View Larger Every Hurricane Since 1851
IDVsolutions has graphed the path and intensity of every hurricane since 1851, worldwide, onto this map. You’re staring up from Antarctica, with the Americas to the right and Oceania/Asia to the left.
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Blue Lagoon Iceland geothermal spa. The water’s temperature is 37-39°C / 98-102°F. The lagoon holds six million liters of geothermal seawater, which is renewed every 40 hours. The seawater originates 6562 ft beneath the ground where it is heated by earth’s natural forces. At this depth the temperature is 240°C/464°F and the pressure is 36 times the pressure on the earth’s surface. The geothermal seawater comes into contact with cooling magmatic intrusions and captures the earth’s minerals, resulting in this unique natural source
Skagen is the northernmost point of Denmark, where the Baltic and North Seas meet. The two opposing tides in this place can not merge because they have different densities.
(Source: elegantbuffalo)
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NASA recently released imagery showing the deforestation of America …in just 34 years.
View Larger The reason a bee dies after it has stung a human, is that the barbs on the stinger prevent the bee from removing it. The bee will pull to retreat so much, that the stinger, poison sac and part of its abdominal contents will be pulled out of its body and left hanging from the stuck stinger.
View Larger Enormous Crack Found in West AntarticaFeb. 1, 2012 — NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite captured this image of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica on Nov. 13, 2011, after a research team discovered a huge 19-mile (30-km) -long crack running across it.
Members of the Operation IceBridge mission spotted the crack during a DC-8 flight over Pine Island Glacier (PIG) on Oct. 14, 2011. It’s estimated to be up to 260 feet (80 meters) wide and 195 feet (60 meters) deep.
Eventually the crack will shear the glacier off completely, creating an ice island spanning 350 square miles (900 sq. km).
Caterpillars can be carnivorous too… scary!
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BBC Nature Video Collections →
The BBC Nature Video Collection is a large library of video clips from the excellent BBC Natural History archive, many narrated by the legend that is Sir David Attenborough.
The video clips include some from the amazing Frozen Planet, the latest exploration into the remote and isolated polar environments. Some of the scenes are totally jaw-dropping. For example the Brinicle; icy finger of death.
An outstanding collection for educators. Plus Sir David Attenborough can make anything he narrates sound interesting.
View Larger World-first hybrid shark found off Australia
The mating of the Australian black-tip shark with the common black-tip is a potential sign the predators are adapting to cope with climate change.
I cannot understand our race’s obsession with saving other species, seemingly giving us a sense of superiority. Individual organisms have no inherent value, however I do not wish for life to cease to exist in all form.
Living creatures will persevere without our help, and we do not need to save every endangered animal to alleviate our guilt. Sure, man made climate change differs greatly from the natural mass extinction/rapid speciation over great lengths of time model, but organisms will adapt.
After all, roughly 99% of all organisms to ever exist are now extinct, therefore it is silly to attempt to hold on to what we have now. Whatever happens will occur under the function of natural selection and will therefore be suited to its environment.
Let nature happen.
