Topic: NATURE - on March 6, 2010 at 1:59:00 PM CET
Animation of Giant Iceberg Collision as Seen From Space
The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.
The crash created a second massive iceberg nearly 50 miles long and 25 miles wide, named C-28. The name means that it’s the 28th glacier since 1976 that has broken off from the quadrant of Antarctica that faces Australia.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 3, 2010 at 11:04:00 AM CET
Wedding elephant destroys 20 limos in 15-hour rampage
An elephant hired for a Hindu wedding in India caused more than £200,000 damage after trying to reach an in-heat female.
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Topic: NATURE - on March 1, 2010 at 10:31:00 AM CET
Weight of bugs in Britain's soil has nearly doubled in just 10 years
Unnoticed by the people of Britain, a transformation has been happening beneath our feet. In the first study of its kind, scientists have analysed the soil the country depends on.
In just the top 8cm (3in) of dirt, soil scientists estimate there are 12.8 quadrillion (12,800 million million) living organisms, weighing 10m tonnes, and, incredibly, that the number of these invertebrates – some just a hair's breadth across – which in effect make the soil has increased by nearly 50% in a decade. At the same time, however, the diversity of life in the earth appears to have reduced.
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Topic: NATURE - on February 27, 2010 at 1:40:00 PM CET
Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 11, 2010 at 11:18:00 AM CET
Rare self-rolling giant snow balls found in UK
They may look like winter's answer to crop circles, but these mysterious snow rolls are in fact a rare natural phenomenon usually found only in the world's most remote and frozen regions.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 11, 2010 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Remnants of the Biosphere
Photographer Noah Sheldon got in touch the other week with a beautiful series of photos documenting the decrepit state of Biosphere 2, a semi-derelict bio-architectural experiment in the Arizona desert.
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Topic: NATURE - on January 7, 2010 at 10:10:00 AM CET
Amazing cloud roll captured on camera
They are most common when an advancing storm front causes moist air to rise, then cool to the point where it becomes a cloud known as the dew point.
When this happens along a front, a roll cloud can form, often with air actually circulating along the horizontal axis of the cloud.
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Topic: NATURE - on December 7, 2009 at 11:55:00 AM CET
Bären und Menschen (11 Fotos)
Das beste Geschenk für einen Eisbären - Dose Kondensmilch. Und wenn es mit Butter auf dem Schnee - ein Teddybär wird sehr zufrieden sein. Es weiß jeder Polarforscher. [translate.google.com]
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Topic: NATURE - on November 25, 2009 at 10:49:00 AM CET
Meteor Shower in South Africa
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Topic: NATURE - on November 24, 2009 at 9:59:00 AM CET
Polar bears suffer brutal deaths in a new advert by climate change campaigners Plane Stupid
The controversial climate change group Plane Stupid has been criticised over an advert which shows bloodied polar bears falling from the sky.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 24, 2009 at 9:57:00 AM CET
Angry kangaroo slashes man in underwater dog attack
An Australian man has been slashed across the abdomen and face by a kangaroo that was holding his dog underwater.
Chris Rickard was walking his blue heeler Rocky yesterday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur's Creek, north-east of Melbourne.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 13, 2009 at 11:02:00 AM CET
Polar bear photographed blowing bubble
The giant creature performed the stunt in front of onlookers in a glass zoo tunnel in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Peter Schmidt, a retired doctor, took the photograph after spotting the bear in mid-blow.
He said: "When I went to visit the zoo I met a TV crew. There is a tunnel under the water where you can see the polar bears and sea lions.
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