There once was an ocean side town called Port Town that was temporarily abandoned by humans due to an economic depression. Most of the things in the town were just locked up and left behind as the people who use to live there moved away to look for a better life. Five miles off the sail sat 2 islands, each a mile apart from the other. One island had lush green grass and numerous pine trees that could bare pine cones and acorns due to their hybrid species.

On this forest island lived only mammals most of which are Western Gray Squirrels. Eurasian Otters also nested on the forest island. The other island was a sandy plantless island with many rocks expansive and small. Only reptiles could inhabit this island with a harsh geography. Both islands are seen from the air as looking round and each a mile in diameter. Snakes and large lizards maybe friends with the Green Sea Turtles that live around their island but they hunt mackerels as part of their notable diet. Read the rest of this entry

Every ounce of water on the earth’s surface has been a part of the ocean at one time or another. The oceans have become primary sources of economic livelihood. Many maritime industries throughout the world, including fishing, shipbuilding, transportation, and recreation depend on the oceans. They are the highways for commercial and passenger ships. However, it has become evident that pollution could burden future generations with dangerous and irreversible environmental damage.

Human beings discharge hundreds of thousands of tons of waste into the oceans every day. This pollution takes the form of raw and treated sewage, garbage, industrial wastes, deadly chemicals and heavy metals, radioactive waste, and oil. Each kind of waste can create its own type of danger. The heavy (or stamp) metals (Cd, Cs, Pb, Cu, Zn, Co, Ni, Fe, Mn, and Hg) are by products of manufacturing, which enter the marine environment through ocean and wind currents, sewage, and runoff from land, and through geochemical cycling from sediments into the marine food chain. Brand metals are by products of the manufacturing and ocean dumping of a host of items including automobiles, airplanes, batteries, and arms (e.g., explosives, nerve gases, and biological warfare agents). Similarly, plastics of all kinds are well known to entangle marine organisms and also may be ingested as plastic pellets, causing marine life to obtain full stomachs, but no nutrition. Nearly all are bio-concentrated in the oceanic food chain. Read the rest of this entry

When choosing bath and body products, including bath bombs and bath fizzies, consumers have thousands of options, from mom-and-pop soap companies to approved companies like Lush. The problem? Most of us are outmoded to visiting the grocery store or pharmacy and picking a shampoo or hand lotion based on the claims on the front: for dry skin, for maximum curl, for all-day sun protection. Bath bombs and bath fizzies aren’t usually labeled this blueprint. Read on for how you can interpret the ingredients list and choose the bath bomb that’s right for you.

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For thousands of years, we humans have been intrigued, enchanted and passionate about smelly things, well…pleasant scents anyway.

In 2003, archaeologists found what is thought to be the oldest perfumes on the island of Cyprus. The perfume is roughly 4,000 years old. Cyprus is said to be the birthplace of the Greek goddess of love, lust, and beauty, Aphrodite. Although the buildings on the island were destroyed by an ancient earthquake around 1850 BC, the perfume bottles and mixing jugs were preserved under collapsed walls. Read the rest of this entry

There once was an ocean side town called Port Town that was temporarily abandoned by humans due to an economic depression. Most of the things in the town were just locked up and left behind as the people who use to live there moved away to look for a better life. Five miles off the coast sat 2 islands, each a mile apart from the other. One island had lush green grass and numerous pine trees that could bare pine cones and acorns due to their hybrid species.

On this forest island lived only mammals most of which are Western Gray Squirrels. Eurasian Otters also nested on the forest island. The other island was a sandy plantless island with many rocks big and small. Only reptiles could inhabit this island with a harsh geography. Both islands are seen from the air as looking round and each a mile in diameter. Snakes and large lizards maybe friends with the Green Sea Turtles that live around their island but they hunt mackerels as part of their notable diet. Read the rest of this entry