Nature
Wonderful Meromictic lake
At this current second, I am a meromictic lake. My face is flooded with saltwater sweat, unclear to the unaided eye from the crisp spring water I have recently splashed myself in. I'm climbing through the wilderness of Penang National Park; this specific path will lead us to Pentai Kerachut sea shore just as Penang's own personal meromictic lake. The layers of a meromictic lake don't blend, the profundities frequently the most pungent, and the upper layers more made out of freshwater. The layers in a meromictic lake may not blend for quite a long time, or hundreds of years. I'm struck by this, and the chance it offers for various living things and life forms to exist in various layers of a similar lake — in a layer other than their own, they would not endure. The combination of layers can have calamitous ramifications for the existence frames that exist inside them. I think about what this implies. The lake is made out of unmistakable parts: monimolimnion, chemocline, mixolimnion. This lake can just exist as a meromictic lake by uprightness of it having these unmistakable parts, which exist close by one another however don't, should not, blend.
By Danniel jaws 4 years ago in Earth
Rooftop Farming in Indian Metro Cities
Rooftop gardening is stepping in with urbanization being no uncommon observable fact in the current Indian society, and as a repercussion to this sprawl, we are losing our agricultural land, especially in Indian cities, every hour since the population is growing by leaps and bounds simultaneously and leaving us very little land to grow food on but having many more mouths to feed we need alternatives, therefore, making us move towards the direction of rooftop farming.
By Homes247.in4 years ago in Earth
Organisation Prepare For Mersey Maritime Awards
The whole of the UK maritime industry is due to take part in the voting process which will form part of this year's Mersey Maritime Industry Awards. The ceremony which is due to take place at Liverpool Football Club, on Friday 17th September is using a voting platform which was first used in 2019. Participants will compete against each other in a number of categories. The winners will be determined by a combination of an expert judging panel, and the wider input of the industry.
By Ashish Prabhu4 years ago in Earth
Kingfisher
A kingfisher at work by a river or canal is an unforgettable sight. A sudden flash of iridescent blue is followed by a small splash and then, almost immediately, its upward flight to a perch where the prey is stunned, turned head first and then swallowed. One can watch a kingfisher all day and never get bored!
By John Welford4 years ago in Earth
Kestrel
The kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) should not be confused with its smaller American cousin (Falco sparverius) or the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). The latter belongs to the family of kites, harriers and eagles, whereas the kestrel, as its botanical name suggests, is a falcon. If you see a smallish bird of prey hovering on the breeze near a British main road, there is a high chance that it is a kestrel, and none that it is a sparrowhawk, which never hovers!
By John Welford4 years ago in Earth
Mute swan
The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a spectacular water bird that is seen on rivers, lakes, canals and estuaries in many parts of the world. It is native to Europe and Asia and has been introduced to North America and elsewhere. In the United Kingdom, mute swans are found in the wild virtually everywhere except the upland areas of Scotland, Wales and south-west England. Swans are regularly found in urban parks alongside ducks and geese.
By John Welford4 years ago in Earth
The 'nest custodians' protecting a toddler-sized bird
it was a dusty afternoon at the end of a long dry season, and Zimbabwean subsistence farmer Sofaya Ndlovu was sitting in the sun outside his home. Fifty metres away, between the clean-swept earth of his homestead and a small koppie (a hill in a flat area) of granite boulders, a ragged black bird with a puckered red face, long eyelashes and a voluptuous red wattle strutted over tufts of grass.
By MARK OLIVAREZ4 years ago in Earth
Non-Random Encounters With Swallow-Tailed Kites
“Our most beautiful bird of prey... Hanging motionless in the air, swooping and gliding, rolling upside down and then zooming high in the air with scarcely a motion of its wings, the Swallow-tailed Kite is a joy to watch.”-- The Audubon Guide to North American Birds
By Amethyst Qu4 years ago in Earth
