Colorful Eggs wallpaper
Another example of evolution in our time, Penn Biologists Demonstrate that Size Matters in Snail Shells
The most striking finding, which has not been reported previously in Nucella lapillus, the Atlantic dogwhelk, is that shell length increased at all 19 sites where samples were taken. Shell lengths of N. lapillus increased by an average [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Colorful Eggs wallpaper, Whelks evolve since start of 1915 study, Solar flare photo
Posted in Science, economics, wallpaper on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mt. McKinley and Wildflowers wallpaper, World’s oldest sea creatures, Wind power and poor decisions
Posted in Environment-Energy, Society & Culture, Tech, wallpaper on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mount McKinley and Wildflowers wallpaper
Oldest Sea Creatures Have Been Alive 4,000 Years
Deep-sea corals are the oldest living animals with a skeleton in the seas, claims new research that found a 4,265-year-old coral species off the coast of Hawaii.
Deep-sea corals, which are threatened by climate change and pollution like shallow water corals are, grow on seamounts [...]
Old Barn wallpaper, Fuel from green ice is not that green, Lizard tail loss as defense mechanism
Posted in Environment-Energy, Science, wallpaper on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Old Barn wallpaper
Ice that burns could be a green fossil fuel
Natural gas locked up in water crystals could be a source of enormous amounts of energy – and if a new technology delivers what scientists are claiming, then it could even be emissions-free too.
To the naked eye, clathrate hydrate looks like regular ice. However, while [...]
Yellow Lupine and Beach wallpaper, Rush to ruin desert stopped, Rare Cloud leopard kittens born
Posted in Environment-Energy, Environment-wildlife, Society & Culture, wallpaper on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yellow Lupine and Beach wallpaper
Portuguese wave-power snake dead in the water
An off-shore electricity generator based on wave power off of Portugal?s coast. Opened in September as a world “first” in producing electricity from waves, a pioneering installation here is dead in the water having functioned for only a few weeks in a stormy process of [...]
Feather Duster Worms wallpaper, Volunteers clean up tons of ocean trash, Greentech – recycling plastic
Posted in Environment-General, Tech, wallpaper on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Feather Duster Worms wallpaper
Trashing the oceans
Twice each year, the Washington, D.C.-based Ocean Conservancy reminds the world how man is trashing the ocean.
In September, the agency organizes the International Coastal Cleanup of lakes, rivers and oceans throughout the world. In the spring, it announces the results.
…More than 390,000 volunteers from 104 countries took part in the [...]
