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In Soviet Korea Soldier Controls Gravity!
Submitted by frostfire on Sat, 2008-07-05 08:39. Korea | soldier | Soviet
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Kingman Reef
Submitted by frostfire on Sat, 2008-07-05 08:15. reef
Ecologist Enric Sala found a 500-year-old gigantic lobe coral in the Kingman Reef that looks like a flying saucer (the species is likely to be new to science).
In the Pacific atolls and islands, there is a 30-mile triangle of coral in a lagoon the size of Manhattan Island called the Kingman Reef. Because of its remoteness, the reef is pristine, "a glittering city of staghorn, mushroom, pillar, and plate corals packed so tightly together there is hardly a patch of bare sand." Small fish and large predators are abound, making it a true underwater Eden.
But the image of a fluorishing and healthy ecosystem may be just a mirage. According to ecologist Enric Sala, Kingman Reef may actually be in big trouble and the culprit is overfishing and pollution:
If predator-dominated Kingman represents the gold standard for coral reefs, how does the removal of large carnivores through fishing affect coral communities elsewhere, such as in Kiritimati? As the report from the Line Islands shows, overfishing can unleash a population boom of smaller fish. The reef might appear luxuriant for a time, but in a matter of decades its ecosystem can unravel from a wonderland of marine diversity into a sediment-choked ecological desert.
"Eliminating the top predators speeds the turnover rate of the entire reef community," Sala says. Through mechanisms not yet fully understood, this acceleration ultimately produces an explosion of microbes, some of which may cause coral death. Fishing out the large herbivores contributes to reef degradation. In the absence of grazers, large algae flourish, and their photosynthetic activity increases the availability of dissolved organic carbon in the system, boosting the growth of bacteria.
Links: Article by Kennedy Warne | Photo Gallery
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| | | Marathon runners are hard core
Submitted by frostfire on Sat, 2008-07-05 08:09. marathon
Marathon runners are hard core, and their supporters are too! Here are a few funny signs that people hold during races (the last two are the best!) at Elite Feet: Link
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| | | Should I Stop or Should I Go?
Submitted by frostfire on Sat, 2008-07-05 08:06. traffic lights
This crazy traffic light is a 14 "lanterns" (that’s the official term) found in the Central Business District in Melbourne, Australia.
More traffic light shenanigans at Traffic Signals
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| | | Loch Ness Monster
Submitted by frostfire on Sat, 2008-07-05 07:55. Loch Ness | Monster
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| | | The 10 Fattest States In The Country
Submitted by frostfire on Fri, 2008-07-04 09:23. Obesity
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| | | Unlucky Rabbit
Submitted by frostfire on Fri, 2008-07-04 08:59. rabbit
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| | | Now that is Subtle!
Submitted by frostfire on Fri, 2008-07-04 08:36. subtle
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| | | Urban warfare
Submitted by frostfire on Fri, 2008-07-04 08:27. urban | Warfare
Members of China's armed police demonstrate a rapid deployment during an anti-terrorist drill held in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province July 2, 2008, roughly one month ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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| | | Living on the Edge
Submitted by frostfire on Fri, 2008-07-04 08:20. communities | edge
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| | | US History Paper
Submitted by frostfire on Thu, 2008-07-03 09:24. history | paper | US
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| | | Where is the Moth?
Submitted by frostfire on Thu, 2008-07-03 09:20. moth
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| | | People actually pay for painted jeans?
Submitted by frostfire on Thu, 2008-07-03 09:07. jeans | painted
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| | | Workers constructing the Statue of Liberty c.1883
Submitted by frostfire on Thu, 2008-07-03 09:02. Statue of Liberty
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| | | So Far so Good!
Submitted by frostfire on Thu, 2008-07-03 08:27. snail
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