Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Big-eared Rabbits
Natural EnvironmentsWhen the antelope rabbit sweats, it does so mainly through its ears, which are a good 20 cm long. These giant spoons give off excess heat to the environment. And this is vital for the rodent, because the antelope hare lives in the hot, dry deserts of Arizona and Mexico. It can grow up to
Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Great discovery
Natural EnvironmentsOn an Arctic expedition, the polar explorer James Clark Ross discovered the magnetic South Pole. His measuring instruments had shown him the way. The magnetic pole is located on the Canadian mainland, about 2300 kilometres from the geographic North Pole. In May 1829, the British polar explorer John Ross and his nephew James Clark Ross
Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Birth of an island
Natural Environments30 kilometres south of Iceland, an island has been born from the sea. Since 14 November, a young volcano has been spewing fire and ash here. Its lava masses have already grown an island 40 metres high and a good 500 metres long. White-grey ash clouds hang in the sky and darken it. Fine volcanic
Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Free fall from space
Natural EnvironmentsFrom a height of 39 kilometres, the Austrian Felix Baumgartner plunged from a balloon capsule into the depths. During his death-defying jump, he broke the sound barrier and reached a top speed of 1342 kilometres per hour. After four minutes and 19 seconds of free fall, he had solid ground under his feet again. “It
Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Free entry to the Stone Age Party
Natural EnvironmentsIt is 21 June, three o’clock in the morning. The car parks at Stonehenge are hopelessly overcrowded. Food stalls and hundreds of toilet blocks are set up. Around the gigantic boulders, thousands of Stone Age enthusiasts are celebrating their party of the year – the summer solstice. There is drumming and dancing, self-appointed druids blow
Posted on November 29, 2022 (Updated on July 9, 2025)
Explosion in the Eifel
Natural EnvironmentsLake Laach glistens quietly in the sunlight. But the idyllic tranquillity is deceptive: 13,000 years ago, hell raged here on earth – this landscape is the result of a volcanic eruption. And scientists expect the Eifel volcanoes to erupt again. The only thing that is unclear is when … The first volcanic eruptions occurred in