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6 Must have Eco-friendly travel accessories
Jul 2nd
How many times does it happen that you need a proper bottle of water while travelling and you end up buying several plastic Bisleri bottles affecting your pocket and the environment at the bigger level? Isn’t it funny?
We say that we are moving towards Eco-friendly options but while travelling we forget it and conclude by using plastic bottles and straws to the maximum we can. So, to fight such circumstances I bring you the Eco-friendly travel accessories that will help you travel easy.
The list of accessories is below:
1. Pee Buddy: The Eco-friendly funnel-like device which is used by women to pee which keeps you free from urinary infections and using the dirty public washrooms. It gives freedom to pee hassle free.
5 Facts about Two Earth-Like Alien Planets found recently
Jun 22nd
It started way back! A lot of great movies like interstellar, Martian, Star Trek, Alien and so on are based on creating human future on planets other than the Earth. We human beings have always been trying to search for something more, probably think of a situation where you get to celebrate your birthday/Anniversary on the moon or any other planet inhabited by humans or similar species. Wouldn’t it be awesome?
And today when the news arrives that scientist and researchers are almost on the verge of inventing life on an uninhabited or unknown planet gives us goosebumps. Yes! Life is possible just like a few decades back when far away communication was almost impossible and today, we have options of call, video calls, and conferences. Thus, anything is possible considering aliens, life on unknown planets or UFO.
Here we present you some facts about the two planets discovered possibly may have life:
1. These two planets orbit a star known as More >
Taiwan typhoon Nepartak causes devastation across east coast
Jul 8th
Super typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan’s east coast early Friday. 66 injured and 2 people dead with disrupted services leading to evacuations. More than 15,000 people had to leave their homes as hundreds of flights were cancelled and offices and schools shut. The typhoon packed winds of up to 198km/hour (123mph) and made landfall just before 0600 local time in eastern Taitung.
Taiwan’s rugged and mountainous terrain has slowed Nepartak, which has been downgraded from a super typhoon to a typhoon by Friday lunchtime. The storm is expected to have left Taiwan by late Friday and will hit eastern China early Saturday local time. More >
Happy Earth Day 2015
Apr 23rd
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, when events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. April 22, 2015 marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day.
The idea came to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, after witnessing the ravages of the 1969 massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Thus the Earth Day began in 1970, when 20 million people across the United States gathered for increased protection of the environment and a revolution began.
Celebrated for the first time in 1970, it is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 192 countries each year.
It’s a day to realize what a gift planet Earth is. So take the lead and return the favor to Mother Earth. Leave a viable planet for the generations to come.
In his message on International Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2015, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed , “Today, on More >
Solar Flare to hit Earth on Thursday Morning 8th March 2012
Mar 8th
One more solar flare due to sun’s eruption occurred and it is the largest of the last five years. The New York Times reports that the coronal mass ejection will hit earth at about 1:30 a.m on Thursday morning. The solar flare is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights.
The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking Earth around 4 a.m. PST today, according to forecasters at the federal government’s Space Weather Prediction Center. They say the flare is growing as it speeds outward from the sun.
NASA captured a video of the solar flare as it erupted and hurled a “big blob of magnetized material” toward the earth. The AR1429 sunspot region shouts off a solar flare on Sunday and two more yesterday. The AR1429 region is currently pointing almost directly at earth which means that the coronal mass ejection could have a big impact on earth.
Another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this. But for now, scientists are waiting to see what happens today when the charged particles hit Earth at 4 million mph. More >
Biggest solar storm since 2005 to hit Earth
Jan 24th
The sun is to hit Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm since 2005 with more to come from the fast-moving eruption. There’s a solar Coronal Mass Ejection travelling towards us at 1,400 miles per second. It will hit Earth around 9am Eastern Time, causing fluctuations on the power grid and disruptions to the Global Positioning System.
The solar flare occurred at about 11 p.m. EST Sunday and will hit Earth with three different effects at three different times. The biggest issue is radiation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.
The radiation is mostly a concern for satellite disruptions and astronauts in space. It can cause communication problems for polar-traveling airplanes, said space weather center physicist Doug Biesecker.
Radiation from Sunday’s flare arrived at Earth an hour later and will likely continue through Wednesday. Levels are considered strong but other storms have been more severe. There are two higher levels of radiation on NOAA’s storm scale severe and extreme Biesecker said. Still, this storm is the strongest for radiation since May 2005. More >
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands
Jan 9th
On Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Pacific’s Solomons group of Islands. According to officials there was no threat of a widespread tsunami.
The quake hit at a depth of 38 km at about 3:00 pm some 350 km east of Kirakira, the main city of the Solomons’ major island, Makira.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was “no destructive widespread tsunami threat” based on historical data.
“However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometres of the More >
Ian Somerhalder Fights Keystone XL Pipeline for Environmental Concerns
Sep 19th
Ian Somerhalder, the heartthrob bad Vampire Damon Salvotare of The Vampire Diaries is also famous for his environmental efforts. Previously he raised voice against BP oil spill and now joining celebrities like Mark Ruffalo and Daryl Hannah to speak out against the Keystone XL Pipeline.
The handsome star of TVD has asked President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to stop the proposed pipeline, which would transport oil from Canada through the United States to refineries in Texas.
“The proposed Keystone XL pipeline puts fish and wildlife at risk, threatens the health and livelihood of countless American farmers, and perpetuates the United States’ unhealthy dependence on oil. More >