Posted on 30 September 2010
Like romance and crabs? Well look no further because Jules’ Undersea Lodge is a hotel that has both. Located in Florida’s Key Largo, Jules’ Undersea Lodge is an underwater lodge about 9 meters deep and in order to get a room, you have to scuba dive to get to it! Formerly a marine lab, the [...]
Posted on 28 September 2010
If you don’t like tight spaces, then the Schweeb may not be your preferred mode of transportation. Google is backing this eco-friendly monorail system in their Project 10^100 initiative, which was a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible, selecting Shweeb as an organization with the most forward [...]
Posted on 27 September 2010
In sad and ironic news today, the owner of the eco-friendly human transportation company, Segway, has died after falling off a cliff while riding his two-wheeled vehicle. The body of 62-year-old James Heselden was found in the River Wharfe alongside one of his Segways. He was pronounced dead at the scene, West Yorkshire police said. [...]
Posted on 23 September 2010
Tropical Storm Matthew is now officially a thing. Reportedly, Tropical Storm Matthew is moving to the west at a speed of 16 mph, and will continue through Friday and into Saturday. Matthew is heading for Central America and the center of the storm is expected to approach the region near the border between Nicaragua and Honduras [...]
Posted on 22 September 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps actor Shia LaBeouf is admitting that when it comes to planet Earth, he’s a bit of a jerk. “I’m gonna be honest with you, I’m not (environmentally friendly),” he told WENN. “I drive a truck, I’m a loser that way. I’ll figure it out eventually but I’m not the greatest [...]
Posted on 20 September 2010
At around 3:24 p.m. PDT, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake stuck just 10 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, and was felt throughout the surrounding towns. There were no reports of injuries or damage, but a geologist from the center of Tsunamis on the West Coast and Alaska said that the quake “shook strongly.” The temblor was [...]
Posted on 20 September 2010
Typhoon Fanapi is the first major storm to hit Taiwan this year. Thousands of people were evacuated from the area before the storm made landfall, and flooded the southern part of the island. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau said as much as 44 inches of rain had been dumped in southern Taiwan by early today, and [...]
Posted on 19 September 2010
Paul McCartney’s trouble ex Heather Mills might be having more, well, trouble. File this one under shocking, but Mills’ vegan restaurant might be going under. Out of the Beatle money, Mills purchased vegan eatery VBites shut down for the winter season, but rumors are swirling that the restaurant is in trouble and may not reopen. [...]
Posted on 16 September 2010
On 19th December 1994 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. They chose today’s date to commemorate the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed. It was a great day for the Earth, and [...]
Posted on 15 September 2010
The Obama administration just revealed a new and exciting plan to permanently seal almost 3,500 abandoned oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico. With this plan, about 650 unused production platforms will be taken apart. “This is an important first step in cleaning up what’s become a dumping ground for the offshore oil [...]