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Vladimir Putin has been given a sample of the mysterious water of Lake Vostok, now back in Russia. They have the first sample of water from Lake Vostok and scientists are now heading back to Russia. They won't be back in Antarctica until next Summer, but there will be ... keep reading
Written by Celsias yesterday, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Water
Scientists and birders watching the extraordinary and disturbing midwinter migration of hundreds of snowy owls from the Arctic admit that they don’t know why so many of the birds are departing their natural wintering grounds. One observer used the word “unbelievable.” Another said that it was the “most significant ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Climate Change, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, Weather (2 comments)
On Thursday, January 26, an alliance of like-minded environmental organizations and Native American tribes sued the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for failing to protect higher sea mammals from U.S. Navy military training exercises along the West Coast. The suit is taking place in a U.S. District Court ... keep reading
Written by Jeanne Roberts this week, about Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans, War
An expedition by scientists from the University of Aberdeen and NIWA has unearthed supergiant amphipods. These dwarf the standard 2-3cm deep sea amphipod. The supergiants found were both the biggest specimen ever caught and the deepest they had been found.They are more than 20 times larger than their smaller ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Environment & Wildlife, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Russian scientists have drilled into the vast, dark and unknown Lake Vostok, 2.2 miles below the surface of Antarctica, Russian news agency RIA Novosti said Monday. “Yesterday, our scientists stopped drilling at the depth of 3,768 meters and reached the surface of the subglacial lake,” the news agency ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Weather (3 comments)
Lake Vostok is buried under more than two miles of ice and Russian scientists are on the verge of reaching it, having narrowly missed in the last Antarctic Summer season. If the Russian scientists do tap into this lake it will be the first time in millions of years and ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this week, about Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Environment & Wildlife, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
The escalating and inelastic demand for energy to fuel economic activities exerts pressures on its limited supply. The skyrocketing prices of petroleum products results in the depletion of non renewable energy sources and the continued investigation and use of renewable and Innovation results. Environmentalists have warned that the bio fuel ... keep reading
Written by Naseem Sheikh this week, about Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Deforestation, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business
At the end of January, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down California’s ban on processing of non-ambulatory, or “downer,” livestock, specifically pigs and hogs. The ban on the sale of pigs too weak to walk cannot be enforced because a less rigorous law regulates slaughterhouse inspections. California state ... keep reading
Written by Julie Mitchell this week, about Agriculture & Food, Children and Families, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior (2 comments)
Some time ago we brought you Lonesome George. Lonesome is a giant tortoise. He is thought to be the last surviving male of his species. And...no pressure here George, but if you don’t breed the species disappears. But George doesn’t seem to get it -either way. George ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B this month, about Environment & Wildlife, Lifestyle & Behavior, Population, Travel
Prince William has for some strange reason been sent to the Falklands. At a time where the UK could direct one of their top rating royals to do good, they send him to inflame long standing enmity in the Falklands. Odd ? Yes. Presumably they want the fishing and the oil ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Celebrities, Environment & Wildlife, Politics & Government, War
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