Where did this summer go? Seriously. Even as we near the dog days of August, some of us still look pasty white -- on purpose. Yeah, we know a tan's a great accessory to a sundress, but cancer? We're not really into that. That's why we're serious about how we protect ourselves.
So check out these tips, spread on the sunblock, and enjoy that margarita guilt-free.via www.lemondrop.com
"Aquatic Dead Zones" or "dead sea areas" is the following map (based on data from the MODIS sensor aboard the Aqua satellite), released today by NASA Earth Observatory , shows an overview of "dead sea areas." Following the reasoning used in drawing the map, is taken as the dead area occupied by waters in which the ability to hold dissolved oxygen is so low that hardly a marine organism survive in them.
The size and number of marine dead zones—areas where the deep water is so low in dissolved oxygen that sea creatures can’t survive—have grown explosively in the past half-century. Red circles on this map show the location and size of many of our planet’s dead zones. Black dots show where dead zones have been observed, but their size is unknown.via earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Common sense dictates that while operating a piece of machinery capable of killing you and others around you, the timing is probably not the best for focusing on text conversations or emails. Common sense apparently hasn’t taken hold as the infographic clearly depicts.
Who is driving while texting?
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is now 80 miles across and the size of Jamaica, and according to new reports is five times worse than first thought, leaking around 5000 barrels into the sea, as opposed to the 1000 barrels first estimated.
