The pressure at the centre of the earth is 3 million times greater than that at the surface.

In the 20th century, the surface temperature of Earth rose by 0.6 Degrees Celcius

There are about 750 diffrent species of tree in one hectare (2.47 acres) of the Amazon rainforest.

Fresh snow is more that 90 per cent trapped air.

the biggest desert in the world, the Sahara, covers a third of the area of Africa.

The Driest continent is Antartica because it receives so little rain.

Looking out to sea from the beach, the horizon is about 5km (3 miles) away.

Coal is made from the compressed remains of plants that died 300 million years ago!

there is enough Electricity in a single fork of lightening to light a town for a year.

the oldest rocks in the Grand Canyon were formed 2 billion years ago.

Seven per cent of the world’s Oceans are coverd in Ice!

More than 30 per cent of New Zealand’s greenhouse Gass comes from the methane in the Burps and farts of the country’s 45million Sheep and the 10 million Cows.

The Strongest Gust of wind ever recorded blew at 372km/h (231 mph) on Mount Washington, USA, in 1934

No two Snowflakes have the same shape, but they all have Six Sides.