two weeks holidays, It ends that way....
I really hope the holidays will never end, even though I know it will never happen...
Lingering with friends, Playing my favourite sports -- Badminton, and do non-sense stuffs..
It is all fun to me,although seems like less meaningful..^.^
However, it ends too fast...
We have to get back INTI soon,to face new sem- a tougher and new semester..
Hope we all can get well to the new semester!!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Red Sea oil spill continuing
Environmental activists say an oil spill off the coast of Egypt's Red Sea, which has left turtles and sea birds covered in oil, is continuing even though the government says it has been contained.
Government spokesman Magdy Rady told the state news agency on Monday the spill, which began last week, was "limited" and had largely been contained. It was one of the first government acknowledgments the spill was even taking place.
An environmental group based in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada told AP the government was trying to cover up the extent of the damage and the leak had restarted.
"Just today I received news that the oil had started leaking again this afternoon after it had stopped Thursday," said Ahmed el-Droubi, a biologist with the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association.
Founded by divers in 1992, HEPCA has been sounding the alarm about the spill, which it says has damaged environmentally sensitive areas.
"The northern islands protected area is very heavily impacted," said el-Droubi. "This area is very important because it is the last pristine spot, there is a lot of sea life there that will be harmed ... there are dead birds and dead sea turtles scattered across the island covered in oil."
Oil company officials in the port city of Suez said the spill was caused by a leak from an offshore oil platform in Jebel al-Zayt north of Hurghada and had polluted about 160 kilometres of coastline, including tourist beach resorts. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Hurghada is one of Egypt's top tourist destinations and was once a major diving site with extensive coral reefs, though over the past decades extensive development has caused some deterioration.
The government kept quiet about the leak for days. The silence could be a sign of concern that it might scare away tourists - a vital source of income for Egypt.
Mahmoud Ismail, the head of the environmental crisis department, said the impact on most of the beaches had been minimal and the clean-up would be done in a few days, although he admitted the situation was worse on the islands.
"The hardest work will be cleaning up the coral and Tawila Island, the beaches will be cleaned up in a few days," he said, adding that he had few complaints from local hotels.
AP
Government spokesman Magdy Rady told the state news agency on Monday the spill, which began last week, was "limited" and had largely been contained. It was one of the first government acknowledgments the spill was even taking place.
An environmental group based in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada told AP the government was trying to cover up the extent of the damage and the leak had restarted.
"Just today I received news that the oil had started leaking again this afternoon after it had stopped Thursday," said Ahmed el-Droubi, a biologist with the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association.
Founded by divers in 1992, HEPCA has been sounding the alarm about the spill, which it says has damaged environmentally sensitive areas.
"The northern islands protected area is very heavily impacted," said el-Droubi. "This area is very important because it is the last pristine spot, there is a lot of sea life there that will be harmed ... there are dead birds and dead sea turtles scattered across the island covered in oil."
Oil company officials in the port city of Suez said the spill was caused by a leak from an offshore oil platform in Jebel al-Zayt north of Hurghada and had polluted about 160 kilometres of coastline, including tourist beach resorts. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
Hurghada is one of Egypt's top tourist destinations and was once a major diving site with extensive coral reefs, though over the past decades extensive development has caused some deterioration.
The government kept quiet about the leak for days. The silence could be a sign of concern that it might scare away tourists - a vital source of income for Egypt.
Mahmoud Ismail, the head of the environmental crisis department, said the impact on most of the beaches had been minimal and the clean-up would be done in a few days, although he admitted the situation was worse on the islands.
"The hardest work will be cleaning up the coral and Tawila Island, the beaches will be cleaned up in a few days," he said, adding that he had few complaints from local hotels.
AP
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Global warming threatens whales: reports
A record number of whales is expected to be spotted passing Sydney this winter, but scientists warn that global warming could put their future at risk.
The first big-picture review of the world's oceans shows human activity is driving changes at a rate not seen for millions of years. Many species are threatened and increases in disease are predicted.
This could have dire consequences for hundreds of millions of people, a series of scientific reports concludes. Oscar Schofield, of Rutgers University in the US, said environmental change had been profound in the West Antarctic Peninsula and was altering the food chain on which whales in that region depended.
