Hi Greenzoners! Spooked already? 😉
This terrifying by appearance creature here is the goblin shark – very rare species of deep water animal. They are found in a water deeper than 200m or on the surface, dragged up by deep sea fishers.
Their characteristic feature is head strangely shaped and retractable jaws. (more…)
Unlike most of animals, goats have rectangular pupils.
We are accustomed to see pupils in eyes as round objects, just as our pupils. It allows them to see more around themselves (320-340 degrees of vision, while humans have only 160-200 degrees).
Which also means, that they can see better at night. 🙂
Étretat, France
By Fabio Nodari
“Étretat is an amazing spot of Normandy for landscape photographers.. I was aware that to capture the essence of this spot i had to wake up early in the morning. I spent the day before studying the composition and i decided that a long exposure would have been the best.. I woke up before the sunrise, and a few minutes after, this was the amazing show that i witnessed…”
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Good morning Greenzoners, and this is the new Eco News. 😉
As we know, the extremely important plant ability is to absorb carbon-dioxyde (CO2) and emit oxygen. It’s especially necessary for us when the CO2 emission is so huge.
Intensified pollution and gas emissions not only increase the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, but also degrades the soil. It was recently discovered that unfertile, polluted soils may reduce the plants’ CO2 absorbing ability. (more…)
As it was confirmed by scientists, deforestation reduces the amount of rain and can be a cause of drought – as says the research ran by team from the University of Leeds and the NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
According to their observations, deforestation in a massive scale such as in Amazon region or Congo may reduce the amount of rain in such a degree, that it could lead to catastrophic consequences. Provided that the deforestation scale will be the same until 2050, there will be only one-fifth (21% to be exact) of rain during dry seasons. It may have harmful effect on places inhabited by humans, in areas that strongly depend on the rainfall. (more…)
Hi Greenzoners! Remember our last riddle? About what was it in that picture?
Well, the answer is simple – it’s a river in Colombia, called The Cano Cristales, or commonly known as Rainbow River. It is located in a northern part of Colombia, in “Sierra de la Macarena” and is over 100 kilometers long.
It’s so colorful because of multi-color moss that grows on the bottom of the river and blooms accordingly to the changes of water level. Also, this beautiful performance is visible at certain season of the year. 🙂
More photos at http://planetoddity.com/the-cano-cristales-river-of-rainbow-in-colombia/
We’d love to go there. How about you?
Question of today – what is your favourite season of the year?
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