Nature 2024, November

Underwater rock is a reef (the Dutch word rif is a rib), which refers to the elevation of the seabed in shallow water conditions. They are underwater or surface. Underwater rocks arise as a result of the destruction of a rocky coast or as a result of the vital activity of a colony of coral microorganisms

Lovers to give the garden an aesthetic look know many varieties of excellent plants, and they have certainly heard of such a zest as the "fiery flower". This name was given to several types of plants, an old legend is associated with it, and it also inspired the writer Kalinauskas to create one of his works

What is a stone tree? There are two plants that are called stone tree: boxwood and southern frame

Almost all northern peoples owe their existence to this noble animal. For them, the deer is not only an indispensable means of transportation along the northern impassability, but also food and clothing. Meet! Our hero is a reindeer

Volcanoes are faults on the surface of the earth's crust, through which magma subsequently emerges, turning into lava and accompanied by volcanic bombs. They are found on absolutely all continents, but on Earth there are places of their special accumulation. The latter is due to various geologically active processes

The ocean floor is one of the most intriguing and least explored places on the planet. It hides tons of minerals, the deepest depressions and hollows, underwater ridges. Amazing organisms live here and mysteries still unsolved by us lurk

One of the rather strange invertebrates is sea cucumbers. Why are “marine”, it is clear, their habitat is the Pacific bottom, but why are “cucumbers”? These creatures are more like a brown sausage, twenty to forty centimeters long, covered with warts and outgrowths, which slowly crawls (by the way, for some reason on its side) along the sandy bottom or hides under stones in the low tide zone

Conscientious owners try to monitor the he alth of their pets. In cats, this is not only glossy hair and trimmed claws, but also teeth. Do you know how many teeth a cat has? Then it will be useful for you to read this article

Pollution of rivers and reservoirs with sewage is a serious problem nowadays. Waste from the central sewerage of large cities and other settlements needs constant cleaning, so the use of filter systems and biological cleaning methods is a necessity

Gling fish has several names among the people. Fishermen call it red greenling, sea lenok or red perch. In city markets, sellers simply call it perch or greenling perch. But from experts you will hear about the Kuril snakehead or harehead greenling

The largest fish both in terms of mass and length is, of course, the whale shark. This gigantic marine giant has no competitors for this title. He safely lives in the waters of the world's oceans to this day

The southern hemisphere of our planet has always been considered more mysterious and exotic than the northern one. First of all, this is due to the peculiarities of the continents located in this part - with the cultures of the countries, the diversity of the climate. That is why the southern part of the planet is so tempting for both tourists and various researchers

Where is the Irish Sea on the map? Description of the reservoir: geology, coastline, islands, water salinity. Features of the climatic zone. History of the Irish Sea. The value of the reservoir in economic and economic activity

"Fucking finger" is not a swear word in this case. It has nothing to do with swearing, because this is the name of special stones - belemnites. In shape, they really resemble a rod or a finger with a pointed end - a “nail”

Finally, scientists voiced their doubts for the first time. The impetus for this was paleontological finds. Lee Berger found the remains of a man who lived more than two million years ago in South Africa. This means that the Darwinian theory will have to be thoroughly revised. It is possible that it was not the man who descended from the monkey at all, but degraded, creating a branch that turned into monkeys. This is just one of the latest assumptions of scientists trying to answer the question of what is a person

Iridodictiums (bulb irises) have graceful flowers that really look like iris flowers. In Russia, they are also called "irises", which means - desirable, sweet. They are unpretentious in cultivation, and different flowering periods will help to give you pleasure for quite a long time

Ticks are arthropod creatures. More than twenty thousand of their species are distributed in the world. Many of them are blood-sucking. They cling to animals and people. There are mites - plant pests. They threaten the crop, indoor plants, completely destroying them

For more than one century, sailors have tried to overcome the route from the Gulf of Ob to the Laptev Sea. The section of the path in the area of the cape remained insurmountable until the beginning of the 20th century. Only in 1913, the Vilkitsky expedition managed to explore this place for the first time and discover a new land. The Vilkitsky Strait with the archipelago Land of Nicholas II appeared on the map of the Russian Empire, later renamed Severnaya Zemlya

Volcanoes can sleep for thousands of years and suddenly start erupting. For them, time is measured in millennia. More than 7500 years ago, powerful explosions ended the life of the Yard, and a young Karymsky volcano arose in the resulting caldera

As the saying goes - there is no dispute about tastes, the more difficult it is to argue about your favorite pets. In almost every person, the appearance of a cockroach's house causes the first reaction - it must be destroyed. But there are quite a few people who keep these exotic pets in their terrariums. Of course, these are not well-known Prussians, but the real guests from the islands of Madagascar - the largest cockroaches in the world

