This strong El Nino is offering some hope that winter will finally bring rain to severely drought-stricken central and northern California. However, that then raises other concerns.
I've traveled across much of central and northern California over the past several days, and the landscape is almost lunar in appearance because of the four years of severe drought. After a similar trip a year ago, it didn't seem that this could get or look any worse, but it has. That isn't news, but you can't appreciate what many farmers and livestock producers are going through until actually seeing it. This strong El Nino is offering some hope that winter will finally bring rain. The concern is that after this long period of drought, heavy rainfall could c...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
