In the spirit of uncovering weird and wonderful things, here’s a link to Divine Caroline, which features pics and tidbits on some of the world’s strangest plants.
Up top is welwitschia mirabilis, which apparently has only two leaves in that entire writhing mass of foliage. The one at right is amorphophallus, which translates from the […]
Entries Tagged as 'flora'
eight plants you’ve never seen before
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: beautiful · curio · flora · nature
british columbia’s forests pollute more than its people
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments
British Columbia’s forests are being ravaged by a scourge of tiny pine beetles, which are turning lush green trees into rotting pulp at an alarming rate. The beetles are killing so many trees that the greenhouse gases released by decomposing wood are expected to outweigh all similar gases emitted by BC’s 4.5 million residents […]
Tags: climate · crazy · flora · nature
20 nukes later, h-bombed islands are bouncing back
April 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The end of the World War II in 1945 gave birth to another war — one that was “colder” but just as terrifying. US-Soviet tension and the arms race it caused had much of the world in a panic, and WWII’s victors were falling all over themselves to test nuclear weapons and build arsenals […]
