‘Darwin’s tortoise’ dies, age 176
June 26th, 2006Media:Register - London,England,UK
Date:June 26, 2006
World-class skiing in Chile
June 26th, 2006Media:Miami Herald - FL,USA
Date: June 26, 2006
Skiing in Chile, South America. Because the ski resorts are near Santiago, it’s possible to take an overnight flight from the U.S., get off the plane and hit the slopes that same day. Read the rest of this entry »
Belize: World-class diving attracts adventurers, but that’s not all
June 26th, 2006Media:Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Date:June 26, 2006
I see London, I see Costa Rica
June 26th, 2006Tourists a threat to Antarctica, scientists say
June 19th, 2006EDINBURGH - A boom in tourism to Antarctica is putting pressure on the world’s last great wilderness and must be carefully managed, polar scientists said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Tourism boom poses Antarctica risk
June 13th, 2006Media:NEWS.com.au - Australia
Date:June 12, 2006
Peru Villagers Flee From Ubinas Volcano
June 13th, 2006Media:Forbes - USA
Date: June 12, 2006
Increased activity by the Ubinas volcano in southern Peru prompted the evacuation of 408 villagers, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Andes people look back to the future
June 13th, 2006Chile Is Site for New Telescope
June 5th, 2006Original article: http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7770
Media:UC Davis - Davis,CA,USA
Date:June 05,2006
Cerro Pachón, an 8,800-foot (2,682-meter) mountain peak in northern Chile, has been selected as the site for the proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Read the rest of this entry »
Global-warming skeptics continue to punch away
June 5th, 2006Original article
Media:Seattle Times - United States
Date: June 05, 2006
By Joel Achenbach, WASHINGTON — It should be glorious to be Bill Gray, professor emeritus. He’s the guy who predicts the number of hurricanes that will form during the coming tropical-storm season. He works in the atmospheric-science department of Colorado State University. He’s mentored dozens of scientists. Read the rest of this entry »
