A deepstaria enigmatica jellyfish filmed at 5,045 (1,538 meters) by a remote-controlled underwater camera during deep-sea drilling. These jellies are usually found in Antarctic and near-Antarctic seas, at depths of 829 to 1830 meters. The jelly moves by sending waves through its body and even turns inside-out for the camera. The mesh pattern on its body is the ‘gastro-vascular canal system', a stomach and circulatory system in one. According to Dr. Daniel Bucher "In the last 30 seconds or so you start to see more of the structure, these pendulous tubes with four or five whitish structures and some branching between them, look to me like the gonads of a jellyfish."
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The changing Map of Europe - 1000 AD to Present day.
Would be nice with a timeline and a site to turn to as per color meanings.
Music: 'Dream is Collapsing' by Hans Zimmer for the movie Inception.
A time-lapse of Planet Earth, created from images produced by the Rusiian geostationary Electro-L Weather Satellite. The images were obtained beginning on May 14th, and end on May 20th, 2011. The images are the largest whole disk images of our planet, each image is 121 megapixels, and the resolution is 1 kilometer per pixel. The satellite, which is in orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator, snaps a picture of the planet every 30 minutes. The images have been interpolated (smoothed) to create this video. The images are taken in four different wavelengths of light, three visible, and one infrared. The satellite uses infrared light to see plants. The infrared light is made orange (so we can see it) in these images, and shows vegetation.
Images Copyright NTs OMZ. Videos Copyright James Drake.
More Images: planet--earth.ca
Deafeningly loud sonar is a proven danger to marine life, but its use throughout the world's oceans is spreading. This powerful movie, brought to you by the Natural Resources Defense Council and narrated by Pierce Brosnan, shows what sonar does to whales caught within its range, and explains how whales, dolphins and other marine animals can be protected from deadly sonar. www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/
This is an older clip, but explains well this still current and dangerous issue. Read about the Navy's new analysis here: switchboard.nrdc.org
"Some systems operate at more than 235 decibels, producing sound waves that can travel across tens or even hundreds of miles of ocean. During testing off the California coast, noise from the Navy's main low-frequency sonar system was detected across the breadth of the northern Pacific Ocean. By the Navy's own estimates, even 300 miles from the source, these sonic waves can retain an intensity of 140 decibels -- a hundred times more intense than the level known to alter the behavior of large whales."
The Navy estimates that there will be 2,000 cases of permanent hearing loss and 1,000 deaths in the next five years due to their upcoming testing. That number does not include temporary hearing loss which often leads to strandings.
Mr. Pinketon the lynx who now lives at Earthfire Institute, was rescued from a fur farm as a kitten. He has lived at Earthfire Institute for almost 14 years and has taught many people about his kind.
If you are open to understanding energy healing, watch this amazing healing session with a resident wolf with a neurological disorder at Earthfire. www.youtube.com
Earthfire in Driggs, Idaho, hosts retreats with the goal of supporting insights in how we relate to nature for the 21st century and beyond. In the presence of their animals and surrounding wilderness you will have an opportunity for contemplation and rich dialogue leading to deeper self-awareness and environmental and social action. For more information visit www.earthfireinstitute.org
In the deepest, darkest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than a tropical rainforest. Taking us on a voyage into the ocean -- from the deepest trenches to the remains of Titanic -- marine biologist David Gallo explores the wonder and beauty of marine life.
“Today we’ve only explored about 3 percent of what’s out there in the ocean. Already we’ve found the world’s highest mountains, the world’s deepest valleys, underwater lakes, underwater waterfalls … . There’s still 97 percent, and either that 97 percent is empty or just full of surprises.”
Check out this funny polar bear doing a handstand with his hind paw sticking out of the water. Be warned, this is cute! -- Visit: oneworldoneocean.org to learn more about our oceans and how you can help protect them.
During a recent trip to the Arctic, part of a glacier collapsed and generated a pretty big wave. -- For more information about the challenges facing the Arctic Ocean and the polar bears, walrus, seals, and other inhabitants, check out One World Ocean's Arctic page -- www.oneworldoneocean.org/why-the-arctic
Robyn O'Brien, mother and founder of the AllergyKids Foundation shares her story on why she wants the FDA to label genetically engineered foods.
Most Americans, including moms, haven't been told about some of the ingredients that are in the food they eat – but that can change if more of us speak out about why we care about the food we put in our own bodies and in our children's bodies. We have the right to know.
Join Robyn — and over half a million Americans — in contacting the FDA to require the labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods.
justlabelit.org
From fossil teeth to carbon traces of plants in the soil, scientists are studying how changes in climate may have influenced early human evolution in Africa. Researchers from around the world gathered for a symposium held recently at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The workshop was organized by Professor Peter deMenocal, a paleoclimatologist at Lamont-Doherty and vice chairman of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia. www.earth.columbia.edu
In Shawn Reader's words:
I am a destination visual artist who specializes in photography, timelapse cinematography, & filmmaking. I love to travel, so if you have a project in some far flung location, lets talk.
