Porto receives environment and sustainability festival

The Câmara Municipal do Porto is organising a festival of citizenship, environment and sustainability, an event which runs from 7 to 13 July, in the northern city, and that includes conferences, workshops, working sessions or networking.

Named City +, the event is free and is divided into two parts: the first aims to revive and disseminate some of the iconic spaces of the city, helping to promote sustainable initiatives that are already in the port. This phase will pass between 7 and 9 July.

The second part takes place at Crystal Palace in that city, and focuses various activities of 10 to 13 July. See the program on the official website or on Facebook.

Sponsored by Short and Recolte, the event has dozens of associate partners, such as the University of Porto, Catholic University, Pier Recycles, Unicer, Earth Condominium, Future Cities, Quercus or draft Rivers.

Among the confirmed presences include Rui Moreira â€" President of Câmara Municipal do Porto, Alexandre Quintanilha, Nuno Lacasta, director-general of the Portuguese Agency for environment or Nuno Sequeira, President of Quercus.

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USA: new species of Neanderthal fish is already in danger of extinction

For the first time in more than 40 years, American researchers have discovered a new species of fish caveman. Called hoosieri, the new Amblyopsis species has two particularities: the first is that, according to Sci-News, she has the anus near the head; the second is that is already in danger of extinction.

The discovery was made in the Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, United States, by two different research teams: one from Louisiana State Baton Rouge, another from the University of Kentucky.

The new fish is close relative of Amblyopsis spelaea, a Neanderthal fish discovered several years ago in the same location. The National Park of Mammoth, incidentally, has the largest system of caves and caverns in the world.

The two species are separated by the Ohio River, which also separates the States of Indiana and Kentucky.

The Amblyopsis spelaea has a mutation in the rhodopsin gene sequence, a gene important in vision. His cousin hoosieri, for its part, does not have this mutation, maintaining a rhodopsin gene functional despite the lack of eyes and vision.

The Amblyopsis hoosieri is blind, robust and reaches between six to eight inches. Has a large head, a broad flat dorsal.

The body is evenly despigmentado, including inside the mouth, and rosy-white, coming to be reddish near the gills. The fins are transparent. And, of course, has an anus in the back of your head.

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The 50 best destinations hidden from Europe

Vila do Bispo, Algarve, is the only Portuguese entry on list of 50 best secret destinations of Europe, a ranking prepared by the prestigious Lonely Planet Guide and that considers Olomouc, the Czech Republic, as the best place top secret documents of the old continent.

The Portuguese village â€" which you can see in Photo Gallery â€" is considered the thirteenth best hidden treasure of Europe, a list dominated by Central Europe â€" Czech Republic or Germany â€" and by the United Kingdom.

About Olomouc, the Lonely Planet says that the historic city is "almost unknown", despite having some of the most charming places of the Czech Republic. Now Cabo de Gata, in Spain, is considered the beach less frequented of the neighboring Country, while Krakow is praised by the nightlife â€" their bars and narrow streets.

Vila do Bispo is praised for its seafood, especially the notice, an "alien creature", in the words of Lonely Planet. See the Guide (opens pdf).

See the photo gallery of the top 20 secrets of Europe and, below, the list of 50 sites chosen.

