'Benchmark' glaciers shrinking faster

Les Blumenthal: 99% of glaciers in the US have been shrinking, and the rate is accelerating

Mercury is shrinking

As Earth warms up Mercury cools down and gets smaller."The smallest planet in the solar system is shrinking, a space mission to Mercury has revealedThe Messenger space probe, which began its 5 billion mile journey...

CDN Forces Struggling For Talent

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA sad state of affairs when "Serving ones Country" is eclipsed by the "Almighty Buck".The unemployed and especially those unemployed with a skill or trade who say they...

Britain's biggest developer stops building new homes

With building sites all over the UK and house prices expected to fall there are not enough mortgages available for the number of houses for sale so the buyers are staying away..." Britain's biggest house-builder yesterday abandoned its plans to build any homes on new sites...

The Incredibly Shrinking Democrats - Joe Klein, Time

" By JOE KLEIN Thu Apr 24, 9:35 AM ET "This election," Bill...

The incredible shrinking news

Hey, what's that incredible sucking sound?  Oh, it's your news..."Think we hardly get any international news in our mainstream media? Right you are. But we don’t get any domestic coverage either, unless...

Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low

"Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming.  Geologist...

Antarctic Ozone hole shrinking, outlook improving

The Australian Bureau of Meterology Antarctic ozone hole is back and although it’s almost as big as previous years, the long term outlook for a return to better ozone levels remains good.

Photo Shoot Highlights Glacier Shrinkage

Greenpeace has enlisted the aid of avant-garde photographer Spencer Tunick to create a new print campaign to increase awareness of the impact of climate change. Tunick's work revolves around congregations of naked...

The Island of Forgotten Diseases

This sounds like pretty much the worst place in the entire world. "On the desolate central Asian island of Vozrozhdeniye – or Vozrozhdeniya – near the south rim of the shrinking Aral Sea, you'll find "the remains of the world's largest biological-warfare testing...

Mugabe Threatens To Annex Top UK Companies

Top 100 UK Companies which poured millions into the Zimbabwe regime over the years are now facing expulsion. The former British colony is seeking revenge from the hand that fed them."Hundreds of British businesses...

US deficit is shrinking, balanced budget in one year?

"Find me a one-handed economist," President Harry Truman used to say, expressing his frustration at his economic advisers' tendency to say "On the one hand, Mr. President…, but on the other hand." This story from Christian Science Monitor is chock full of two-handed...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

"Shrinking Cities" debuts in Detroit, Michigan

February 3, 2007 The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit and Cranbrook Art Museum debut Shrinking Cities. The project, which examines urban decline in cities across the globe is sponsored by Germany's Federal...

Dell working on a gaming handheld?

"Surely you jest! But we don't, you see, 'cause it comes straight from the horse's proverbial mouth. The worldwide head of gaming for Dell, Abizar Vahkaria, was recently asked by UK publication PC Plus whether Dell was planning to release some sort of gaming-oriented...

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