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Richmonder has 1 more peak left in pursuit of world's 7 highest summits
2016-01-16 10:08:56| Waste Management - Topix.net
The 50-year old, who spends his day job as head of enforcement for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, has one peak left to climb before he can check off the highest summits in each of the seven continents. Reynolds and two climbing partners are heading down to Antarctica in November to attempt the 16,050-foot summit at Mount Vinson and to explore other peaks Reynolds says have never seen a boot print.
Jane Goodall: Power of Corporations Is Destroying Worlds Rainforests
2016-01-15 16:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Jane Goodall is one of the worlds leading voices on climate change and environmental conservation. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! had the chance to catch up with Goodall at the Paris climate summit last month. A renowned primatologist, best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees and baboons, Goodall was at the summit to talk about saving the rainforest as a way to mitigate climate change. She shared with Goodman her thoughts on climate denial among the GOP presidential candidates, particularly...
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The worlds biggest SSD has arrived: 13TB
2016-01-14 22:32:35| Extremetech
Fixstars has just shattered the record for SSD drives, with a 13TB monster. While it's not for everyone (and the five-figure price tag is a bit much for most), it's the largest single SSD ever manufactured.
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The Antarctic Ice Sheet may be hiding the world's largest canyon system
2016-01-14 17:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Geologists studying satellite imagery of the remote Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica, one of the largest unsurveyed land surfaces on Earth, have discovered evidence of a massive subglacial canyon system buried beneath the ice. Tipped off by the physical hints, the team of researchers utilized radio-echo sounding to pull back the white curtain and peer through the ice. What they found is an absolute monstrosity of geology, a canyon system believed to be more than 685 miles long and as...
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Look at the oil spilled in the world's 2nd 'Best Place for Wildlife'
2016-01-14 13:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Walk into one of the many tour agencies in Iquitos, the biggest city in Perus Amazon, and youll hear many wonderful things about the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Best place to see animals in their natural habitat, one guide says. An abundance of parrots, paiche and monkeys, and all kinds of bird species, cries another. Pacaya-Samiria, as its dubbed, extends for just over two million hectares and is the second largest of Perus 170 protected natural areas. In 2015 USA Todays travel...
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