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What 2017 Was Like for the World's Oldest Trees

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To Sate China’s Demand, African Donkeys Are Stolen and Skinned - The New York Times

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On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming

On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry about global warming

On its 100th birthday in 1959, Edward Teller warned the oil industry abo... Benjamin Franta: Somebody cut the cake – new documents reveal that American oil writ large was warned of global ...

"Survey of Route for Nicaraguan Canal, 1929-1930, 1936"

panaritisp has shared a video with you on YouTube Survey of Route for Nicaraguan Canal, 1929-1930, 1936 by US National Archives Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent) Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936 Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 Production Date: 1936      Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1193   Sound Type: Silent Scope & Content: Army engineers board the transport Chateau Thierry in New York City. The transport Kenowis is unloaded at Corinto, Nicaragua. Majors Sultan and Gross examine maps. The freighter Victoria is loaded at Granada. A survey party sails up the San Juan River in a small boat, makes camp, clears underbrush with machetes, erects mess and first-aid tents, unloads boats, passes abandoned dredges, reconnoiter in the jungle, operates diamond drills at Machuca Dam, and crosses sand bars in the river in native canoes. Lt. Col. Sultan is decorated at Fort Humphries, Va. Inside the Rugged Lives of Mongolia’s {Kazakh} Nomads | Short  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ME77BeKGE | Short Film Showcase Filmmaker Brandon Li captures life in western Mongolia in his film {Kazakh} Nomads {near Western} of Mongolia. Watch the nomadic Kazakh people train eagles to hunt, herd yaks, and race camels in this visually stunning short. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ME77BeKGE  Bitter fruit: The truth about supermarket pineapple Bitter fruit: The truth about supermarket pineapple Bitter fruit: The truth about supermarket pineapple Felicity Lawrence These days, sweet pineapple come with a sour aftertaste. Felicity Lawrence investigates allegations of environme...