"The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be...
It seems that space age instruments are now finding evidence of water-ice in the many locations we have pointed them to look. The latest to be confirmed includes asteroid 24 Themis. But is it from subsurface...
opinion by mgmirkin | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 250 views | 28 recommendations | 8 comments
Recent data from the moon indicates that OH (hydroxyl radical) and/or H2O (water) may exist on or above the surface of the moon. But what does it mean and how does it relate to active processes at Mercury,...
opinion by mgmirkin | 8 wks ago | updated 8 wks ago 349 views | 72 recommendations | 9 comments
Shoppers looking for a special pick-me-up treat will be happy to hear about London ice cream boutique's latest concoction: an ice cream designed to boost the libido, aptly named the Sex Pistol. The ice cream, priced at £11.99 (20USD), contains gingko biloba, arginine and...
created by Annina Bergman | 14 wks ago | updated 14 wks ago 383 views | 22 recommendations | 1 comment
I was listening this past weekend to an NPR story about the history of chewing gum (see http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106439600&ft=1&f=1032). ...
opinion by Mortal | 18 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago 144 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
"The melting of one of the world's largest ice sheets would alter the Earth's field of gravity and even its rotation in space so much that it would cause sea levels along some coasts to rise faster than the global...
Carbon Dioxide levels up - its bad - Methane is worse. Recently scientist reported that humans have not reduced thier carbon footprint on this planet. If anything, we are increasing. This will lead to a relase of a...
Los Angeles --- Founders of a Jewish human rights agency urged the United States government to expedite the deportation of their most-wanted Nazi war criminal during a press conference at the Museum of Tolerance on...
created by fayala | 29 wks ago | updated 29 wks ago 113 views | 14 recommendations | 2 comments
We humans are living beyond limits at the cost of coming generation.The impact of our frugal lifestyle is clearly visible in the Antartica.Can we stop it or slow it ?probably not.Which way climate will move whether...
Reporting at their 31st annual end-of-winter survey, US-based organizations National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), stated that over 90 percent of...
The Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest ever starting this spring as researchers in the area say that over 90 percent of it is less than two years old, so it is thinner and much more vulnerable than any other ice that could exist there. The researchers are with NASA and the...
created by Amy Judd | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 62 views | 4 recommendations | 2 comments
The January has been warmer than average, but the frost has continued for several weeks. In the middle of the February all the Finland's shores were frozen. The Baltic Sea has twice as much ice than last year,...
created by Pasi | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 328 views | 14 recommendations | 10 comments
"A group of local men braved dangerous broken ice and frigid waters in a fibreglass speedboat to rescue a small pod of dolphins and help them back to open water, the mayor of Seal Cove, N.L., said Thursday." "We...
Four dolphins are still stuck in ice in Newfoundland, and even though the Mayor has appealed for help, an official from the Federal Fisheries Department is only now on the scene to monitor the dolphins. He says...
created by Amy Judd | 39 wks ago | updated 38 wks ago 981 views | 0 recommendations | 4 comments
Dolphins have now been freed. Please see NP story 'Local Boys' in Speedboat Free Dolphins. Seal Cove, N.L. - The mayor of a small town in Newfoundland is pleading with the Federal Fisheries...