Dozens of global cities will participate in Earth Hour to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour at 8pm (local time) on March 29, 2008. [More info]
Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis.
A 13,680 square kilometre ice shelf has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change in a fast-warming region of Antarctica.
Satellite images of the Wilkins Ice Shelf showed that a huge iceberg, 41 x 2.5 km, about seven times the size of Manhattan, has disintegrated from the ice shelf recently.
The Wilkins began its collapse on Feb 28 (2008); a narrow beam of intact ice, just 6 km wide, was protecting the remaining shelf from further breakup as of March 23.
[More stories on National Snow and Ice Data Center and British Antarctic Survey]
Move aside American Idol… here comes the Bulgarian Idol…
The picture shows a Zimbabwean carrying pile load of cash to buy something. Seems like a lot of money… but fact is the pile of cash is probably worth less than 100 US dollars.
Zimbabwe is suffering from an inflation crisis. The annual inflation in the African country has rocketed past the 100,000% barrier in Feb 2008, by far the highest in the world (2nd placed Iraq has an estimated inflation of 60%).
Zimbabwe’s currency has tumbled to a record low of 25 million Zimbabwe dollars to one US dollar. 100 US dollars could exchange for nearly 20kg of local currency.
Frankly, it’s hard to imagine how a country would manage to get themselves into the troubled situation. My countrymen would be crying like babies if our annual inflation rates reached 10%… 100,000% inflation? That’s unthinkable.
Some interesting links…
Mummy in Argentine museum stolen
A 50 to 60-centimeter mummy which was made from a 2-year-old child about 900 years ago was stolen from a museum on Feb 15 in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina.
Giant “Frog From Hell” fossil found in Madagascar
Scientists working in Madagascar have found what may be the largest frog that ever lived, namely the Beelzebufo, or “devil frog”.
Richest man in India builds $1billion house
Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $22 billion, is building himself the world’s most expensive home.
Summer, an 11-year-old horse, as seen during the 11th annual EquiFest of Kansas on Feb 29 (2008), holds the Guinness World of Records for the longest tail on a horse (3.81 metres)…
