Posts Tagged “World”

Walking through the lost world

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Alien landscape – Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.

June 2, 2009 Post Under Nature, World in pictures - Read More

Mysterious circles in the highest lake in the world

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Lake Baikal (Russian: Baygal nuur, meaning “the rich lake”) is in southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. It is also known as the “Blue Eye of Siberia”. It contains more water than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.

At 1,637 meters (5,370 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, and the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.

May 29, 2009 Post Under Nature, World in pictures - Read More

One of the biggest ecological problems: Deforestation

Forests, especially rainforests are not only home to many unique animals and plants but they also protect us from stronger global warming impact by absorbing carbon dioxide from atmosphere. Deforestation has become big problem around the globe because many forests are being cleared to make room for new farms, and less trees means more impact to global warming and climate change. Not only this, deforestation is also responsible for about 20% of total CO2 emissions from human activities. To save our planet we definitely need to save our forests.

May 19, 2009 Post Under Ecology - Read More