, becoming the third-largest group in parliament and the first from the far-right to win seats in the Bundestag since the 1950s. Petry, the highest-profile figure in the AfD's more moderat...