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Is Global Warming Cooking an Acidic Sea Urchin Soup?
It’s no secret that we’re all doomed but now scientists have found that the underwater world isn’t having such a fab time either. Since the sea sequesters carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere its pH levels are rising. This means sea animals whose shells or skeletons are made of calcium carbonate are literally dissolving due to the increased acidity in the water, and in some cases failing to reproduce.
Continue reading...22. July 2008
30 Starving Bears Trap Geologists in Russia
A group of Russian geologists working on the volcanic Kamchatka peninsula found conditions un-bear-able (apologies) after a group of over 30 bears trapped them in their camp. But as nature encroaches further inland in this far corner of eastern Russia, is this a sign of the damage poachers are doing to natural resources in the area?
Continue reading...10. July 2008
Cute Baby Panda Adopted By Cat In Dutch Zoo
A baby panda rejected by its mother has been adopted by a domestic cat and is being raised along with its litter. The panda and another sibling were initially accepted by their mother but were found to have been abandoned a day later, suffering from hypothermia. Zookeepers at the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam successfully encouraged a cat that had just given birth to suckle the pair - however one of the pandas unfortunately did not survive.
Continue reading...10. July 2008
Scientists Attach Rectal Methane-Collecting Backpacks to Cows
Imagine for a moment that you have a balloon above your head. In this balloon is the entire volume of air that has passed through your body to become the gaseous odorous ghost of your last two meals. Being a vegetarian with a high fiber intake, I can guarantee that I would be quite embarrassed at the sheer size of such a balloon (or proud, depending on current company).
Continue reading...3. July 2008
WTF? Vessel Too Toxic for Bangladeshi Ship Breakers Sent to UK
Image by Flickr user Peter_32 Ship breakers in Bangladesh toil in conditions that resemble hell on earth, breaking rusting hulks by hand for little more than a dollar a day. But should we allow a former French aircraft carrier considered too dangerous for even these workers to be [...]
Continue reading...2. July 2008
30 Abstract Satellite Images of Earth
By Tom Davie and Chris Ingham Brooke The Optimist, Kalahari Desert Namibia “It is impossible to give a clear account of the world, but art can teach us to reproduce it - just as the world reproduces itself in the course of its eternal gyrations.” Albert Camus
Continue reading...26. June 2008
Nature’s Enclave in a Japanese Metropolis
image by Flickr user A Posh Sentinel The insane architecture you see above is the aftermath of a baseball stadium being abandoned in Osaka Japan; a new opportunity revealed itself and brought a bit of green regeneration to the urban jungle.
Continue reading...19. June 2008
150m Year Old Dinosaur Bones Dug Up in Utah
image via Wikipedia In southeast Utah, scientists uncovered an array of incredibly well-preserved dinosaur bones, which could provide new information about life in this region 150 million years ago.
Continue reading...17. June 2008
Death Valley Stones that Literally Move by Themselves [pics]
In the third part of our Natural Design series, Environmental Graffiti reporter Vlad Jecan explores the natural phenomenon of the Racetrack Playa, where stones literally move by themselves. image via The Racetrack Playa is a dry lake found within Death Valley National Park, California, U.S.A. The [...]
Continue reading...16. June 2008
10 Highest Waterfalls on Earth
Image by jrsxxx33 If you’re like me, as a kid, you probably enjoyed throwing heavy objects off super-high buildings, just to see how long it took and what they looked like when they smashed. As a responsible adult, I now get my pleasure in gazing at water falling [...]
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4. August 2008
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