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Is the World's Largest & Deepest 25-million-Year-Old Lake, Threatened?- A Galaxy Classic

As the oldest, largest and deepest lake on planet Earth, ancient Lake Baikal is known as the “grand dame” of all lakes. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage due to its stunning bio-diversity. Most of its 2500 some odd plant and animal species, including the freshwater seal, evolved in pristine isolation and are found nowhere else on the planet. The Siberian lake contains an enormous 20 percent of the entire world's freshwater, and is large enough to hold all the water in the Great Lakes combined and then some. The lake has yielded many exciting aquatic wonders and likely holds many more undiscovered marvels in its incredibly deep waters. The 25 million year old lake predates the emergence of humans, but its splendor may not outlive us.

The NEO Code -What Global Hotspots are Most at Risk Of Getting Hit by an Asteroid?

“The threat of the Earth being hit by an asteroid is increasingly being accepted as the single greatest natural disaster hazard faced by humanity,” according to Nick Bailey of the University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences team, who developed the identifying program.

“The threat of the Earth being hit by an asteroid is increasingly being accepted as the single greatest natural disaster hazard faced by humanity,” according to Nick Bailey of the University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences team, who developed the identifying program.

GeoHacking Revisited -Will Reconfiguring the Planet's Ecology Stop Global Warming?

Great Britain's Royal Society, which is headed up by famed astrophysicist Martin Rees, believes that geo-engineering is imperative, especially if we fail to cut our emissions to half of what they were in 1990. And if talks at the Copenhagen COP15 climate summit in December don't produce results, there's a good chance that we will fail.

Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is technically possible. However, the technology to do so is embryonic, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts.

Great Britain's Royal Society, which is headed up by famed astrophysicist Martin Rees, believes that geo-engineering is imperative, especially if we fail to cut our emissions to half of what they were in 1990. And if talks at the Copenhagen COP15 climate summit in December don't produce results, there's a good chance that we will fail.

Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is technically possible. However, the technology to do so is embryonic, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts.

Human Species Almost Extinct 70,000 Years Ago - A Galaxy Insight

"Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction."

Meave Leakey -Paleontologist

Hemingway's Dream: Flyfishing in Paris? Salmon Runs Restored to the Seine

Ernest Hemingway would love this story: Atlantic salmon have been restored in the watery glory of France: the Seine. Like the rivers of Maine and Connecticut, early in the last century, the Seine, which flows from the north of France through Paris to the English Channel, was home to large runs of salmon as they migrated from the sea to their freshwater birth place to reproduce from December to June every year.

What's Killing the Planet's Coral Reefs? -A Galaxy Code Red

After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in the biological and communication systems of coral reefs have been found to be  the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of reef ecosystems around the world.

After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in the biological and communication systems of coral reefs have been found to be  the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of reef ecosystems around the world.

2009: The Status of "Spaceship Earth"

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

Last of Africa's Desert Elephants Ravaged by Severe Drought -A Galaxy Insight

A rare herd of desert elephants in Mali is being ravaged by one of the worst droughts in living memory, which has left water sources at lowest level in the past quarter of a century.

The 350 to 450 elephants of Gourma, the northernmost herds still alive in Africa, are being forced to trek extreme distances across the fringes of the Sahara to find scarce water. Juveniles are the most affected, as (unlike the bigger bulls) their trunks are not long enough to reach deep into wells - one of the only remaining water sources.

New BioRobot Cleans Up the Ocean for Navy Ships

With Congress taxing the ax to military budgets, the Navy has cut out spending $500 million each year on "biofouling"  maintenance to make sure that barnacles, oysters, and algae don't end up on ship hulls. Biofouling reduces ship speed by up to 10% and adds up to 40% in fuel costs.

The Navy's solution?  The Bio-inspired Underwater Grooming Tool (BUG) clings and crawls around on the underwater portion of a ship's hull with an onboard biofilm detector that senses and removes marine biofilm and organisms before they are attached.

So far the BUG is a hit with the swabs. The BUG's fuel-saving capabilities can reduce the impact of an industry that is responsible for three percent of global CO2 emissions.

[Via UK Register]

Japan's Solar UFOs

Never mind Roswell, UFOs are invading Osaka's canal systems - so they're already tougher than the  hydrophobiac aliens from Signs. They're also better than War of the Worlds as these man-made space-ship-a-likes are immune to all Earthly bacteria, and are here to make things better for all of us.

