New Species Of Crab Discovered Just Before Going Extinct
January 5, 2010
The saddest story in the world as of 2pm today comes to us via the Huffington Post:
“A marine biologist says he has discovered a new crab species off the coast of southern Taiwan that looks like a strawberry with small white bumps on its red shell.
National Taiwan Ocean University professor Ho Ping-ho says the crab resembles the species living in the areas around Hawaii, Polynesia and Mauritius. But it has a distinctive clam-shaped shell about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) wide, making it distinct.
Taiwanese crab specialist Wang Chia-hsiang confirmed Ho’s finding.
Ho said Tuesday his team found two female crabs of the new species last June off the coast of Kenting National Park, known for its rich marine life. The crabs died shortly thereafter, possibly because the water in the area was polluted by a cargo ship that ran aground.”
And just like that, the strawberry crab enters and exits. No word yet on what the researchers ate instead.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Polar Bears Falling To Their Deaths…
November 21, 2009
A new ad brings the high environmental costs of commercial flying down to earth, rather literally.
Which were your favourite new restaurants of 2011?
- Nicli Antica Pizzeria (20%, 429 Votes)
- Hawksworth (20%, 413 Votes)
- Boneta (the new one) (16%, 329 Votes)
- Save On Meats (14%, 301 Votes)
- Ensemble (10%, 219 Votes)
- Edible At The Market (10%, 213 Votes)
- Tableau Bar Bistro (9%, 196 Votes)
- Hapa Umi (9%, 183 Votes)
- Campagnolo Roma (7%, 151 Votes)
- Pizzeria Farina (7%, 138 Votes)
- Nelson The Seagull (6%, 127 Votes)
- Pronto Cafe (6%, 121 Votes)
- Novo Pizzeria & Bar (5%, 114 Votes)
- Peckinpah (5%, 105 Votes)
- Oakwood Canadian Bistro (5%, 96 Votes)
- Bitter Tasting Room (4%, 95 Votes)
- Black & Blue (4%, 84 Votes)
- Tap (4%, 76 Votes)
- Cafe Regalade (3%, 55 Votes)
- Oyster (2%, 50 Votes)
- Stackhouse (2%, 45 Votes)
- The Outpost Cafe (2%, 39 Votes)
- Bibo (2%, 37 Votes)
- Rumpus Room (2%, 36 Votes)
- Electric Owl (2%, 35 Votes)
- Q4 al Centro (2%, 35 Votes)
- Pink Elephant (1%, 23 Votes)
- Ki (1%, 23 Votes)
- Verace (1%, 15 Votes)
- Frankie's Italian Kitchen (1%, 11 Votes)
- French Table (0%, 9 Votes)
Total Voters: 2,112
Loading ...How To Scare Your Kids & Make Them Think Parents Kill Bunnies
October 21, 2009
A new British advertisement poignantly stirs the climate change pot (via AdFreak).
Whitening Clouds With Sea Salt Might Postpone Climate Change
September 1, 2009
A few months ago I posted a few thoughts on several inventive last ditch efforts scientific solutions to the many coalescing problems currently screwing the planet. Some bordered on the humorously bizarre, while others had more than just a slight whiff of feasibility. Tonight I’m particularly digging this one, which sees mankind building 2000 robotic yachts to inject a super fine spray of sea salt from the oceans into maritime stratocumulus clouds. Read more
Vancouver’s 2.5 Hectare “Living Roof” Mimics BC Grasslands…
August 4, 2009
Landscape architect Bruce Hemstock takes filmmaker Dave Budge on an explanatory tour of the living roof on top of the new Vancouver Convention Centre. Pretty amazing…
All We Can Do To Keep Growing Pinor Noir Instead Of Cabernet
July 29, 2009
From a Treehugger slideshow piece on Sokol Blosser, the “greenest” winery in the United States.
In 2008, for the first time, the winery started tracking its overall carbon emissions with help from The Climate Registry. Sokol Blosser is one of 27 Oregon wineries participating in the Carbon Neutral Challenge Initiative, a project headed up by the Oregon Environmental Council. While the wine industry isn’t a big carbon emitter in the region, they’re going to be very adversely affected by climate change. As [winery co-president] Alison [Sokol Blosser] told me, “We’re interested in doing everything we can so we can keep growing pinor noir instead of cabernet sauvignon.”
Cheers.
