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Written By: admin on February 9, 2010 1 Comment
Human Pollution from the sky

The sources of pollution from the sky
This picture was taken in South Carolina, to Canady, a mining area. The color orange is the pollution generated by the extraction of minerals, in this case coal. Ash and arsenic, mercury, selenium and lead come into direct contact with groundwater.

Exploitation of phosphate in Florida
This design carved into the [...]

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Written By: admin on February 4, 2010 4 Comments
Alert melting ice

FonteOn April 4, Wilkins plate located at the Antarctic Peninsula has broken away from the frozen continent. This huge block of ice as big as New York City.

ThicknessThe split plate Wilkins has operated at its thinnest part, a bridge 500 meters wide.

IcebergsFollowing the posting of this giant block of ice in Antarctica, many icebergs are [...]

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Written By: admin on January 31, 2010 13 Comments
Pollution from the Air

The sources of pollution from the skyThis picture was taken in South Carolina, to Canady, a mining area. The color orange is the pollution generated by the extraction of minerals, in this case coal. Ash and arsenic, mercury, selenium and lead come into direct contact with groundwater.

Exploitation of phosphate in FloridaThis design carved into the [...]

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Written By: admin on December 22, 2009 No Comment
Grains of sand in madness

Etoile This grain of sand in the shape of a star has been unearthed on a beach of Taketomi Island in Japan. This sand contains the remains of shells of foraminifera, single-celled organisms.

Garnet The sand sample was taken on Plum Island, Massachusetts. One can clearly observe different minerals: pink, garnet, black, magnetite (igneous rock) and [...]

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