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[27]: 2321 For example, the decline of sea ice in the Arctic has been accelerating during the early twenty‐first century, with a decline rate of 4.7% per decade (it has declined over 50% since the first satellite records). [28] [29] [30] One well known example of a species affected is the polar bear, whose habitat in the Arctic is threatened ...
This is a list of cultural heritage sites that have been damaged or destroyed accidentally, deliberately, or by a natural disaster.The list is sorted by continent, then by country.
Examples of this include the removal of Diego Rivera's 1934 Man at the Crossroads mural from the Rockefeller Center and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan statues by the Taliban government. Artworks destroyed in the September 11 attacks in the United States included a painted wood relief by Louise Nevelson , a painting from Roy ...
Denial – A strategy that seeks to destroy the enemy's ability to wage war; Distraction – An attack by some of the force on one or two flanks, drawing up to a strong frontal attack by the rest of the force; Encirclement – Both a strategy and tactic designed to isolate and surround enemy forces
See photos of people taking questionable selfies: Number 2.Rock collecting. The hobby is enjoyed by many, but there are some specimens best avoided. Among them is Hutchinsonite, as inhaling its ...
There are examples of libraries accidentally destroyed by human actions. Others were damaged by natural disasters like earthquakes, floods or accidental fires. Library fires have happened sporadically through the centuries: notable examples are the destruction of the Library of Alexandria , the destruction of Library of Nalanda in India and the ...
The strike of the Brahmastra astra will eventually destroy everything. [citation needed] When Ashwatthama hurled the Brahmashtra against Arjuna, the Pandava countered by invoking the same weapon; to prevent widespread destruction, Narada and Vyasa stood between the two astras, ordering the two warriors to withdraw their weapons.
Identicide [1] [2] [3] is the deliberate, systematic and targeted destruction of the places, symbols, objects, including ideas, values and aesthetica, and other cultural property that represent the identity of a people, with the intent to erase the cultural narrative and memory of that people, demoralize a population, absorb it into another cultural/political entity, or to rid an area of that ...