Nature
IVORY ISLAND
This can’t be happening, I thought to myself. I looked around, and my entire canoe was surrounded by a pod of sharks. I felt like a small star in the vast sky, but I didn’t panic. Instead, I stopped paddling and lifted my paddle from the water. I looked over at Brian, my boyfriend, and he seemed petrified at the sharks that surrounded his canoe as well.
By Elyssa Ely5 years ago in Earth
'We Weren't Always Extinct'
In 1993, I bought this landscape stone from an Arkansas woman selling crystals for$1/pound off a table by the side of the road. Oh, I bought some crystals too, but this chunk of extinct fossil seabed grabbed my attention. From the sound of it, her husband and their sons had collected it against her advice.
By Amethyst Qu5 years ago in Earth
Connecting Uniqueness
The familiar crunch under her bare feet as she steps onto the high forest's pine covered floor. Both the feel of dry needles breaking beneath her weight and the sound hitting her ears like a comforting call of mother. The layers of years creating a comfortable, padded walkway that welcomes her visits. As she steps down the slight incline lined with rocks and young plants; the world behind her fades away and she crosses a washout ditch. A simple bridge of boards, one of many you can see as you gaze down the ditch in both directions. An old toy truck sits in the dirt below the bridge, giving hints of days when childhood filled the air. Stepping from the bridge and over the berm, she finds herself in a beautiful new world.
By Jami Larson5 years ago in Earth
Animated Movies and The Great White Shark
Sharks in animated movies take on several roles. Often they are considered evil predators and enemies that must be defeated. They also act as rescuers in animated movies who must rescue there friends from the evil enemies of the world.
By Tanea Hill5 years ago in Earth
Amazon river
The origin of the world's largest river by volume is difficult to determine. Researchers and scientists have been debating since the mid-16th century about where the Amazon originated, but there are fewer than five rivers in southwestern Peru, and no one can provide a direct location every year. Body flow is complex and dynamic, and access to the Mississippi is at the center of the issue.
By Sita Dahal5 years ago in Earth
Antarctic ocean
Antarctic flows and twists normally stream unreservedly through Antarctica on the east-east side and go about as a boundary between warm air and northern waters. Conversely, the Atlantic Icy locale is available to warm waters from the south, similarly as the seas are streaming. This warm water enters the Icy and forestalls the development of ocean ice in the locale.
By Sita Dahal5 years ago in Earth
The Sharks of the Galápagos
The funny thing about getting off the airplane on the Galápagos Islands, is that it looks like you accidentally landed on Mars, not one of the most pristine marine ecosystems in the world. Everything is painted with orange and dust, and even the cacti look somewhat confused as to how they ended up here.
By J.R. Nelson 5 years ago in Earth
Kyle's Fish
The thick body of the fish glided along the sandy bottom of the shallow sea, its mouth held open in a foreboding grin. The water was murky, but the creature rarely relied on sight; its nose picked up every organic molecule within the length of a football field, and a lateral line of sensory organs felt the minute electrical impulses of every living thing in the vicinity. The great fish saw only a cloudy green emptiness and the dull tawny sand of the sea floor, but understood perfectly on some primitive, instinctual level its role as the ecosystem’s apex predator.
By cade gilbreath5 years ago in Earth
Pollution Due To Urbanization
The openness of the proposed concentration of pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide (NO 2), carbon monoxide (CO) and particles less than 25 micrometers in diameter can cause DNA methylation in CPG areas in safe cells and increase the risk of asthma in children. Studies have shown a positive relationship between FoxP3 methylation and adolescent exposure to nitrogen dioxide and PM 2.5. Show Sources
By Thomos James5 years ago in Earth
