Have you visited our special exhibition, “The Jellies Experience”? It’s pretty far-out: Some jellies glow like nature’s original black-light posters! Learn more in our latest podcast.
The California State Sea Otter Fund passed, and not just by a whisker! The fund now has $288,817 to support sea otter research and conservation in 2012. Thanks for checking the box on your state tax form! If you’ve yet to file for 2011, you can still contribute.
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There is no bigger problem in Rio de Janeiro than the risk of losing lives from climate catastrophes, so we have been preparing ourselves. For the first time we’re adopting a culture of disaster prevention with a new emblematic project that is the “Center of Operations.” This is basically a high-end technology situation room, and it has really promoted a culture change in public administration in the city.
We’re also making strong-and-robust changes to the city’s infrastructure. We’re revitalizing the port area to prepare for sea-level rises, and we’re adapting all-new major engineering plans to be prepared for the new climate scenarios we’re expecting in the next decades.
Rodrigo Rosa, special advisor on sustainability to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, in the CNN article, ‘On the front line of climate change: Five cities battling floods, heat and storms’.
(Photo credit: C40 Cities)
Related:
- Interactive infographic: ‘Why Cities? Ending Climate Change Begins in the City’ (C40 Cities)
- ‘How Data is Making Rio de Janeiro a Smarter City’ (The Next Web)
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ABED: What are you making?
ANNIE: A vase.
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Flatworms mate by penis fencing.
“The flatworms “fence” using two-headed dagger-like penises which are pointed, and white in color. The mating ritual involves a violent battle during which two hermaphroditic flatworms attempt to pierce the skin of one another with one of their penises. The “winner” is the organism that inseminates the other; the winner becomes the father. The sperm is absorbed through pores in the skin, causing fertilization in the “loser,” who becomes the mother.”
Daytime sunshine, oh so bright. Midnight moon a-glowin’, stars up in the sky.
Country road take me home to the place, I belong. <3
IZ speaks my language.
Loving China, but missing the clear sky. And family. And the beach. And my puppy. And brushing my teeth with tapwater.
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