Blog Posts on nature and environment
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Post-Basyang: Blackout by this is my blog for blogger.com on Jul 16, 2010Originally, I was going to update last Wednesday, July 14. Due to Typhoon Basyang, I wasn’t able to update this blog of mine.Almost one day that we have no electricity. I don’t know if the blackout is Metro-wide, or Luzon-wide.
Mere Rhetorics by TedBitz on Oct 28, 2009The following is the full text of the recently approved Republic Act 9729 otherwise known as the Climate Change Act of 2009.Republic of the PhilippinesCongress of the PhilippinesMetro ManilaFourteenth CongressThird Regular SessionBegun and held in Me...
CIGARETTE SMOKING: Small But Terrible - A Blog Action Day 2009 Feature by TedBitz on Oct 15, 2009It only takes about two pesos to burn and puff a stick of cigarette. It takes roughly a liter of gasoline to travel a distance of 8.7 miles which costs about 48 pesos per liter. It takes an average of 5 roaches a night which compels you to buy a bott...
Ataris Pallidipennis Stal – bug from South Africa by The Composed Gentleman on Aug 31, 2009Ataris Pallidipennis Stal is a bug that was found in a flower delivery from South Africa. The Ataris Pallidipennis Stal was discovered last week at Miami International Airport by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.The South African bug was identified...
Hurricane Ana heads Leeward Islands by The Composed Gentleman on Aug 15, 2009Hurricane Ana is heading towards Leeward Islands. Ana is located about 920 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Maximum winds are near 40 mph.Below is the latest map provided from weather.com, showing Hurricane Ana as it moves towards Leeward Islands.M...
Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Plastic Vortex by The Composed Gentleman on Aug 4, 2009The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is where you see a mass of garbage at sea, located about 1,000 miles west of California. The Garbage Patch is specifically located within the North Pacific Gyre, one of the five major oceanic gyres. It is characterize...
How old is the Amazon river? by The Composed Gentleman on Jul 29, 2009Researchers at the University of Liverpool have discovered that the age of the Amazon river, and its transcontinental drainage, is around 11 million years old and took its present shape about 2.4 million years ago.University of Liverpool researchers,...
Mangrove monitor lizard, new Komodo dragon species discovered by The Composed Gentleman on Jul 25, 2009Scientists discovered new species of Komodo dragon-like lizard or mangrove monitor lizard in Indonesia. The scientists used DNA analysis and morphological characteristics to determine the new species "Varanus lirungensis."Varanus lirungensis inhabit...
Native American Indian Dog Drags Newborn Baby by The Composed Gentleman on Jul 21, 2009A native American Indian dog owned by Michael and Chrissie Smith, became a sudden headline when the dog dragged the couple's newborn baby to the woods. Tragic, huh! The day after baby Alexander James Smith was brought home from the hospital, the Na...
Great Blob of Alaska -- identified! by The Composed Gentleman on Jul 18, 2009Good that it is not an oil slick nor a dangerous chemical floating on the shore of Alaska. Called the Great Blob of Alaska, it appeared last week stretching for miles through the Chukchi Sea. The dark, fibrous, and hairy blob worried the Alaskans as...
