Invasion of the Invasive Species! - Reason Magazine

Here’s a fact that I suspect most people don’t know: Wherever we humans have gone in the past two centuries, we have increased local and regional biodiversity. Biodiversity, in this case, is defined as increasing species richness.

India needs 'strong and effective' rules to check disasters, says Pachauri | TopNews Singapore

R. K. Pachauri, the chief of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that India should have 'strong and effective' rules to keep a check on disasters like the crash of two containers that caused oil spill of the coast of Mumbai in the Arabian Sea.

[And it's near one of Al Gore's mansions!]: The Ultimate Car Collector's Crash Pad, Yours for a Cool $35 Million

For a cool $35 million you can get the ultimate car collector's crash pad in Montecito, California, a modernist masterpiece designed to house a world-class collection of 35 cars – that's $1 million per car – in a stunning automotive art gallery. Walls and pillars lined in walnut give way to massive plate glass windows fronting on a sweeping terrace so that the car collection is integrated into life of the house. Of course you also get 15,000-square-feet of living space into the bargain. Designed by architect Steve Hermann and dubbed the Glass Pavilion in homage to the late Philip Johnson, it's set within a 3.5 acre estate of oak groves near to where Al Gore recently spent nearly $9 million on a Mediterranean-style mansion. Other famous neighbors include Oprah WInfrey, Steve Martin, Jeff Bridges and John Cleese.