Australia gets the hump, overrun by thousands of camels!

Gud day, its not the dingo's nor the roos that are causing mayhem down near the billy bongs, but damn ugly beasts that spit and chew on the cud. Its the same old problem of introducing a species, that just...

Old Water Flood Way

Walking in the Desert can sometimes be a weird experience, When I walk thur the Desert this week this is what i found.

News just in....Namibia 24-hr Ultra Marathon completed...

We've just heard from the Namibia Ultra Marathon race director Steve Clark, that everyone is now back in Swakopmund.  Steve said the race was very tough with temperatures getting up to 42 ºc.   Winner Darren Roberts was very surprised and shocked to hear he...

Tropical Hardwood, to save Panama from Deforestation.

By, Uwe Paschen. Tropical Hardwood to save Panama from Deforestation.  Tropical Deforestation and decades of Agricultural Misuse and abuse of the land have left Panama's Rain Forest in a dyer state to the point it...

The Last Christmas.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Christmas Eve in Niger.  I do have some good memories of what Christmas was when I was a Child and even as our Children where still Young, yet the last time we managed to have our whole family...

Parental love has no bounds

Parental love has no bounds: Pakistan man pardons son who threw him out of house A recent happening in Mazaffargarh district of Pakistan’s Punjab province has reinvigorated that the parental love has no bounds. According to a newspaper report, a man threw his parents out of...

Musical Road Hits Sour Notes With Neighbors

Kinda like those wake up lines at the side of the road... .. only more musical." Local officials say it was a mistake to allow a television commercial company to grind grooves into a stretch of desert roadway near Lancaster to enable car tires to play a song -- "The...

Former UFC Champ Tanner found dead in desert

Evan Tanner, the former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion was found dead in the desert mountain area near Palo Verde, California, he was 37.  His body was found 2 miles from his campsite in a...

Environment: Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops

Well, this sounds incredible; combining sun and seawater to make deserts yield food:" The Sahara forest project will use seawater and solar power to grow food in greenhouses across the desert. Photograph: Exploration Architecture Vast...

Dust storm causes some to leave Burning Man early

A dust storm late Saturday night chased some participants away from the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, before the traditional climax of the whole event."Roger Farschon, incident commander for the...

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...

Solar power from Saharan sun could provide Europe's electricity, says EU

"A tiny rectangle superimposed on the vast expanse of the Sahara captures the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe's carbon emissions by harnessing the fierce power of the desert sun. Dwarfed by...

Desertification Part II, the History of the Sahara Desert! (Attem

By, Uwe Paschen. The History of the Sahel Desert is a very long and fascinating one as well! Human have lived, hunted and farmed here for the longest time of all areas on this Planet Earth! The first Humans...

Attack of the caterpillars!

"A couple days ago we drove with Mike to a jobsite to check on the progress. He called me out of the van to look at a clump of caterpillars hanging from a bush. As we looked around, we noticed that they were...

Navajo Nation granted permit for coal power plant

From my personal blog:"July 31st marked the end of a battle for the air permit needed to progress plans to build a 1500 megawatt coal burning power plant in the middle of Navajo Nation territory. The EPA has...

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