Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the most dangerous gases that car accumulate in your home, especially in winter, and more Americans die from carbon monoxide poisoning in the cold months than at any other time of the year. Because CO is colorless without any smell and impossible to detect wi...
This was primarily due to declining emissions from electricity generation in advanced economies, thanks to the expanding role of renewable sources (mainly wind and solar), fuel switching from coal to natural gas, and higher nuclear power generation. Other factors included milder weather in several co...
It might be very gusty so that the wind pushes you. It is dangerous if the wind is very strong. A hurricane or tornado is very dangerous. Once in a while, the weatherman says there will be hail. Hail stones are hard cold pellets of ice that fall from the sky. ...
The world is becoming smaller by using modern traffic, TV, telephone and so on. Life today is easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear...
We see it smell it drink it and even hear it. The more people the more pollution. Many years ago the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living ...
Since seafood tends to smell rather fishy, we decided not eat them in our stateroom, nor bring them into the Lido restaurant to eat. Besides, peeling shrimp is quite messy. No, Bart was not asking for a sample of the crustaceans (he’s from the land of moules-frites, after all). I...
Drinks, peace reigns. Three jet lagged heads sunk upon their crisp cotton pillows under the eaves. Some glasses of wine, the smell of roast chicken and fennel drifting onto the terrace and beatific as this is, it is still England so we soon retire to the warmth of four walls. But our ...
Is barefoot running dangerous? Yeah, if you step on an acacia thorn or bang your toe on a piece of re-bar, or step on glass while you’re fishing, as I have (I wasn’t even running!), but the deal I made with my feet clear back in boyhood was that I could either wear shoes...
Take pleasure in what you're doing. Are the towels warm and cozy from recently being in the dryer? Feel the warm fibers on your fingertips. Hold them against your cheek. Smell the fresh scent of your laundry detergent. Enjoy stacking all of the towels in a neat and organized pile, ready...
Whether it’s due to several days of intensive cooking, or if you just haven’t cleaned your kitchen in a while, you may have areas in your kitchen that are similarly oil-splattered. But there’s good news for all of us on that front: cleaning that grimy layer is much easier than ...