Environmental Graffiti

Italy’s Drowned Village

Legend has it the bell can still be heard in the dead of winter, sounding out its knell despite the fact that it has long since been removed. The bell tower of the 14th century church that projects from Lake Reschen in the far north of Italy is all that is now visible of the once thriving village of Graun. In the middle of the last century, the town was drowned by the artificial lake that lies above it to this day.

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Don’t Wing This! [PICS]

With a new study suggesting that procuring life experiences not possessions leads to greater happiness, what better way to mark the findings than by celebrating an activity that’s truly going make you feel alive – assuming you don’t die trying. Sure, the screwballs that are into wingsuit BASE jumping may look like the human answer to flying squirrels, but we’ll bet they’re having more fun than you are when you’re shopping down at the local mall.

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The Adriatic Sea is Closing

Scientists have identified a new fault in the seafloor which could close off the Adriatic sea in the next 50 million years. One of the Dalmatian Islands The newly found fault runs under the Adriatic sea, the body of water between Italy and the Grecian peninsula. The fault is [...]

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