Tanimbar Islands, Indonesia Tanimbar Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Tanimbar), also known as Timur Laut, Maluku Tenggara kabupaten (regency) group of around 65 islands, Maluku provinsi (‘province’), eastern Indonesia. The…
Ecological Design – a new way of seeing and thinking about design Ecological design can be defined as any form of design that minimizes the environmentally destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes, nature’s own flows,…
Arafura Sea The shallow sea of the western Pacific Ocean, covering 250,000 square miles (650,000 square km) between the north coast of Australia (Gulf of Carpentaria) and…
Coral Sea, Australia The Coral Sea (French: Mer de Corail), the Southwest Pacific Ocean Sea, which stretches east to Australia and New Guinea, west to New Caledonia and…
Closed Ecological Systems (CES) Closed ecological systems (CES) are ecosystems that do not rely on matter exchange with any part outside the system. The notion of CES came into…
Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef, one of Australia’s most amazing natural gifts, is the largest coral reef system in the world, consisting of over 2,900 individual…
Coronal Cloud A coronal cloud is the cloud of hot plasma gas surrounding a coronal mass ejection. It is a cloud, or cloud-like, natural astronomical entity, composed…
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (UK: /sənt luˈsiːə, -ˈluː.ʃə/; US: /seɪnt ˈluːʃə/; French: Sainte-Lucie) island state in the Caribbean Sea; It is the second largest of the Windward…
Christmas Island In the Indian Ocean, about 350 kilometers (220 mi) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 kilometers (960 mi) north-west of the nearest point…
Corsica, France Corsica (/ˈkɔːrsɪkə/; French: Corse, French: kɔʁs; Corsica in Corsican and Italian, pronounced (ˈkorsiɡa) and (ˈkɔrsika) respectively), official name Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, collectivité territoriale (territorial…
Langkawi, Malaysia The Jewel of Kedah (Malay: Langkawi Permata Kedah), Langkawi is the northernmost archipelago on the west side of Peninsular Malaysia, situated 30 km off the…
Bonin Islands About 30 volcanic islands and islets in the central Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles (800 km) southeast of Japan, are known as the Bonin Islands,…