11Jul

Carbon footprint

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Let’s understand what a carbon footprint is, then calculate and reduce your own one. Interesting video, directed by Matt Lambert. Music by Ben Lukas BoysenHecq. See also how global warming could change the Earth and some scenarios. -Hang-

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08Jul

The tree Prometheus

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Prometheus (aka WPN-114) was the nickname given to the oldest known non-clonal organism, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree approximately 5,000 years old which formerly grew at tree line on Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, USA.

A group of students cutted it down to research… how old it is. The full story after the click.

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07Jul

The Great Pacific garbage patch

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Two articles about a gigantic (continent-size) plastic garbage patch floating in the Pacific Ocean, click to start reading. Link 1, link 2.

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