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Archive for the ‘Global Ecology’ Category

Enigma - “The Dream of the Dolphin”

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

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Scientists Discover Amazing Life Forms Deep Beneath Arctic Ice

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

In a surprising discovery, scientists for the first time found shrimp-like creatures and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet. Six hundred feet below the ice where no light shines, scientists expected nothing much more than a few microbes could exist. That’s why a NASA team was surprised when they lowered a video camera to get the first long look at the underbelly of an ice sheet in Antarctica. A curious shrimp-like creature came swimming by and then parked itself on the camera’s cable. Scientists also pulled up a tentacle they believe came from a foot-long jellyfish. (more…)

Preview of Award-Winning Documentary, “Belonging”

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The outstanding documentary film, “Belonging” is the seventh film produced by award- winning documentary film producer, Gerard Ungerman. Dr. Maynard provided scientific information to Gerard during the making of this documentary, and Arcos Cielos provided financial support. The film is narrated by actor Dustin Hoffman, and the soundtrack music was written by Fritz Heeds. Here is the link for viewing the excerpts from this delightful movie: CLICK

Enlightened Thinking for the Third Millennium

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

“For Global Society to achieve enlightened transitions into the Third Millennium, we must set aside our egocentric ways of living and thinking, and focus on the interactions between Humans and Nature. Only then, will we begin to comprehend the amazing processes that have culminated in the creation of Human Consciousness, and be able to properly recognize, honor, and preserve the wondrous diversity and artistic elegance of the intricate web of life on Earth.” …EM, 2004

FIRST VIDEO OF NEW SPECIES OF MALAYSIAN CLOUDED LEOPARD

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The Sundaland Clouded Leopard is a new recently described species discovered in the Dermakot Forest Reserve in Malaysia. The Clouded Leopard is one of the most elusive of all cat species, and is rarely encountered. Almost no studies in their ecology have been conducted. For the first eleven months of an intial study the research group never encountered a single leopard. Then, they suddenly came upon a Sunderland Leopard walking along a road, and were able to record it on a video. To read this fascinating article and see this amazing video, CLICK.