Researchers estimate that due to a lack of sediments flowing downstream and rising sea levels that by 2100 the Mississippi Delta around the area of New Orleans will loose nearly as much land as an area the size of Connecticut. The Mississippi River system is not flowing with the sediment that it once did and slowly rising sea levels will erode away what sedimentary-deposited land currently exists.

Huge ant colonies from around the world now appear to be inter-connected, with mega ant colonies in Europe, Japan, and North America all familial and friendly with one another. These colonies of Argentine ants have been spread by humans to every region of the world, except Antarctica. Now, these transplanted ants have become huge colonies that stretch hundreds of miles. Read this biogeographical story from the BBC.

There's an amazing new source for free blank outline maps on the Internet - D-Maps includes more than 3500 printable maps, available in six different graphic formats. A link now resides in my Blank and Outline Maps category of resources.

The L.A. Times has an interesting gallery of photos of unusual travel destinations. It's worth a look but be forewarned, the site will resize your browser window.