By FRANCO NEBAS WORK has finally started in the Papua New GuineaWater Board's effort (PNGWB) to restore normal water supply to residents in Lae City. This follows the arrival of a new electricmotor from Australia over the...
PERTH: Giant feral pigs are roaming Australia ruining city drinking water and sparking an official cull. The Perth Sunday Times reports parasites from pig excrement have been found in surface-water catchments and Water Department director John Ruprecht said it cost...
The Sea Shepherd's ship, the Bob Barker, in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling ... The Sea Shepherd's ship Ady Gil (bottom), after it was rammed by Japanese w... Anti-whaling activists and Japanese harpoonists have blamed each other for a collision between their ships in...
Jessica at school in Pink Lady Photo by Jessica If you like this ... Jessica went upside down in the South Atlantic Jessica Watson, alone around the world. Extraordinary sailor, extraordinary person. Jessica Watson survives hurricane-force winds in the South Atlantic...
In this Oct. 21, 2009 photo released by CarnivalCruise Lines, guests aboard the Carnival Dream, slide down two massive corkscrew waterslides. The slides are central elements featured within the ship's expansive WaterWorks attraction, billed by the line as the most...
San Francisco group Adventure Ecology took recycled materials to another level when they built the Plastiki, a durable ship kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles, ABC's Laura Marquez reported. The group, spearheaded by...
By LAURA MARQUEZ and BRADLEY BLACKBURN Feb. 3, 2010 It's a work of modern art and an engineering marvel -- a 60-foot catamaran kept afloat by recycled plastic bottles. How ocean currents are trapping trash thousands of miles out to sea. It only takes 12,000 bottles to...
ONE thing you might not know about John Waters, cult filmmaker: he's actually a big Patrick White fan. He even pinched a line from the Nobel laureate and gave it to Kathleen Turner for his 1994 movie Serial Mom. On the phone from the US, Waters is happy to declare the...
