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Space Tourism Lifts Off: 2012 Space Resort Launch

by Jessica Root - Brooklyn, NY on 11. 7.09
Travel & Nature

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Photo via Exclusive Lifestyle. Artist's rendering of the Galactic Suite Space Resort.

You think you'd find the Galactic Suite Space Resort in a cartoon, comic strip or kitschy hotel in Disney World, right? Wrong. Whether you like it or not, it's real, and plans to open its super-future-like doors to paying guests in 2012.

Don't confuse this hotel however, with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic project, which plans to propel tourists into suborbital space at $200,000 a ride. Galactic Suite Ltd, the company behind the resort, has bigger, more "bling" plans in mind--a veritable space playground for the rich and famous.

A three night stay comes at a pretty 4.4 million dollar price tag and begs to question: at what cost for the environment?

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A Garden Blooms Inside a Concrete Cloverleaf

by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey on 11. 6.09
Travel & Nature

istanbul botanical garden freeway photoIn the loop: a botanical garden inside a highway interchange (inset). Photos via Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanical Garden (inset) and the Istanbul Governor's Office.

A botanical garden inside an "urban void" -- the loop of a busy highway's cloverleaf interchange -- has been recognized by Deutsche Bank as a creative solution to the problems facing residents of Turkey's largest city, and those of other metropolitan areas around the world.

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Good News! Water Use in the U.S. Less in 2005 Than 1975

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 11. 6.09
Travel & Nature

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Despite 30% Population Growth
We always hear about how we're using more of this and more of that, so it is welcome new to learn that apparently the people of the U.S. were using less water in 2005 than in 1975 despite a significant increase in population. Daily water consumption in the U.S. is 410 BILLION gallons of water, and 49% of those are being used for for producing electricity at thermoelectric power plants. Irrigation is 31%, and public use is 11%. "The remaining 9 percent of the water was for self-supplied industrial, livestock, aquaculture, mining and rural domestic uses."

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Dwindling Fish Stocks Lead Pelicans to Eat Gannet Chicks

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11. 6.09
Travel & Nature

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Image via BBC Earth News

Gannets on the island of Malgas in South Africa are in a bit of a pinch. Usually they nest with one parent out fishing, while the other parent guards the chick. However, fewer fish to catch means both parents have to go hunting and leave the chick unguarded. This leaves an opportunity open for pelicans who have adopted a bizarre survival strategy. Rather than fly out to fish for themselves, they're gobbling up the unattended gannet chicks. And BBC film makers have caught the behavior on tape.

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Humming Bird With an Incredible Tail Does a Mating Dance (Video)

by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 11. 6.09
Travel & Nature

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It's Friday, and therefore time to sit back and enjoy some sigh-worthy beauty compliments of Mother Nature. This is the spatuletail hummingbird - one of the rarest birds, with an absolutely amazing tail...and mating dance. Check out how this little guy manages to fly in order to attract a female. It's stunning.

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David Burdeny's Incredible Iceberg Photography (Slideshow)

by David DeFranza on 11. 4.09
Travel & Nature

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Image credit: David Burdeny/Young Gallery


David Burdeny is an architect and interior designer. He is also a skilled photographer.

His iceberg series shows that these frozen giants are far more than platforms for penguins: They are floating sculptures that are becoming increasingly endangered.

David Burdeny's Incredible Iceberg Photography (Slideshow)

Great White Sharks Along California Coast Are Unique Population - Haven't Met Outsiders in 10,000+ Years

by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY on 11. 4.09
science

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photo: Hermanus Backpackers via flickr.

Mongabay is pointing out a really pretty cool piece of shark research from Proceedings of the Royal Society B: The great white sharks along California's coast were previously thought to roam far and wide, but we now know that the California population is distinct and hasn't mixed with other white sharks for tens of thousands of years:

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EU Puts Bulgaria on Notice Over Enviro Negligence

by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey on 11. 4.09
news

pirin mountains lake bulgaria photoThe Pirin mountains are among Bulgaria's threatened natural habitats. Photo by Marin Nikolov via Flickr.

Come December, the European Council will assess Turkey's slow, sometimes stumbling efforts toward EU accession. If the country gets a decent grade, the next chapter of negotiations to be opened is likely to be the one dealing with environmental issues. And if neighboring Bulgaria's recent experience is any indication, the European body won't be letting Turkey off easy.

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