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50 Year Old Record-Busting Bottled Terrarium – And It’s Not from Dubai!

Plants sealed inside a large glass jug a half century ago are self-sustained inside a perfect ecosystem. Is there a message in this bottle for the parched Middle East? In 1960, a heyday for macramé, bell bottoms and terrariums, amateur gardener David Latimer planted four seedlings in a 10 gallon carboy (an enormous glass jug […]

A handful of new lakes popping up in the vast and formidable Arabian desert are creating whole new ecosystems and attracting rare bird species that breed among the dunes. And, technically, it’s not a naturally-occurring phenomenon. NPR traveled to the United Arab Emirates to witness firsthand one such lake that rose 35 feet in the […]

50 Year Old Record-Busting Bottled Terrarium – And It’s Not from Dubai!

New Lake Rose 35 Feet in the Arabian Desert This Past Year Alone