Against the background of their flat counterparts, even the world's largest worms such as Annelids simply look like dwarfs. For example, the ribbon Lineus longissimus reaches 60 meters. If we compare the photo of the largest worm in the world with a blue whale, then the latter will be half as small. Even the famous hairy jellyfish is far from such a size. This is just one of the representatives of the largest worms in the world - nemertin. A total of 1300 species have been described. But it is clear that scientists are still waiting for amazing discoveries

Sunflower broomrape adapts only to a certain group of plants, rarely spreads to other crops. True, cases of infection of tomatoes, tobacco, safflower, hemp and some other cultivated plants have been recorded. Sometimes found on the roots of wild crops, in particular on wormwood, cocklebur

Almost all representatives of the Heather family have a decorative look and can be an adornment of any garden. For many centuries, the medicinal properties of these plants and their economic importance have been known. Many shrubs grow in the most difficult conditions of the Arctic climate, while producing very useful fruits. It is enough to recall lingonberries or cranberries, which have no equal in terms of the content of useful substances

The city of Dzerzhinsk in the Nizhny Novgorod region has become famous not only throughout the country, but throughout the planet as the most environmentally hazardous place in the world. And this is connected with two large sludge reservoirs, called the "White Sea" and the "Black Hole". Today we will learn more about these "attractions" in the article

Albino animals have always stood out quite brightly against the background of their natural color relatives. Therefore, the interest in such representatives of the fauna on the part of people has always been special. In Scandinavia, Canada, and Sweden in particular, white elk have become increasingly common. And as a result of the “caught” photos and videos with these animals, eyewitnesses discussed the reasons for the appearance of albino moose. Are they really albinos, or is it a new breed?

The elements of nature are not subject to human control. And when disturbing messages come from one or another part of the globe about a tornado, typhoon, hurricane, and we hear beautiful names that have nothing to do with the nature of the origin of a natural disaster. Have you ever wondered why hurricanes are called by female names? This tradition has a rationale, which we have to learn today

Today we will talk about wonderful and smartest creatures. Let's figure out where the largest parrot lives, how it differs from its counterparts

Parrots are exotic birds that live on all continents of the Earth except Antarctica. To date, of course, they are a fairly well-studied species. However, ordinary people do not know much about these amazing birds, which have been living next to them as pets for almost two centuries

Where is the birthplace of coffee? Certainly not in Europe. She is in Africa. In fact, coffee was given to the world by Ethiopia. It was in this state that they first learned to grow the famous Arabica. This country is still the main producer of coffee in the world. About 200 - 240 thousand tons of raw coffee beans are harvested here annually. According to statistics, every fourth inhabitant of the country is engaged in the cultivation of coffee

There are many amazing things in nature. Shaggy crab Kiwa hirsuta, capybara - a rodent weighing 50 kg, graceful pink flamingo, Komodo dragon - 150 kg lizard, box jellyfish - one of the deadliest creatures on the planet, and many others. Also unusual is the flying snake. The article will talk about it in detail

The duck family is quite extensive, uniting more than 100 species. These are shelduck, duck, steamboat duck, kloktun, multi-colored teal, mallard, shoveler, Brazilian merganser, musky duck, red-headed pochard and others

Reserved places: forests, rivers and mountains - these words must have been heard by each of us. Reserves are such areas of land or water where nature (plants, animals, environment) is preserved in its original form, untouched by man. About how they differ from national parks and what they are, read in this article

Such a small Ulyanovsk region. Its reserves, however, are very numerous. Specially protected natural areas are also designated as wildlife sanctuaries and national parks. Their description is the subject of our article

The Red Book of the Volgograd region takes under its protection those plants and animals that, according to scientists, are endangered. The nature of the Volgograd region is diverse, so there are a lot of protected representatives. We will talk about them in the article

Kostomuksha Nature Reserve is a unique phenomenon. If only because it is located in two countries: Russia and Finland. This nature protection zone is part of a large complex created in 1990 by Finland and our country

The food chain of the Arctic desert is very interesting. A few plants and animals do not allow it to contain a large number of links. Consider how to make such chains, give examples

Animals of the Red Book of the Novosibirsk region are specially protected in this region. In the article we list the main representatives of each class

Mineral resources of the Altai Territory are very diverse. This is explained by the favorable geographical position. Since ancient times, all kinds of ores, stones, building and ornamental materials have been mined here

What is the Red Book of the Kaluga region? Animals and plants recorded in it need special attention and protection. We will analyze the rarest species in this article

The lowest temperature on planet Earth was recorded in 1885 in Verkhoyansk. It is located in Eastern Siberia, meteorologists measured the temperature - 68 degrees below zero. This has never happened before, not a single polar expedition has previously stated such data