Carnivorous plants go vegetarian
A new study finds that pollution turns carnivorous plants into vegetarians, according to Dr. Jonathan Millet from Loughborough University. Plants, such as the Venus flytrap, are changing their behavior and become vegetarian. The Venus Flytrap-Dionaea muscipula closing trap animation, image credit Wikimedia Commons
Turkish Pine in the White Mountains of Crete
The photo above shows an old, twisted Turkish pine (Pinus brutia) on the Greek island of Crete. It was taken in the White Mountains (Lefka Ori), at an elevation of 6,827 ft (2,081 m), not far from the summit of Gigilos, on August 15, 2010. Image credit: Vagelis Diamantakis, summary Author: Kotsaftis Xristos, Jim Foster
Massive Algal Bloom Under Arctic Ice discovered by NASA
Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. They have found a phytoplankton or algal bloom beneath ice in the Arctic. The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy, in the midst of their ICESCAPE mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
Sunset in the Arctic
Sunsets started to tease the Arctic horizon as scientists on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy headed south in the Chukchi Sea during the final days collecting ocean data for the 2011 ICESCAPE mission. Credit: NASA/Kathryn Hansen
A Hole in the Sky
An enormous oval hole, several hundred miles across, in the clouds above the southern Pacific Ocean, acquired by NASA’s Aqua satellite on June 5, approximately 500 miles (800 km) off the southwestern coast of Tasmania. Image credit: NASA/Aqua
When Venus Rises with the Sun
This striking telephoto view across the Black Sea on June 6 finds Venus rising with the Sun, the planet in silhouette against a ruddy and ragged solar disk. Image cradit: Emil Ivanov
Lunar Eclipse over Wyoming
Monday morning just before a fully lit Strawberry Moon dropped behind the Absaroka Mountain Range near Cody, Wyoming, USA, the shadow of the Earth got in the way. Image credit: Mack H. Frost
Happy World Oceans Day
World Oceans Day on Friday, June 8th, an event aimed at celebrating the ocean and raising awareness about the need to protect ocean health. Image credit: One World Ocean
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes: 100th anniversary of Katmai Eruption
One hundred years ago today, the greatest volcanic eruption of the 20th Century occurred at Mount Katmai, Alaska. Mount Katmai, one of a chain of volcanoes in the upper Alaska Peninsula, erupted through a vent 6 mi (10 km) from its summit, releasing 30 times the amount of magma that erupted from Mount St. Helens in 1980. Photographer and author: Bill Burton USGS
56 years of Tornados on a map
This map shows every tornado in the United States, assembled from 56 years of NOAA data. via World Shaker
