Stranded divers chase off Komodo dragon on island

In one of best survival case,  some Scuab divers were rescued after living for more than 12 hours in Shark infested waters but their luck had some more difficulty.  When they ashore then they were...

7 years left to avoid global climate catastrophe

To the candidates - further proof that being all Talk and No action is going to result in remarkable climactic changes.  To those in the McCain Camp, please read the article about what Palin is supporting -...

Hundreds of dying penguins wash up in Brazil

About 400 penguins have washed ashore on Brazilian beaches this year, which experts say is an unusually high number. While it's not uncommon for a small number of penguins to wash ashore in Brazil, their number have...

Global Disruption” More Accurately Describes Climate Change, Not “Global ...

This is a great interview with John Holdren, a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and lawyer Stephen Susman who is representing Kivalina islanders, Native Alaskan people who have to be moved, because of global warming, to the...

Lost Scuba Divers Survive Deadly Dragon, Currents on Remote Island

" All five Europeans who vanished while scuba diving in treacherous waters off eastern Indonesia were found alive Saturday on a remote island, police and family members said.The divers — three from Britain and one...

Star-struck! Scientists amazed by extraordinary, million-strong 'Brittle Star...

" A natural wonder dubbed "Brittle Star City" has been discovered on the summit of an undersea mountain.Scientists were amazed to find tens of millions of starfish-like creatures packing the flat top of the seamount,...

1,000 pound bomb goes missing

The British Royal navy recently found an undenotated German bomb on a beach in Felixstowe, Suffolk. But then they lost it."Picture the scene: a large second world war bomb washes up on an English beach, causes panic...

Sailors Trapped in Sunken Tugboat

A Ukranian tugboat sunk off the coast of Hong Kong and is now lying upside-down 35 meters (115 ft) below the surface. Rescue crews are attempting to move the vessel to shallower waters in hopes of rescuing anyone still alive onboard.Update: no further word on the fate of the...

Kayakers arrive in NZ after 62 days

"Two adventurers who spent two months paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak arrived in New Zealand today, becoming the first people to kayak there from Australia. Several thousand people crowded the shore at Ngamotu Beach, near New Plymouth on New Zealand's west coast, to...

Earth's Eighth Continent

Imagine an area 30 feet thick twice the size of Texas comprised of plastic wastes floating on the ocean.  To put this mind-boggling size into perspective that's an area of about 1,300,000 square miles or...

High winds strike Southern California

A system bringing high winds has taken out power and felled trees all over Southern California. The storms have also risen a lot of dust (see photos) and generally made a mess in the region, which includes Los...

Imagine Running Into A Plastic Trash Vortex

This is some scary stuff.  A plastic trash vortex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean which can grow to the size of Texas.  "Because plastic doesn't break down the way organic material does, ocean currents...

Brain stimulation shown to boost memory: study (Reuters)

" LONDON (Reuters) - Stimulating the brain with gentle electric currents during sleep boosts memory, German scientists said on Sunday. When they applied several currents that mimic natural slow oscillating brain waves in sleep they enhanced the memory of medical students who...

climate change is with us -- a decade ago it was conjecture

To stabilise atmospheric CO2 concentrations, CO2 emissions need to be cut by 70 to 80 percent.

Ireland to test first wave energy generator

"There is enough harnessable energy out there to equal the entire generating capacity of the national grid"  --  Eoin Sweeny, Technology Manager with the Marine Institute.

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