First nations. Trees. This Will Shatter Your View of Apex Predators: How Wolves Change Rivers. Have a look at this amazing video showing how one species can have a massive cascading effect on the entire ecosystem in which it lives… and even alter the geography of the area.
This may be one of the most important conservation concepts to come out of natural science in the last half century. The thing about this case study is that the same can be applied to apex predators around the world: lions in Africa, tigers in Asia. Sharks, bears, and wild dogs are all species sitting at the top of their respective food chains, creating stability amongst the species they prey on and maintaining the health of plants and animals right down the trophic ladder. The sad part is that some of these apex predators are in decline, sometimes jeopardising ecosystems on which they and other species rely.
With all this in mind, it’s time for us humans to adjust our perception of predators in general.
Earths creatures. Lost City of the Dead in the Grand Canyon. The Original April 5, 1909 Arizona Gazette article: Mysteries of Immense Rich Cavern Being Brought to Light Remarkable finds indicate ancient people migrated from Orient The latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded by scientists as not only the oldest archaeological discovery in the United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city yesterday by G. E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming, down the Colorado, in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago. According to the story related to the Gazette by Mr. Under the direction of Prof. Several hundred rooms have been discovered, reached by passageways running from the main passage, one of them having been explored for 854 feet and another 634 feet.
Mr. Mr. First, I would impress that the cavern is nearly inaccessible.
Weather. Pleiades. Wiccan. Travel plans. Pipeline and environment. Feb meteorite. Oddities spheres, etc. EMF. Fracking. Proposed Arctic Council treaty on oil spills ‘useless,’ Greenpeace says. As Canada prepares to take the helm of the eight-nation Arctic Council, a proposed treaty dealing with blowouts and oil spills is being criticized as so pro-development that it will delight drillers but leave the fragile Arctic environment exposed to catastrophic damage, according to Greenpeace Canada.
“The agreement does nothing to protect the Arctic environment and nothing to protect the peoples of the Arctic … it is effectively useless,” said Christy Ferguson, Arctic project leader for Greenpeace Canada, which obtained a draft of the treaty, likely to be signed at the summit when Canada takes over the leadership of the Arctic Council in May. The pact – still labelled a draft – isn’t expected to change significantly before it goes into force just as oil exploration in Arctic waters will be booming as the summer ice cover recedes dramatically as a result of global warming.
“No one is ready to deal with a Deep Water Horizon-style blowout in the Arctic,” Ms. Ferguson said in an interview. (1)
12 Amazing Holes In The Earth. Here we have 12 most spectacular natural and manmade holes in the face of the earth.
Some of these are the result of man's search for mineral wealth, while some are nature's work creating some astounding holes. Darvaza - The Burning Gates: In 1971, geologists discovered a huge underground deposit of natural gas on this site. And while excavating, a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. Image credit: JohnHBradley. Kimberley Diamond Mine (Big Hole) - South Africa: The Kimberley Diamond Mine (also known as the Big Hole) is an open-pit mine in Kimberley, South Africa and is claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand.
Monticello Dam - California: Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam's is the largest in the world. Image credit: fogonazos. Bingham Canyon Mine: Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine is the world's largest open pit mine or to say the world's largest man-made structure. Mirny Diamond Mine - Siberia: