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Two billion years ago-- eons before humans developed the first commercial nuclear power plants in the 1950s-- seventeen natural nuclear fission reactors operated in what is today known as Gabon in Western Africa [Figures 1 and 2]. The energy produced by these natural nuclear reactors was modest. The average power output of the Gabon reactors was about 100 kilowatts, which would power about 1,000 lightbulbs

New positive numbers about the world's rainforests provide lessons on how to prevent deforestation: protect, plant, and pay. Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 25%--amount of decrease in rainforest deforestation The climate is becoming increasingly unpredictable and global greenhouse gas emissions are increasing, but take heart: the destruction of the world's largest rainforests (the Amazon, Congo, and Borneo Mekong) is actually down 25%, according to a new report from ForestCarbon Asia .