USGS Multimedia Gallery: Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss

What is happening to areas along the Mississippi River? Watch the video of the USGS - United States Geological Survey.It is a quite intelligible approach, for experts and non-experts alike.
Natural and human processes, combined to global changes, are the main causes of present catastrophe in southern US (mainly in the states of Missouri and Louisiana).
This is a good example of the respect human being should have for Nature.Certainly an example to Brazil, where our congressmen have approved amendments to Brazil's Forest Code allowing deforestation along rivers and mountain slopes. Approximately 85 million hectares of the Amazon could be destroyed. This is an area equivalent to the size of England and France together and is more than the total that has been destroyed until now (73 million ha).
USGS Multimedia Gallery: Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss

Brazilian government usually say deforestation in Amazonia is decreasing!!!

Is it true or not, that deforestation is decreasing?
Check the news on the site of BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13449792

‘FAITH’, THE DOG

This dog was born on Christmas Eve in the year 2002. He was born with only 2 legs. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive and he was thinking of 'putting him to sleep'. But then, his present owner, Jude Stringfellow, met him and wanted to take care of him. She became determined to teach and train this little dog to walk by himself. She named him 'Faith.'
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surfboard to let him feel the movement. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and reward for him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dog at home encouraged him to walk. Amazingly, only after 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his hind legs and to jump to move forward. After further training in the snow, he could now walk like a human being.




Faith loves to walk around now. No matter where he goes, he attracts people to him. He is fast becoming famous on the international scene and has appeared on various newspapers and TV shows. There is now a book entitled 'With a Little Faith' being published about him. He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
His present owner, Jude Stringfellew has given up her teaching post and plans to take him around the world to preach that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul'.
In life there are always undesirable things, so in order to feel better you just need to look at life from another direction. I hope this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone and that everyone will appreciate and be thankful for each beautiful day. Faith is the continual demonstration of the strength and wonder of life.