Mozambique’s Mount Mabu

[submitted by Ecila] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8094444.stm Scientists are hailing the discovery of a patch of rainforest in northern Mozambique as one of the most significant finds in years. Mount Mabu was unknown to science until a British funded project analysed the area with the help of the Google Earth satellite imaging programme. Jonah Fisher joined the expedition [...]

The One Animal We Fear the Most Is the One We Can’t Live Without

Usually the one animal I fear the most is Homo not-so-sapiens, sapiens-oh-really?! Anyway, I watched this movie thanks to my best friend (I must say, you really know how to feed me the things I relish!). It’s really, really, really, really wonderful! It’s breathtaking and mind-opening. I have seen a lot of documentaries about sharks [...]

The Myth of Bio Fuel or How Can We Create a Bio Mess

It worries me. a) We lower carbon emissions using bio fuels. We increase them when we produce them. Can someone give me correct numbers on how much we lower the emissions by the use and how much we increase the emissions by producing the bio fuels? b) Deforestation is a huge problem as it is. [...]