So Pithy

Apparently Germany is the greenest country on earth (sorry, Ireland):
German use of oil, gas and coal in 2007 fell by 5.6 per cent compared with 2006, according to a new report from BP. Global energy consumption, driven by China, America and India, rose by 2.4 per cent in the same year. -via Telegraph
Spending any significant [...]

The Devonian Fossil Gorge was created in July 1993, the last time water burst over the spillway. When that water subsided, a picture emerged in the exposed limestone — thousands of fossils from the creatures that lived here 375 million years ago, when Iowa was a tropical sea. via The Gazette
The recent flooding once again [...]