Blooms of phytoplankton, or microscopic plants, had declined by 12 per cent in 30 years and the size of their cells had shrunk. This had allowed jellyfish-like creatures called salps, which find it easier to feed on the small cells, to start to replace shrimp-like krill, on which whales depend for food. Salps also eat the eggs and larvae of krill, which magnified the problem, said Professor Schofield, the co-author of one of the scientific reviews in a series, Our Changing Oceans, in the journal Science.
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, of the University of Queensland, the co-author of another review, said the world's oceans were the heart and lungs of the planet, but they were showing signs of ill health due to greenhouse gas emissions.
"It's as if the Earth has been smoking two packs of cigarettes a day," he said. "We are entering a period in which the very ocean services upon which humanity depends are undergoing massive change and, in some cases, beginning to fail."
The oceans produce about 50 per cent of the oxygen we breathe but absorb 30 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions and more than 85 per cent of extra heat trapped as a result of global warming.
More acidic, warmer water, along with changes in circulation patterns, meant organisms such as corals, sea grasses, mangroves, salt marsh and oysters were starting to disappear, Professor Hoegh-Guldberg said. "Hundreds of thousands of species depend on these habitats."
Disease and invasive species were also becoming more common, such as the black-spined sea urchin, which has migrated south from NSW and is eating Tasmania's kelp forests.
NSW National Parks has launched a website, www.wildaboutwhales.com.au, with information about the giants as they journey north from Antarctica to mate and give birth in warmer waters.
The first big-picture review of the world's oceans shows human activity is driving changes at a rate not seen for millions of years. Many species are threatened and increases in disease are predicted.
This could have dire consequences for hundreds of millions of people, a series of scientific reports concludes. Oscar Schofield, of Rutgers University in the US, said environmental change had been profound in the West Antarctic Peninsula and was altering the food chain on which whales in that region depended.
Blooms of phytoplankton, or microscopic plants, had declined by 12 per cent in 30 years and the size of their cells had shrunk. This had allowed jellyfish-like creatures called salps, which find it easier to feed on the small cells, to start to replace shrimp-like krill, on which whales depend for food. Salps also eat the eggs and larvae of krill, which magnified the problem, said Professor Schofield, the co-author of one of the scientific reviews in a series, Our Changing Oceans, in the journal Science.
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, of the University of Queensland, the co-author of another review, said the world's oceans were the heart and lungs of the planet, but they were showing signs of ill health due to greenhouse gas emissions.
"It's as if the Earth has been smoking two packs of cigarettes a day," he said. "We are entering a period in which the very ocean services upon which humanity depends are undergoing massive change and, in some cases, beginning to fail."
The oceans produce about 50 per cent of the oxygen we breathe but absorb 30 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions and more than 85 per cent of extra heat trapped as a result of global warming.
More acidic, warmer water, along with changes in circulation patterns, meant organisms such as corals, sea grasses, mangroves, salt marsh and oysters were starting to disappear, Professor Hoegh-Guldberg said. "Hundreds of thousands of species depend on these habitats."
Disease and invasive species were also becoming more common, such as the black-spined sea urchin, which has migrated south from NSW and is eating Tasmania's kelp forests.
NSW National Parks has launched a website, www.wildaboutwhales.com.au, with information about the giants as they journey north from Antarctica to mate and give birth in warmer waters.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
random
That's the end of our second semester~What a long long semester we have ever experienced, packed with researches, DI, assignments, quizzes and tests, But it really comes to an end for this semester...HooRay~
This is the first time I do not go back straight after final...I stay in Inti until Friday...Anyway, it is good~because goy DC++ for me to download and get myself toxicated with drama,@@....I am getting to the monotonous life in Inti and I can entertain myself well in this 'jungle'....Actually I can say that Inti has really changed me, from an outgoing girl into a home-staying girl....Inti is so success!(my mother should be shocked and feel happy because she can find me at home finally...haha)
I miss my dumpling so much....And home cooked food....wait for me~~~~~~~~
This is the first time I do not go back straight after final...I stay in Inti until Friday...Anyway, it is good~because goy DC++ for me to download and get myself toxicated with drama,@@....I am getting to the monotonous life in Inti and I can entertain myself well in this 'jungle'....Actually I can say that Inti has really changed me, from an outgoing girl into a home-staying girl....Inti is so success!(my mother should be shocked and feel happy because she can find me at home finally...haha)
I miss my dumpling so much....And home cooked food....wait for me~~~~~~~~
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