Anything related to all things earthly
VIA “pulptastic.com” Wildlife photographer Henry Mp must be really good at timing. Or maybe he’s just luckier than most of us. During his stay in Indonesia, Mp spotted a Reinwardt’s Flying Frog on the back of a giant horned wood-boring beetle. And much to his surprise, the scene that unfolded before him looked unbelievably awesome. […]
VIA “the daily conversation, Jacob + Katie Schwarz, Robert Revol, evosiastudios, Ron Murray” youtube.com channels
VIA “newrepublic.com” by Jeffrey Ball In June 1975, a Yale economist named William Nordhaus published a paper for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, an Austrian think tank. In the paper, he put forward a theory about a potentially globe-altering climate-change Red Line—a threshold that, if crossed, could result in a fusillade of environmental […]
NASA simulation of air pollution from Asia and how it effects global climate.
VIA “huffingtonpost.com” by Joe Satran Driving through the farmlands of Iowa looking for fresh food to eat is a lot like sailing through the ocean looking for fresh water to drink. In the ocean, you’re surrounded by water that you can’t drink; in Iowa, you’re surrounded by food you can’t eat. Even though Iowa […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org” by Anna Lemind Hang onto your chair and prepare to have your mind blown.. New research reveals that a big portion of the Earth’s water is older than previously thought, and actually predates the age of the Sun. Moreover, the findings of the study suggest that water – and life – could exist on exoplanets […]
VIA “elitedaily.com” by Aaron Kaufman Global warming isn’t the only environmental nightmare that scientists are struggling to solve. Millions of tons of plastic waste litter the world’s oceans, converging together in rotating currents called gyres and blanketing the water’s surface. On average, these gyres now hold six times more plastic than plankton by dry weight. […]
The above is a video of what are considered to be the top 25 most polluted places on the planet. The damage is atrocious. Love the Earth, not the other way around. Video credit “List25” youtube channel.
VIA “iflscience.com” by Lisa Winter Over 18,000 people were killed by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that struck Northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake lasted six minutes, and had over 250 aftershocks. Amateur video obtained by an American tourist visiting a park when the earthquake struck shows how dynamic the ground can be. The […]
VIA “thespiritscience.net” by Kirsten “Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.”-Ted In the near future […]
