global temperature 1856 to 2005

Graph shows the combined global land and marine surface temperature record from 1856 to 2005. Year 1998 was the warmest on record. Year 2005 was the second warmest on record.

Arctic sea ice fails to re-form for the second consecutive winter

Global warming may have tipped the polar regions into irreversible climate change sooner than predicted.

Solar Storm Warning

Solar minimum has arrived. Sunspots have all but vanished. Solar flares are nonexistent. The sun is utterly quiet.

Polar ice sheets show net loss

In the last five years, the amount of glacier ice dumped into the Atlantic Ocean has doubled.

current period of global warming is longest in 1,200 years

There is enough information now to draw reasonably robust conclusions.

Jupiter growing another red spot

NASA astronomers have nicknamed it "Red Jr".

saving the planet, one orgasm at a time

An alternative environmental organization. Tommy and Leona are having sex on a tree stump for rainforest protection.  

Small Rocky Planet Found Orbiting Normal Star (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

"SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - Astronomers announced today the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star."

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