Is the World's Largest & Deepest 25-million-Year-Old Lake, Threatened?- A Galaxy Classic

As the oldest, largest and deepest lake on planet Earth, ancient Lake Baikal is known as the “grand dame” of all lakes. UNESCO declared it a World Heritage due to its stunning bio-diversity. Most of its 2500 some odd plant and animal species, including the freshwater seal, evolved in pristine isolation and are found nowhere else on the planet. The Siberian lake contains an enormous 20 percent of the entire world's freshwater, and is large enough to hold all the water in the Great Lakes combined and then some. The lake has yielded many exciting aquatic wonders and likely holds many more undiscovered marvels in its incredibly deep waters. The 25 million year old lake predates the emergence of humans, but its splendor may not outlive us.

The NEO Code -What Global Hotspots are Most at Risk Of Getting Hit by an Asteroid?

“The threat of the Earth being hit by an asteroid is increasingly being accepted as the single greatest natural disaster hazard faced by humanity,” according to Nick Bailey of the University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences team, who developed the identifying program.

“The threat of the Earth being hit by an asteroid is increasingly being accepted as the single greatest natural disaster hazard faced by humanity,” according to Nick Bailey of the University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences team, who developed the identifying program.

GeoHacking Revisited -Will Reconfiguring the Planet's Ecology Stop Global Warming?

Great Britain's Royal Society, which is headed up by famed astrophysicist Martin Rees, believes that geo-engineering is imperative, especially if we fail to cut our emissions to half of what they were in 1990. And if talks at the Copenhagen COP15 climate summit in December don't produce results, there's a good chance that we will fail.

Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is technically possible. However, the technology to do so is embryonic, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts.

Great Britain's Royal Society, which is headed up by famed astrophysicist Martin Rees, believes that geo-engineering is imperative, especially if we fail to cut our emissions to half of what they were in 1990. And if talks at the Copenhagen COP15 climate summit in December don't produce results, there's a good chance that we will fail.

Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is technically possible. However, the technology to do so is embryonic, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts.

Human Species Almost Extinct 70,000 Years Ago - A Galaxy Insight

"Who would have thought that as recently as 70,000 years ago, extremes of climate had reduced our population to such small numbers that we were on the very edge of extinction."

Meave Leakey -Paleontologist

Hemingway's Dream: Flyfishing in Paris? Salmon Runs Restored to the Seine

Ernest Hemingway would love this story: Atlantic salmon have been restored in the watery glory of France: the Seine. Like the rivers of Maine and Connecticut, early in the last century, the Seine, which flows from the north of France through Paris to the English Channel, was home to large runs of salmon as they migrated from the sea to their freshwater birth place to reproduce from December to June every year.

What's Killing the Planet's Coral Reefs? -A Galaxy Code Red

After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in the biological and communication systems of coral reefs have been found to be  the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of reef ecosystems around the world.

After being a highly successful life form for 250 million years, disruptions in the biological and communication systems of coral reefs have been found to be  the underlying cause of the coral bleaching and collapse of reef ecosystems around the world.

2009: The Status of "Spaceship Earth"

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

The understanding that life of this planet is composed of an interconnected system must be considered as one of the great discoveries of science, perhaps as profound as Darwin's discovery of natural selection.

One of the leading experts on this concept of an interconnected planet Earth, James Lovelock,  believes that there is very little we can do to stave off global warming catastrophes. Lovelock is the man who created the Gaia theory – that the earth is essentially a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

Last of Africa's Desert Elephants Ravaged by Severe Drought -A Galaxy Insight

A rare herd of desert elephants in Mali is being ravaged by one of the worst droughts in living memory, which has left water sources at lowest level in the past quarter of a century.

The 350 to 450 elephants of Gourma, the northernmost herds still alive in Africa, are being forced to trek extreme distances across the fringes of the Sahara to find scarce water. Juveniles are the most affected, as (unlike the bigger bulls) their trunks are not long enough to reach deep into wells - one of the only remaining water sources.

New BioRobot Cleans Up the Ocean for Navy Ships

With Congress taxing the ax to military budgets, the Navy has cut out spending $500 million each year on "biofouling"  maintenance to make sure that barnacles, oysters, and algae don't end up on ship hulls. Biofouling reduces ship speed by up to 10% and adds up to 40% in fuel costs.

The Navy's solution?  The Bio-inspired Underwater Grooming Tool (BUG) clings and crawls around on the underwater portion of a ship's hull with an onboard biofilm detector that senses and removes marine biofilm and organisms before they are attached.

So far the BUG is a hit with the swabs. The BUG's fuel-saving capabilities can reduce the impact of an industry that is responsible for three percent of global CO2 emissions.

[Via UK Register]

Japan's Solar UFOs

Never mind Roswell, UFOs are invading Osaka's canal systems - so they're already tougher than the  hydrophobiac aliens from Signs. They're also better than War of the Worlds as these man-made space-ship-a-likes are immune to all Earthly bacteria, and are here to make things better for all of us.