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Enslaved Asian elephants
Elephants carrying wood for people in Southeast Asian countries is nothing new. Spurred by the high price of wood and furniture on the market, countless loggers have been moving into the primeval forests of the Mekong Basin in recent years, openly logging and even illegally logging. But the roads in these rainforest areas are rough and muddy, and transportation is very difficult. All the wood that is cut has to be carried from the mountains to the river, and then transported by cargo ship to the dock on the road, so the domesticated elephants are the main means of transportation. Throughout the dry season, hundreds of domesticated elephants carry heavy logs from virgin forest to river-side beaches, a painstaking process.
By Marya Sch4 years ago in Earth
A curtain call
I still can't help but be moved by my mother's attention to the curtain call of the actors after the theater performance. Not only did she clap along with everyone else and smile up at the actors as they made their way to the curtain call, she would mutter words and exclamations as if they were overheard. She was always one of those die-hard fans who held out the applause until the curtain closed and then left the stage undecided.
By Marya Sch4 years ago in Earth
My alternative study abroad record
Saint-etienne is a city with a pleasant climate, a famous French football team, and football legends Aime Jacquet and Michel Platini. The university of Monet Saint-Etienne is also home to the National University of France. There is a direct train to Paris, and the city is also home to the famous handmade chocolate Weiss, which, like Hermes and Louis Vuitton, is a symbol of supreme taste for French socialites. For Chinese girl He Ling Wei, her 4-year undergraduate life at The University of Jean Monet Saint-Etienne is just like this famous city. Her supreme quality comes from her unique characteristics and her inner confidence and strength.
By Marya Sch4 years ago in Earth
The Aurora Borealis
What is the Aurora Borealis Made out of: The Aurora Borealis is caused when the solar wind ions collide with nitrogen and oxygen atoms from the Earth’s atmosphere. The solar wind- which is when ions continuously stream from the sun's surface- makes the auroras more active. Magnetic storms-interaction between charged particles from the solar wind and the Earth’s atmosphere- can lead to, during the time around the spring and autumnal equinoxes-an autumn day when day and night are generally of equal length- be seen in the midlatitudes.
By Eva4 years ago in Earth
The Butterfly Effect. Top Story - July 2022.
The Butterfly Effect is the theory that the smallest things can set a whole chain of much larger events into motion. It is a metaphor, an illustration that everything is interconnected and that the smallest thing, like a butterfly flapping its wings, can have an effect on much larger events.
By John Whye4 years ago in Earth
My Adventures Journey
As I walked on the beach, my feet were sinking into the soft sand, and the water was splashing on my bear legs; how refreshing I thought to myself. I enjoyed watching the sea returning to its course and depositing small white bubbles on the edge of the beach. I observed pelicans plunging into the sea, fetching small fish for their nourishment. With the help of the smooth breeze, the seagulls were gliding in the air spreading their wings along the way.
By elida castro4 years ago in Earth
Community garden
I live is a small town. The type of town that everybody vaguely knows everybody and school is a cesspit if knowledge about everything but the actual curriculum. I walk to school every morning and walk back every evening nothing new just the same bills that I never quite get used too dispute crawling up it for 3 years. I’m going off to uni. As far away as I can but still a small town. But you don’t want to know about that that you want to know about the community garden. So did I.
By Turais 4 years ago in Earth
Are renewables aggravating the energy crisis?
There is certainly reason to celebrate the unprecedented rollout of clean energy. Every passing year becomes a record breaker for the adoption of renewables.
By Ben Brading4 years ago in Earth
Green Growth 50: Learning From Companies Boosting Profits While Cutting Emissions
EBay at its very core pioneered the circular economy — of finding new homes for treasures that might otherwise have ended up at the dump. “Avoiding items going into a landfill is very important to our customers,” says Steve Priest, CFO of eBay. “Driving the circular economy is part of everything we do.” But finding new shelves for Beanie Babies is just a small component in eBay’s sustainability efforts, which prioritize slashing greenhouse gas emissions. In eBay’s case, these are mostly tied to electricity used to power vast data centers. Since 2017 eBay has cut its carbon emissions by 29% to 88,000 tons per year. The e-commerce giant became carbon neutral this year and is aiming to achieve a 100% renewable electricity supply for all its offices and data centers by 2025.
By Marinescu Eduard4 years ago in Earth
Audubon Photography Awards: 12 Winning Images Of Amazing Birds
This year’s winners of the annual Audubon Photography Awards are an irresistible spectacle of the wonders of avian life. The annual competition marking its 13th year and organized by the Audubon Society, a nonprofit dedicated to bird conservation, is open to professional and amateur photographers from the United States and Canada.
By Marinescu Eduard4 years ago in Earth
Why the Megalodon is gone for good.
Odotus megalodon was a massive, ancient shark, with the largest specimens found to be just under 60 feet in length at about 17.9 meters. To put that into perspective, the largest (reliably measured) Great White Shark ever caught was just around 6.0 meters in length, or about 19.7 feet. The sheer size of this ancient creature is enough to simply propose (much to the dismay of many shark-lovers such as myself), that if this creature were alive today, we would have simply found it already. But, I digress, let’s jump into the details to really explain why the ancient Megalodon cannot exist in the oceans today.
By TW G4 years ago in Earth
James Webb Space Telescope: How the Deepest Photos of the Universe Appear?
James Webb Space Telescope: Highlights James Webb Space Telescope or the Modern Day Next Generation Telescope is the new advancement in the technology to go deep into the universe to observe the phenomenons there.
By SA News Channel4 years ago in Earth