Yosemite National Park, the High Sierra, and the Eastern Sierra are some of the most beautiful places on earth. Ever since I serendipitously won a trip to Yosemite when I was 18, the beautiful Range of Light has captured my heart and become my home. Nothing brings me more joy than to share this life changing beauty with others.
Ever since I became fascinated with timelapse photography almost 2 years ago, after seeing the work of Tom Lowe, I've wanted to do a piece on Yosemite and the Sierra. Now after almost 2 years of shooting, I'm thrilled to share. I hope you enjoy my vision of my home, the majestic Yosemite & Sierra. Best viewed Full Screen with Sound :)
If you would like to license any of my clips or hire me to shoot for you, please be in touch.
Web: shawnreeder.com
Facebook: facebook.com/shawnreeder
Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature.
Reuben Margolin makes wave-like sculptures that undulate, spiral, bob and dip in gloriously natural-seeming ways, driven by arrays of cogs and gears. As a kid, Margolin was into math and physics; at college, he switched to liberal arts and ended up studying painting in Italy and Russia. Inspired by the movement of a little green caterpillar, he began trying to capture movements of nature in sculptural form. Now, at his studio in Emeryville, California, he makes large-scale undulating installations of wood and recycled stuff. He also makes pedal-powered rickshaws and has collaborated on several large-scale pedal-powered vehicles.
"It's not like I'm trying to copy nature -- I'm trying to relate to it."
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision.
In his new book, "Reinventing Fire," Amory Lovins shares ingenious ideas to for the next era of energy.
What's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage -- so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: "We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap. If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt. Preferably locally sourced."
The problem at the heart of many sustainable-energy systems: How to store power so it can be delivered to the grid all the time, day and night, even when the wind's not blowing and the sun's not shining? At MIT, Donald Sadoway has been working on a grid-size battery system that stores energy using an inexpensive, incredibly efficient, three-layered battery using “liquid metal.". With help from fans like Bill Gates, Sadoway and two of his students have spun off the Liquid Metals Battery Corporation (LMBC) to bring the battery to market.
"How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question." Donald Sadoway
The government of Iceland has forgiven the mortgage debt for those whose property values exceeded 110% of the property's valuation. No mortgages are being dropped. They are being (and some have been) REVALUED. Over inflated loans were reduced to 110% of the worth of the property. Foreign currency loans are now deemed illegal. By *revaluating* mortgages to closer reflect the current real value of the property. This nation chose a very different way of stopping the crisis from the rest of European countries. It decided to put politicians and bankers on the bench as the accused three years after their financial excesses would sink one of the most prosperous economies in 2008. Many are still under going hardship in Iceland, although this is welcome news.
Geir Haarde (ex prime minister) was just found innocent.
For 25 years, Dr. Denise Herzing has returned to the same place in the Bahamas to study a group of wild dolphins. Next year, she will pioneer a project to communicate with them.
"Dolphins are known to make three types of sounds: whistles, clicks and burst pulses. Whistles are thought to be identification sounds, like names, while clicks are used to navigate and to find prey with echolocation.
Burst pulses, which can sound like quarreling cartoon chipmunks, are a muddy mixture of the two, and Dr. Herzing believes that much information may be encoded in these sounds, as well as in dolphins’ ultra-high frequencies, which humans cannot hear.
The two-way system she will test next year is being developed with artificial intelligence scientists at Georgia Tech. It consists of a wearable underwater computer that can make dolphin sounds, but also record and differentiate them in real time. It must also distinguish which dolphin is making the sound, a common challenge since dolphins rarely open their mouths." From the NYTimes article...found here: www.nyti.ms/nvCIIJ
Dr Herzing's website: www.wilddolphinproject.org
I so look forward to following Dr Herzing's studies on a two-way communication system between dolphins and humans.
CNN's Randi Kaye spends time with researchers at the Baltimore Aquarium discovering amazing new data about dolphins and self-recognition with mirrors.
Cycle-Skating - The New Sport of 1923. The precursor to rolling blading. Men in Paris enjoy this new sport.
All 90,000 British Pathe reels can be viewed and enjoyed on: www.britishpathe.com
Not Green! And all that plastic!
(1) It is edible. No artificial colours. No preservatives. This kit contains pork and chicken ingredients. 96 calories.
(2) It tastes like real hamburger, bread, cheese, ketchup, french fries and cola.
(3) Three boxes cost 258 yen.
Tiny fast food targeted at children: rrcherrypie.blog59.fc2.com
The Japanese use to be long-lived...
A Finnish politician has converted his American-built El Camino to run on woodgas.
Juhas Sipilä’s 1987 El Camino, affectionately dubbed “El Kamina” (The Stove), features a very steampunk-like woodgas generator taking up about half of the truckbed. El Kamina’s 400 Chevy engine can take the 4,400 pound truck about 125 miles on 175 pounds of biomass, or about 1.4 pounds of biomass-per-mile. The truck itself can carry enough fuel for around 800 total miles of travel. Juhas, a parliamentary candidate, genuinely seems to believe that homegrown biofuels can reduce his country’s dependence on oil.
Source: Gas 2.0
