Our Planet
The Future is Priceless. The world urgently needs a new shared global agreement on greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The 194 countries participating in the COP19 climate summit – hosted in Warsaw by Poland – have no doubt about that.
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Fish & other Critters
There is a gobsmacking 32,700 species of fish inhabiting our rivers, lakes and oceans at the last count. Then there are the countless marine…
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Reefs & Cays
Coral reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats, yet these fragile ecosystems are under threat and are dying rapidly because…
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Crazy Earthquake Facts
1. There are about 500 000 earthquakes a year. Only about 100 000 of these can be felt and about 100 cause significant damage…
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Hot Spots of the Earth
Hot spots are places within the mantle where rocks melt to generate magma. We know where the hot spots are by the amount of…
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GM the good the bad & the ugly
The internet is full of articles and posts about how anything GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) are bad for us. There are activists who will…
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What Causes Earthquakes
Ancient cultures all had their own beliefs about what caused earthquakes. These ranged from the elephants holding up the world were getting tired (India),…
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What are GM foods?
What’s in the name? It’s a bit like Shrek, just as the word ‘ogre’ had villagers running for their pitchforks, the word ‘GM’ has…
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