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1.Olomouc, Czech Republic

2. Cabo de Gata, Spain

3. Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland

4. Bozcaada, Turkey

5. Cromane Peninsula, Ireland

6. Il Frantoio, Ostuni, Italy

7. Dihovo, Macedonia

8. Lazio, Italy

9. Sammlung Boros, Berlin, Germany

10.Burg satzvey in Mechernich, Mechernich, Alemanha

11. Losinj, Croatia

12. Milia, Crete

13. Vila do Bispo, Portugal

14. the gardens of the Palais Royal, Paris, France

15. Kvartira, Kalinigrad, Russia

16. Amiens, France

17. Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

18. Mediterranean Steps, Gibraltar

19. Belgrade, Serbia

20.Haarlem, Netherlands

21. Nocelle, Italy

22. Reykjvik, Iceland

23. Tartu, Estonia

24. Rural Andalucia, Spain

25.Kjerringoy, Norway

26.the Kinmel Arms, Conwy, Wales

Tavern Catovica Mlini 27 Morinj, Montenegro

28. Ithaca, Greece

29. Marubi, Shkodra, Albania

30. Music Hall, London, England

31. Pripyatsky, Belarus

32.secret Café, Prague, Czech Republic

33. South Cotswolds, England

34.Potetkjelleren, Bergen, Norway

35. Lavaux, Switzerland

36. Hidden Hot Springs, Norourfjorour, Iceland

37. Sybillini Mountains, Italy

38. The Hidden Hotel, Paris, France

39.Upper Danube Valley, Beuron, Alemanha

40. Kakheti, Georgia

41. Street Art Museum of Zagreb, Croatia

42.Romagne - sous-Montfaucon, Franca

43. Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci, Veneza, Itália

44. Clunie, Scotland

45. Bharma, Barcelona, Spain

46.Dublin, Ireland

47. The Lakeland, Finland

48.hot Birch sauna, Sigulda, Letónia

49. Schreierstoren, Amsterdam, Netherlands

50.battle, England

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The El Niño, in itself, is an event that concerns a large fringe of the community affected by him, from South America to Asia. Now, at a time he is back, there is another community which provides devastating effects to the area which studies, marine biology.

According to scientists who are analyzing the phenomenon, a major El Niño event can negatively impact coral reefs around the world. The last major phenomenon, which lasted between 1997 and 1998, caused the worst coral bleaching in history. In total, 16% of these were destroyed â€" in the case of Maldives, the percentage reached some unthinkable 90%.

According to the Australian Bureau of meteorology, there is a chance of occurrence of the phenomenon this year, and the signs are not positive. It can be worse than 1998, which means a problem for industry and global agriculture, but also for the so-called Coral triangle, a region in Southeast Asia which houses more marine species than any other place on the planet.

"In 1998, the Coral triangle began to whiten in may, and this happened until September," explained this Friday Ove Hoeg Guldberg, a marine biologist at the Institute for Global change at the University of Queensland. "The region has extended periods of temperature anomalies during El Nino because the Equator passes through the middle of it, and therefore the area experiences both the Summer in the northern hemisphere and the South."

Guldberg, who heads the chapter on oceans of the report of the Intergovernmental Panel of climate science (IPCC) says that it only required half a degree more than temperature at sea for bleaching of corals.

Corals are animals that behave like plants, maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the dinoflagellates, a type of microbe that live within their tissues, where do photosynthesis and sugar to its host.

But as temperatures rise, the dinoflagellates stop producing sugar and instead produce dangerous free radicals. The corals expel us, stop producing its coverage of calcium carbonate and turn white, explains the Climate Central.

See a gallery of algae and corals recently discovered in northwest of Hawaii.

Foto:  Derek Keats / Creative Commons

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5 forest outputs of a fairy tale

We've all read a book or watched a movie where the characters are in a haunted forest or enchanted, which seems to have come out of something like a fairy tale. The fog, the tallest trees than skyscrapers and the colors are the ingredients that make up these magical fictional scenarios. However, there are very real forests that easily could have left one of these fairy tales.

1. Forest pie, Poland

Located in the immediate vicinity of the village of Nowe Czarnowo, West Poland, there is a forest with 400 pine trees. The forest would be nothing extraordinary was the fact that not all pine trees grow with a sharp bend.  Apart from this detail the forest got nothing out of the ordinary. The trees that grow around the site are perfectly normal and grow straight. It is believed that the forest Pie was planted in the 1930 by the Germans, at which point this area of Poland was part of the German province of Pomerania. Studies indicate that and the way that the trees have been caused by humans, but not yet proved how the Germans created this forest curve.

