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Shrinking Arctic ice ‘locked into spiral of decline’

October 17th, 2007 at 4:11 am » Comments (0)

Oct 4 2007 - Shrinking ice ‘locked into spiral of decline’ by Darren Devine, Western Mail
DRAMATIC new evidence showing that ice cover on the Arctic Ocean has fallen to its lowest level recorded proves the area is “locked into a spiral of decline”, a Welsh scientist said last night.
Bangor University Oceanographer Dr Tom Rippeth, who […]



Night Shining Clouds Locations Expanding

October 17th, 2007 at 3:52 am » Comments (0)

“Night-shining” clouds are bringing a mystery that NASA has now made a mission to study- these hauntingly beautiful noctilucent clouds were previously restricted to the poles but are now being seen over Colorado. This photograph here was taken over the Juneau, Alaska, ice field in 1998.

‘Night-shining’ clouds, also known as ‘noctilucent’ clouds were discovered 120 […]



Experts approve IPCC 2nd bleak climate change report

April 7th, 2007 at 1:35 am » Comments (0)

An international global warming conference has approved a report on the impacts of climate change after a contentious marathon session.
The environmental organisation WWF Switzerland warned that the Alps could be hit by heatwaves and droughts, and called for a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst consequences.
On Friday more than 100 […]



Scientists Sound Alarm over Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets

February 24th, 2007 at 4:22 am » Comments (0)

The long-term stability of the massive ice sheets of Antarctica, which have the potential to raise sea levels by hundreds of metres, has been called into question with the discovery of fast-moving rivers of water sliding beneath their base.
Scientists analysing satellite data were astonished to discover the size of the vast lakes and river systems […]



Smokeless Living vs. Polluted Environment - Which should be a Mass Witch-Hunt?

December 31st, 2006 at 7:43 am » Comments (0)

31 December 2006, ondurag @ 7:43 am
In response to all those who commented on Marc Fischer’s “The Tyranny of Smoke-Free Living” Article; let me say one thing; if all the persons who are so much up in arms about smoke-free, they should work far harder at getting their governments and states to pass even harder […]