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Should Banabans Call Australia Home
Banabans Call on Australia to recognise their contribution to Australia's nation-building The prosperity of Australia during the past century was provided from the wealth generated from the nation’s farmlands. One of the major components of this success depended on the subsided use of super-phosphate fertilisers derived from the rich phosphate rock deposits of a small remote Pacific island. In a period spanning eighty years, Australia was a major shareholder in a joint commercial venture with the governments of the United Kingdom and New Zealand to mine Banaba-Ocean Island. Now only twenty-five years later these historical links seem all but forgotten. The Banabans are calling for the Australian government to finally recognise their major contribution in shaping Australian history.
By Stacey King4 years ago in Earth
A Look At This Weekends Coming Solar Storm
Solar Storms Scientists believe another solar flare from the sun could reach our planet over this weekend. Experts warn the coronal mass injection could have the potential to cause power disruptions on earth. The solar blast, also referred to as a CME, was first noticed on November 24, just two days ago. Flares like these are a common occurrence. Not all of them travel toward the earth. But, when they do, they have the power to be disruptive.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in Earth
Is Our Planet Already 'Dead' And Tired?
In the no so distant past, the world's billionaires including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Virgin Atlantic's Richard Brandon traveled to the space to experience how it seems as though to be in the space. Indeed, they had a good time, according to the three tycoons.
By Osei Agyemang4 years ago in Earth
Dame Fall O'Tumn
Another restless night, looking for him again. It’s been happening more often lately. And he stays away much longer. He just melts away into the darkness, invisible, and the march toward winter is accelerating. Soon, I will be sleeping through the worst of it. But he doesn’t sleep that way.
By Whimsical Wanderer 4 years ago in Earth
The Sink Hole
by: Dennis R. Humphreys The area contained a lot of limestone. In fact there was a valley that contained nothing but limestone underground. Any geologist will tell you limestone and water don't do well together for people living on the surface. Water leached underground from the rain, or creeks above ground, cause the limestone to dissolve and it creates caverns and other similar features. Over time they sometimes collapse, causing the ground above them to cave in, and it can create sinkholes large enough to swallow entire homes. It can also leave large openings that cause roads to collapse.
By Dennis Humphreys4 years ago in Earth
The Roundest Birds I've Ever Seen. Top Story - November 2021.
The bearded tit has a silly name. But that’s okay, because it is a silly bird. This name is both titter-inducing and inaccurate — the species is technically called a ‘bearded reedling’ and is not in the tit family at all. Yet, British bird enthusiasts are a stubborn — and easily amused — bunch, so the colloquial ‘bearded tit’ has stuck.
By Alex Cooper4 years ago in Earth