2. forest of North Sentinel Island, Bay of Bengal 

The forest of North Sentinel Island, in the Bay of Bengal, is one of the few forests still remain intact. The forest covers the entire island, with 72 km2, being surrounded by coral barriers, not possessing natural harbours, which hinders the arrival of man. The island also boasts the last existing tribe pré-neolítica. This tribe does not contact with the outside world and when the first modern humans tried to explore the island were parted with darts and arrows.

3. Bialowieza National Park, Poland and Belarus

The Bialowieza National Park is a forest that runs through the territory of Poland and Belarus and seems to have been transported directly from ancient times. Is the last surviving primitive forest in Europe and experts consider it as a time capsule with 7,000 years. Within the borders of the Park wolves roam freely, grow some of the oldest oak trees and tall in the world and live small creatures like the Pygmy owls.

4.-B, in nearby Floresta Roménia

Of course, not all fairy tales have happy endings. And the Hoia-Baciu forest could be a good place for a less happy ending. Concerned as more haunted forest in the world and located in the region of Transylvania, in Romania, the site is searched by reports of paranormal activities that happen there. The forest name was given by the inhabitants of nearby villages after a pastor have entered the forest with its 200 sheep and disappear without a trace.

5. bamboo forest in Sagano, Japan

Located at a small distance of Kyoto, the bamboo forest in Sagano is, as the name indicates, entirely composed of bamboo trees. Despite not being the typical forest of Western fairy tales, is part of the imaginary Japanese rider.

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Portugal vs Germany played a Green stadium and recyclable

The construction of four stadiums 2014 FIFA World Cup, including the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, where Portugal will face Germany, obeyed the sustainable certifications of great rigour and innovative technological solutions, which guarantee the rational use of natural resources and full recycling of all materials. The remains of the old stadium were recycled for their re-use.

From the lawn to the energy or comfort of the seats to the public, everything was planned and evaluated in accordance with sustainability requirements. According to TÃœV Rheinland release explained, responsible for the work, the materials used are completely recyclable and solutions were used for the reduction of water consumption and use of rainwater.

On the other hand, gave priority to the reduction and recycling of generated waste, energy efficiency, natural ventilation and lighting. The stadium is still the LEED (leadership in energy and Environmental Design), an international system of sustainability assessment of buildings and which ensures and represents advantages as reduction of environmental impact, the optimization of the performance of buildings and the reduction of operating costs.

"This significant breakthrough in the construction of new stadiums was determined by FIFA," explains the company. "[The entity] intends to avoid negative impacts on the environment of the countries where it conducts competitions".

"FIFA wishes to draw attention to social and environmental issues through sport and reduce the CO2 footprint in Brazil and in all countries where they carry out major football events," said the company. The construction of four stadiums ran for three years.

In the Arena Fonte Nova Stadium in Salvador, which will host the match between Portugal and Germany, in addition to the recycling and reuse of the wreckage of the old stadium for paving and building access, were also installed solar panels on the roof and a rainwater utilization system that allows you to satisfy even the needs of 80% water (sanitary hot water, for example).

 The new arenas of São Paulo and Natal and the remodeling of the stadium of Porto Alegre were the subject of identical intervention.

Photos: copagov / photos GOVBA / Creative Commons

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The unusual friendship between a tiger, a lion and a bear

In the wildlife reserve of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States, friendship has unusual contours. The lion Bam Bam, the Tiger and the bear Nahma Maximus coexist peacefully. In fact, they were raised together, who consider themselves brothers.

The three usually do aquatic exercises with their handlers, as you can see in the photo gallery below. "They spend all the time together, so have forgotten their differences", explained Doc Antle, responsible for wildlife reserve.

Antle coordinates all projects of conservation of Myrtle, worldwide, via rarespeciesfund.org. According to him, the animals get more healthy, strong and agile when they swim together. "It's an excellent exercise and keep them cool in Summer".

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