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Hard Life on Melting Greenland
The Greenland ice sheet is a vast body of ice covering 1.71 million km², roughly 80% of the surface of Greenland. It is the second largest ice body in the World, after the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The ice sheet is almost 2,400 kilometers long in a north-south direction, and its greatest width is 1,100 kilometers...
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 10 9th, 2009 | 3 Comments
10 Most Beautiful National Parks in USA
From sea to shining sea, America contains some of the best national parkland in the world. While each of the 58 National Parks in the US offer beautiful scenery and great outdoors experiences, these 10 offer just a little something extra that make them not only beautiful, but incredible. How many have...
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 09 9th, 2009 | 5 Comments
Trip in San Francisco 1941
Taken by a man on his trip to the city in 1941. Enjoy the trip back in time.
Caviar What is It?
You may have enjoyed this delightful appetizer but have you ever wondered what caviar is? Well it is the salted eggs of large fish like sturgeon. There are a lot of species of fish that are commonly called as sturgeon and all of them are used in making caviar of different grades. Caviar has a strong...
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 08 21st, 2009 | No Comments
Using solar heat to power air conditioning
Southern California Gas Co. is testing systems that use less gas and electricity and is inviting businesses to view the prototypes on the roof of its Downey research facility.
Everyone knows solar power can heat homes and generate electricity.
But on a rooftop in Downey, Southern California Gas Co. engineers...
Posted by admin in Uncategorized on 08 20th, 2009 | No Comments
Sun, sea and sewage in the playground of the rich in Dubai
A noxious tide of toilet paper, raw sewage and chemical waste has transformed Dubai’s most prestigious stretch of shoreline into a foul-smelling health hazard.
A stretch of the exclusive Jumeirah Beach — a magnet for Western tourists and home to a string of hotels — has been closed.
“It’s...
Posted by admin in Featured Articles on 08 19th, 2009 | No Comments
Top 5 Coolest Things In Space
Since day one, at least day one of human existence, we’ve looked to the stars and beyond, and in them we’ve found faith, dreams, inspiration, direction, and love. From our scriptures to NASA and from the moon to Mars, we’ve searched for answers about ourselves and things far greater. Unfortunately,...