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POPSGotta keep up with the doom and gloom! Aging systems releasing sewage into rivers, streams. “Local governments across the USA plan to spend billions modernizing failing wastewater systems — some of which are more than 100 years old — over the next 10 to 20 years, EPA, state and local sewer authority officials said. Those improvement efforts face a huge challenge mitigating problems in what the EPA estimates to be 1.2 million miles of sewers snaking underground across the USA.” Bodies rot in cyclone-hit Burma. “Piles of rotting corpses are stacking up in remote villages of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, with residents saying they don't have enough fuel to cremate victims of deadly Cyclone Nargis.” Deadly battles as Hezbollah says Lebabon 'declares war'. “Deadly gunbattles erupted in Beirut on Thursday after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah charged that a Lebanese government crackdown on his group was tantamount to a 'declaration of war,' stoking fears of a full-blown sectarian conflict."
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POPSImages from Borneo including a deforestation projection graphic One half of the annual tropical timber acquisition of the whole world comes from Borneo. Palm oil plantations are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest. The rainforest was also greatly destroyed due to the forest fires in 1997 to 1998 which were started by people and coincided with an exceptional drought season of El Niño. During the great fire, hotspots could be seen on satellite images and a haze was created that affected Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
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POPSFirst Frog without Lungs More: The frogs have flattened bodies, shaped more like a cookie than an apple, with plenty of surface area for gas exchange. So they probably get all the oxygen they need through their skin, the researchers will report online April 17 in Current Biology. The Borneo frog's closest living kin, evolutionarily, lives in the Philippines and does have lungs. That sister species' conventional breathing apparatus supports the idea that the Borneo frog evolved from ancestors with lungs that were later lost them in the highly aerated water, Bickford says. Lungs could even be a disadvantage in white water, making a frog more buoyant and easier for the current to sweep away.
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POPSBiofuel is a new craze but no saviour! We are being conned as biofuels gobble up our rainforests and valuable agricultural land. In typical fashion, mankind is reaching out for an "instant cure" - a pill to pop mentality without getting to root causes and enlightened answers! As in fresh water supplies and minerals we are seeing the vested interests hell-bent on fleecing society of its natural wealth. These elements don't give a damn as they "line their pockets" at the cost to society generally!
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POPSTop 5 Strangest Bridges in the World Bridges are so important. They can be simply bridges and bridges-masterpieces. View the pictures of 5 breathtaking bridges. They are unusual, beautiful and worth our attention.
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POPSMankind is wrecking any notion of a future! Mankind is wrecking the planet comprehensively and he will pay very dearly for it. We are simply frittering our chances of ever addressing the myriad of problems now all to obvious. The crisis is deepening the answers have to be found! Soon!
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POPSBorneo's pygmy elephant Looks like human 'advancement' is threatening yet another rare species. C'mon people! do you really want to live in a world inhabited by just humans and cockroaches? OK, this may be a slight exaggeration;p
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