Berlin (Global Adventures): Are you looking for a special accommodation? Well, how about a room where the bed hangs almost 2 yards above the floor with a warning sign attached? The attached instructions say that the room cannot be rented out to overweight guests – for safety reasons. However, no word about occupancy restrictions! The [...]

Dubai/West Palm Beach (Global Adventures): A French businessman, former Navy officer, intelligence operative, and marine engineer has been sued in U.S. District Court in Florida by a company located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dubai World, a government-owned conglomerate, alleges that Jaubert siphoned money from the company through supply deals and sued for conspiracy to [...]

Germany (Global Adventures): Germany is inn – unfortunately not with foreign tourist. However, more Germans than ever look for local gateways, according to the German government. Germans did book 31.2 Million room-nights in Hotels, apartments for rent, and campsites in June 2009, a five percent increase over the same period last year. Cheaper alternatives such [...]

Greenland (Global Adventures): Researchers in Greenland are looking into whether or not one of the world’s largest species of sharks could be a source of bio-fuel for the native Inuit population. The Greenland shark causes problems for fishermen, with thousands of them dying in nets off of Greenland every year, the Ottawa Citizen Newspaper reports.
While [...]

Cambridge (Global Adventures): Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created robotic fish. The machines can swim through water in a school or otherwise maneuver in places where underwater submarines can’t go. The robots can be used to inspect submerged structures such as boats, oil and gas pipes, according to MIT-engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi [...]

Australia (Global Adventures): The Australian Maritime Safety Authority launched a major clean-up operation as oil and gas continued to seep from a 1200-metre-deep well located 690 kilometers west of Darwin. The spill, which is eight nautical miles long and 30 meters wide, began early on Friday.
The operator of an oil rig responsible for a massive [...]

Ashville, N.C. (Global Adventures): The planet’s ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, breaking the previous high mark established in 1998, according to an analysis by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. The combined average global land and ocean surface temperature for July 2009 ranked fifth-warmest at 1.03 degrees F [...]

Phoenix (Global Adventures): Well, some people just love their scuba gear! A man was arrested for allegedly setting his $3.5 million home in Phoenix, Arizona on fire.
According to the local fire department, the blaze took place in the early morning hours of July 5. The alleged arsonist first reported that he escaped the inferno from [...]