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With help from the Wildlife Conservation Society, a population of 600 lowland gorillas will find protection within the borders of a new National Park in Cameroon. The designated area, to be called Deng Deng National Park, is approximately 224 square miles in size, which is roughly the size of Chicago’s city limits. Deng Deng is [...]
Australian and American researchers who were searching the ocean floor of the Tasman Fracture Zone for corals to help them understand climate change, have discovered several deep sea species. Using a remote device at depths of 4,000 meters the researchers spotted a carnivorous sea squirt previously unknown to humans (pictured above).
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved a government order to increase renewable energy in Russia from less than 1% to 4.5% of the nation’s total energy by 2020. The Kremlin’s order to ramp up renewable energy has set targets of 2.5% by 2015 and 4.5% by 2020. That translates into 45.2 billion kiloWatt hours [...]
Whether you’ve got a big back yard, some room on a windowsill or patio, or no inclination towards gardening at all, it’s easy to get in on the Springtime bounty! [Creative Commons photo by Carl Tashian] Spring is getting close! The bulbs from last year are peeking out of the ground, and I’ve even spied [...]
