The Negative Of Bio Fuels
Posted on February 22, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Business, Environment, Technology
The world is supposedly eagerly waiting the move away from greenhouse gas-emitting, mountain-levelling, air-polluting, fossil fuel. Yet fossil fuel versus cleaner alternatives of biofuels, has long been the subject of intense research from a wide variety of sources. Read more…
Singing Mouse
Posted on February 17, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment
Whales are believed to actually employ grammar in their songs and it has long been established that whales sing, not only during mating season, but also to communicate locations. However there are many other animals that scientists have discovered, also sing. Read about the singing mouse, toadfish and more…
Russian Nuclear Disaster Only Minutes Away
Posted on February 15, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment
Russian officials had denied that a nuclear sub, that caught fire in December 2011, was armed. They said that all nuclear weapons had been unloaded from the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine well before a fire engulfed the 167 metre vessel. They claimed there was absolutely no danger of a radiation leak, as the fire was nowhere [...]
American Beaches Threatened By Japanese Flotsam
Posted on February 15, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment
Viewers around the world watched as thousands of tons of water poured across 1,300 miles of coastline, destroying entire communities with a loss of 25,000 lives, in March 2011, as the devastating earthquake of 9.0 magnitude and ensuing tsunami, devastated the northern coast of Japan. Now the ensuing flotsam is beginning to wash up on [...]
Food That Can Kill
Posted on February 10, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment, Health
Over a million hard boiled eggs were recalled by a Minnesota food company, because of the threat of listeria. The eggs had been distributed to 34 American states for use by institutions and manufactureres, not retailers. Read about other food contaminations…
Oldest Living Things On Earth
Posted on February 9, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment, Science
It was thought believed that ‘Lomatia Tasmanica’, the self-propagating holly bush, found growing in Tasmania, Australia, was the oldest living plant on the planet. with its glossy pointed leaves, does not produce seeds, but sheds ‘cuttings’ of itself, that grow on the forest floor. Read how there is an even older plant in the Mediterranean…
The Dragon Blood Trees
Posted on February 1, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment
Evergreen and iconic Dragon Blood trees, ( Dracaena cinnabari) are the heritage of the islands of Socotra, Yemen. The very distinctive and unique umbrella shape of the tree helps it survive in extreme arid conditions and areas with limited soil. Read more about this tree that bleeds red blood-like sap…
Rare Giant Deep Water Shark
Posted on January 31, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Education, Environment, Student Resources
The very rare, Giant Deep-Sea Shark, that looks for all the world like a large corroded rock, usually lives in the waters near Greenland, up to 600 metres deep, at a cool 1 degree Celsius. It lives on seals and has been known to kill polar bears. Read more about the Giant Deep Sea [...]
3 Year Old Youngster Defies Angry Lion
Posted on January 26, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment, Society
The video of Sofia Walker, a 3 year old girl, facing off the angry 8 year-old lion, went viral. Sure Malik, was on the other side of a 33 millimetre thick pane of safety glass, but it was still scarey. Read more…
Man’s Pollution Of Space
Posted on January 26, 2012 by W.L. Stenberg-Tendys in Environment
There are more than 20,000 pieces of space junk circling our planet, that are bigger than the size of a softball, according to reports from NASA. There are over half a million pieces that are larger than a marble. It is NASA’s task to track every single loose object that is larger than 4 cms [...]
