ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEThe shores of Alcatraz had a suprise for its tourists as a showcase of nature amazed them. Tourists waiting ashore Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay witnessed a rare chance of catching a glimpse of a great white shark feeding on a seal.
Maybe we cannot blame late-night TV, endless Internet surfing, midnight snacks, good books, bothersome work deadlines and other distractions of modern life for encroaching on our sleep.
Scurrying under the feet of dinosaurs in swampy terrain in Spain around 125 million years ago was a furry chipmunk-sized critter with tiny hedgehog-like spines, horny body armor and an unpleasant fungal hair infection.
The risk doubles in about 50 years or less. The endless warnings and awareness campaigns regarding the danger of ice melt arise as new studies show that by 2050, the risk of ice shelves collapse would be doubled, and the continuous flow of water from ice melting would be fully directed to the ocean, which would trigger the rise of the sea level.
Tsunami is measured in several tens, hundreds, or possibly thousands of meters of the movement from its place or position of water with an initial wave amplitude (height).
The continuous changes would alter the sea-floor ecosystem of the Antartic and the diversity of marine ecosystem around the globe will diminish if the king crab migration continues.
Wildebeest migrate annually, whether they are challenged or they need for survival against climate change, gross human population and even deforestation.
New Zealand will be creating one of the world's largest and protected marine in the world which spans an area of 620,000.00 sq km. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand stated to the UN general assembly in New York that the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary is one of the most fully protected ecosystems in the world.
Floodwaters from unprecedented rainfall in South Carolina have killed nine people, closed more than 500 roads and bridges and prompted hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars, officials said on Monday.