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Endangered Species of the Week – Bactrian camels
Species Camelus bactrianus Bactrian camels can be currently found in the remote areas of the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts in Mongolia. It is one of the two species of camels that is surviving and has 3 humps on its back, rather than the single hump of their Arabian relatives. It is these humps that give the animal to survive the harsh conditions of the desert. These are the [...]
Green Wind Power on its way at Great Basin National Park
The project to set up 66, 275 foot tall wind turbines directly beneath the heights of Great Basin National Park, Nevada is now well underway as the April 22, 2012 photo exhibits. Nevada’s first wind farm, which will disturb almost 15 square miles, was approved by the BLM without even an environmental impact statement. It [...]
5 Ways Global Warming Is Changing the Globe
Over the last century global temperatures have warmed up by 1.33 degrees Fahrenheit (0.74 degrees Celsius) on average. The change might appear small, but it’s occurring really quickly — more than half of it since 1979, reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 1. Moving the military north Because the Arctic ice opens up, [...]
Gaza zoo – Dead Animals Live On As Stuffed Animals
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip When animals die they are being return to be displayed as stuffed animals, giving visitors the unusual zoo experience of petting a lion, tiger or crocodile. But because taxidermy in the largely isolated Palestinian territory is not advanced and expertise and materials are in short supply, the experience can be grim. [...]
Endangered Species of the week – Asiatic Cheetah
Species Acinonyx jubatus venaticus Extinction is not new and in the wild, the future of the Asiatic cheetah is uncertain and is a global problem. Living in an unsuitable environment the extinction rate is all the more accelerated due to ignorant human beings. The term “ cheetah” originates from the Hindi word chitraka, which means speckled. It [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Chinese alligator
Species Alligator sinensis Habitat Native only to China, the Chinese alligator likes living in freshwater habitats like swamps, rivers, ponds, streams and lakes. It spends about half of the year is spent in hibernation. They are restricted to Anhui, a small province of eastern China.. Recent surveys by the Wildlife Conservation Society has come up with the alarming [...]
Endangered Species of the Week – Mountain gorilla
We started a awareness project to help protect endangered species. This week hero is a Mountain Gorilla. Species Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei Habitat There are two populations of Mountain gorilla. One of them is found in Central Africa among the Virunga volcanic mountains . The other is found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. Status There are less than 800 mountain gorillas worldwide as per the recent statistics. In Belgium, there is [...]
10 Global Warming Solutions
Technological advancements and growing needs have changed the natural climatic conditions. Increased burning of fossil fuels, raise in water, land and air pollution and increased use of fertilizers in an attempt to raise food production is the cause for accumulation of carbon compounds in the atmosphere. Raise in amount of carbon compounds in atmosphere is [...]
Beautiful Sunset Photos
image credits What can be more emotive and striking to the senses then that magical moment , when the fading glory of the sun disappears below the horizon, at sunset ? Not that the image you see is real, for the air itself, through refraction of light, creates a mirage in which we believe we [...]
Ten Most Amazing Albino Animals
image credits Winter is the time of year when these living ghosts really come into their own, as the world becomes white, allowing them to blend in perfectly. Albino Animals are actually very rare in nature, and humanity has been enthralled by these creatures for thousands of years. For some cultures in the [...]
9 Most Dangerous Nuclear Power Plant Accidents
Based on a report by INAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), a radiation & nuclear disaster or accident is described as “Any event which leads to a significant consequence/s to the environment, facility as well as people. A few examples of such are the lethal consequences to individuals, a large release of radioactivity in the environment, [...]
Most Endangered Species in Amazon Rainforest
Man is hell bent on destroying the environment in the name of ‘development’ without realizing that that it’s leading to the extermination of several species from our forests. It has been stated that over half of the globe’s animals are living in rain forests. With the fast disappearance of these rain forests several of these animal [...]
Altiplano – A Landscape of Magic
The Altiplano landscape is a 600 mile stretch of ice, fire, wind and salt – a land that is both eerie yet majestic. The 12,000 foot high plateau ripples through the Andes of Bolivia, Peru and Argentina and holds the records for the world’s highest navigable lake, the largest salt flat and is earth’s second [...]
