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\"When villains threaten the town, only one man can stop them. His name is Andrews--Archie Andrews! Dive right into this batch of tales filled with danger and excitement\"--Amazon.com.

The true story of the controversial battle to save the world's most famous endangered species. The journals of early maritime explorers traversing the Atlantic Ocean often describe swarms of sea turtles, once a plentiful source of food. Many populations had been decimated by the 1950s, when Archie Carr and others raised public awareness of their plight. One species, the green turtle, has been the most heavily exploited due to international demand for turtle products, especially green turtle soup. The species has achieved some measure of recovery due to thirty years of conservation efforts, but remains endangered. In The Case of the Green Turtle, Alison Rieser provides an unparalleled look into the way science and conservation interact by focusing on the most controversial aspect of green turtle conservation—farming. While proponents argued that farming green sea turtles would help save them, opponents countered that it encouraged a taste for turtle flesh that would lead to the slaughter of wild stocks. The clash of these viewpoints once riveted the world. Rieser relies on her expertise in ocean ecology, policy, and law to reveal how the efforts to preserve sea turtles changed marine conservation and the way we view our role in the environment. Her study of this early conservation controversy will fascinate anyone who cares about sea turtles or the oceans in which they live.

Continues the parallel stories that explore what life would be like for Archie Andrews if he married girl-next-door Betty Cooper or wealthy socialite Veronica Lodge, and details the return of Cheryl Blossom and Dilton Doiley to Riverdale.

Buffalograss is a valuable forage and turfgrass species native to the Great Plains of America. Utilization of genetic resources and conservation of germplasm rely on effective methods to differentiate and identify genetic differences quickly and at a relatively low cost. The lack of correlation between DNA marker-based genetic diversity and the geographic distance in buffalograss indicates that the interaction between genotype and environment needs to be evaluated. The objective of this study was to establish a core collection of buffalograss germplasm based on SRAP, then solidify the construction with important phenotypic traits. A total of 143 accessions were collected from 16 regions in 10 states of the U.S. A total of 1033 bands were scored from the 10 combinations of forward and reverse primers, of which 1031 were polymorphic within the accessions. After evaluating multiple clustering approaches, we determined that using symmetric distance (such as DMATCH, SM) in the hierarchical Ward's method was the best clustering method, resulting in five groups. A least distance stepwise clustering approach using the simple match similarity coefficient was most efficient in creating core collections. Adding the phenotypic information and a final core collection size of 59 accessions was recommended to balance representativeness and diversity. We proposed a reverse power function for the percentage of accessions to be included in a core collection. We started at a high value for small numbers of accessions, and the percentage decreased as the accession number increased. then level off at 10% as the accession number reached 1000 and above.

Take a magical trip down Storybook Lane with this collection of the best fairy tale stories ever told in Riverdale! From glass slippers to giant beanstalks and yellow brick roads to tales from under the seas, this classic collection will have you entertained for hours!

The fluid‐flow properties of fractures have received increasing attention regarding the role of geofluids in the genesis of slow and fast earthquakes and recent advances in geoengineering developments. Geophysical observations are promising tools to remotely estimate crustal permeability changes; however, quantitative interpretations are limited by the rock‐physical models' paucity for fractures. This study investigated changes in permeability, resistivity, and their respective relationships at elevated stress by performing numerical simulations of different fracture models with varying fracture size, roughness, and shear displacement. Numerical results and microscopic flow analysis demonstrate that permeability–resistivity relationships are controlled by percolation and are less dependent on fracture geometric characteristics. Our finding suggests that the permeability evolution of fractures can be formulated with resistivity changes independent of both fracture size and microstructure, the trends of which can be predicted using Archie's exponent. The extension to the electro‐mechanical relationship further derives the potential applications of estimating stress changes. Plain Language Summary Monitoring the flow of fluids through underground fractures is important for developing earth resources and understanding the generation of both slow and fast earthquakes. This can be realized by observing physical properties underground such as electrical resistivity; however, the relationships between electrical and hydraulic properties are poorly understood because we have limited data on rock fractures. Thus, in this study, we explored changes in the hydraulic and electrical properties of synthetic rock fractures by subjecting them to increasing normal stress and shear displacement while varying the properties of the fracture surface topographies and length scales referring to natural data. We formulated the relationship between electrical resistivity and permeability invariant of fracture size, roughness, shear displacement, and normal stress based on both the theoretical model and empirical Archie's equation. We found that the rigorous relationship is controlled by the local connection of the fluid‐flow paths based on the microscopic flow analysis. The proposed formula can estimate the permeability evolution of fractures using resistivity data and is a better approach compared to porosity estimation because resistivity–porosity relationship can change depending on the tortuosity or connectivity. The extension to the electro‐mechanical relationship also derives the potential applications of estimating changes in pore pressure. Key Points Numerical results clarify the dependencies of fracture size, roughness, shear displacement, and stress on permeability and resistivity Flow path percolation can be correlated with tortuosity, which controls the rigorous resistivity–porosity and –permeability relationships Archie's exponent is constant for a percolated single fracture and can be used for monitoring permeability and pore pressure change

\"Classic-style Archie makes his return in this all-new, all-ages collection from Ty Templeton and Dan Parent! Join Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and all your favorite characters from Riverdale as they embark on fun-filled adventures and high school hijinks!\"-- Provided by publisher.