Rare Jellyfish Invasion in Japan: Global Warming Effect?

A swarm of the world's largest jellyfish, Nomura, which can grow as large as 6feet, were found infesting the waters of KOKONOGI, Japan.... This posed grave risk to the livelihood of men.

Is this a natural occurrence or a sign of extreme climate change? Just imagine what will happen if these marine creatures rapidly increases in number year after year? The scenario - No Catch=Scarcity & No livelihood for the common fishermen in Japan.

This year's jellyfish swarm is one of the worst he has seen, Hamano said. Once considered a rarity occurring every 40 years, they are now an almost annual occurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, and far beyond Japan.

Scientists believe climate change — the warming of oceans — has allowed some of the almost 2,000 jellyfish species to expand their ranges, appear earlier in the year and increase overall numbers, much as warming has helped ticks, bark beetles and other pests to spread to new latitudes.

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The King of the Ring - Manny Pacquiao!!!

Pacman gave Cotto a lesson!
Who's next? who's next?

Mount Mayon is Hot!

After eliminating massive ash last Wednesday, Mount Mayon again showed a threatening crater glow that is almost visible at 15 km away. But expert Ed Laguerta, resident volcanologist here in the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said Mayon’s surface remains inflated despite the series of ash or phreatic explosions.

“This means that magmatic pressure inside the volcano is sustained. But all these activities are still within alert level 2,” Laguerta said in a radio interview."


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Fake Plastic Plants for Artificial Photosynthesis?

An artificial plant that can do artificial photosynthesis? Yes, that's what a Chemist, Daniel Nocera of MIT is trying to invent - Mimic photosynthesis!

His idea is simple - Split water into hydrogen and oxygen with sunlight, and then recombine them (which creates energy) in a fuel cell when power is needed. The trick is to do both these things cheaply.

Nocera has come up with a way to split water into its constituent elements that is less expensive than the machines used today. But he has yet to show that it can be done on a broad scale.

For now, the future of an artificial leaf that’s as cheap as the real ones may come down to some elementary chemistry: Can scientists find replacements for the expensive and rare metals currently required? Nocera says a “new catalyst” for fuel cells is what’s needed, but he’s hopeful that he’ll find it. He predicts success in less than a decade—or about as long as it takes to grow a tree.

Just in case, I would love to have these plants in my garden to supply me with substantial Oxygen...

A Little Girl's Death Note

Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich (right) was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 135 days to live. She lived 255 days, passing away in 2007. After her death, Elena’s parents, Brooke and Keith, found hundreds of notes from Elena hidden around the house — in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks….

"It just felt like a little hug from her, like she was telling us she was looking over us"

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