Last Updated Stories in Ice

Arctic to be Ice Free in Summers

"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...

Spectra Confirm Ice on Asteroid 24 Themis. How Did it Get There?

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...

Electrical Erosion (Sputtering) in Our Electric Solar System.

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,...

Viagra Ice Cream On Sale In London

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...

The Evolution of Plant Minds

     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). ...

Melting Ice = Rising Seas & Earth Gravity Shift

"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...

Arctic CO2 Levels Up - Methane Released. Do humans have time?

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...

Doomsday is knocking. What are you doing?

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...

Rabbis urge U.S. government to deport ailing war crime suspect

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...

Wilkins Ice Shelf : Multiple Disintegration

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...

Arctic sea ice is at its thinnest starting this spring

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...

Baltic Sea has twice as much ice than last year

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,...

Dolphins stuck in ice in Newfoundland growing weaker

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...

'Local Boys' in Speedboat Free Dolphins

"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...

Newfoundland Town Appeals for Help for Trapped Dolphins

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...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from