Articles in the Environment Category
The 3rd Kuwait Waste Management Conference & Exhibition will be held on 6 – 8 April 2010 at the Radisson SAS Hotel under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Fadel Safer , Minister of Public Works and State Minister of Municipal Affairs and with the support of Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority [...]
Watch the HD video of Kuroshio Sea, part of the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa Japan,the 2nd largest aquarium tank in the World captured in all its glory by Jon Rawlinson has become a hit on the internets. This is what Jon has to say about this video..
The main tank called the “Kuroshio Sea” holds [...]
Kuwait Dive Team is a group of dedicated divers and marine life specialists who are working tirelessly and voluntarily to protect the marine environment of Kuwait. They have been awarded many times for their work.
The main areas of their activities include:
Lifting submerged ships and vessels, rescuing marine creatures, pulling fishing nets, concrete protectorates, and coastal [...]
Watch this documentary which shows that Lithium, the main ingredient of clean fuel ‘battery’ for the next generation of vehicles, is abundant in Bolivia. Bolivia is sitting on nearly 70-80% of Lithium reserves of the World. It is so freely available that one can scrap it off the salt flats. Bolivian government machinery is working [...]
You have to give high-five to this extraordinary bird..the Lyre bird of Australia. It can actually mimic sounds of nearly 20 other bird species in the forest flawlessly. But wait there is more…what it can also do is mimic artifical sounds like saw cutting throught the wood, camera shutters and car alarms with near perfection. [...]
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Over the weekend we decided to visit the Kuwait Aquarium located in the Kuwait Scientific Center. One word ‘Fantabulous‘…
If you are bogged down by the heat, or over stressed with work, or would like to let off some steam…just drop by at the aquarium. Trust me the experience of watching all that [...]
Drizzling galore, chilling winds, time 12pm, status: at work, scorching tired eyes, tissues flying off from the box to nose to trash, bad forecast for coming days, man I miss home, and a hot bowl of soup, and my bed, and my quilt.
In case you have missed it, the moon seems to be sexier and larger nowadays. Kinda puts it in a manga perspective [ask ZDistrict about it ] . I think this is due to winter.
One thing I know is how NOT to get a picture of the moon in its visible dimensions. Its [...]
Date August 1990, time every moment, event Iraqi Occupation and then the Gulf War. Many of us were here, and those amongst us witnessed one of the most painful chapters in the history of Kuwait. Result was a mass exodus via Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. The events were totally unexpected, and we were [...]
I dont believe this…I was working late night and I had a weird giddy feeling of something vibrating. Then all of sudden I heard the mild clanking of serving spoons in kitchen which I hang on the wall. I am pretty sure we had a very mild tremor in Kuwait at 1:45 am. Waiting [...]
