The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all... continue reading
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YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 659 views • 2:54There's a tiny island on the East River that you've probably never heard of, and you're not allowed to visit it.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 1,633 views • 3:56YouTube description: There’s an invisible line between two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean with two totally different animal populations. It took three branches of science to figure out why it exists. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 574 views • 4:53On the Indonesian island of Java, men mine sulphur from inside Ljen Volcano. It's crater is filled with a mix of highly toxic gases, that have claimed the lives of over 70 miners in the last 40 years.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years ago • 24 views • 2:52Via YouTube: Triquet Island, 500 km northwest of Victoria, is painting a picture of how our civilization began – and it was discovered by a student.
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 3 weeks ago • 642 views • 2:08This goblet is made using filigrana, a style of blown glass made with colorless, white, and sometimes colored canes that originated on the island of Murano in the 16th century. The canemaking and glassblowing... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 262 views • 10:27"Australian Geographic presents Christmas Island - Part 4: The Red Crab Migration". "Australian Geographic presents the very Best of Australia: Christmas Island. Part 4 illustrates the enormity of Christmas... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 18 views • 4:30An Englishman living with cystic fibrosis in Rarotonga teaches his new apprentice the traditional Polynesian art of Tatatau. In order for the custom practice to continue, the knowledge must be passed down.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 108 views • 3:01YouTube description: On La Gomera, a small island in Spain’s Canary Islands, the last speakers of a language without words reside. "El Silbo," a whistled communication used in rural and isolated areas,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 197 views • 3:53Via YouTube: Canada & Denmark keep leaving bottles of whiskey for each other, on a remote island called Hans Island, but why?
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 824 views • 3:43Weather BOY!
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months ago • 93 views • 3:11The ongoing study is part of a growing interest in coral fluorescence among the scientific community. Coral Fluorescence was recently found to be a strong indicator of coral health, and coral fluorescence... continue reading
posted by newtboy 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 127 views • 4:05An informational video about giraffes.
posted by newtboy 7 years 12 months ago • 314 views • 1:05"The biggest uninterrupted indoor space on the planet, Tropical Islands Resort, sits on an old airfield in Germany. How on earth could anyone afford to build something that big... and then use it as a... continue reading
posted by blacklotus90 8 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 226 views • 2:09TV has sunk to a new low
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