Archive for November, 2009
20 Things You Did Not Know About Hurricanes
"A typical hurricane releases some 600 trillion watts of heat energy, equivalent to 200 times the world’s total electrical generating capacity." From Jocelyn Rice, Discover Magazine, 20 things ...
103 Dead, 1400 rescued in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Acoording to Reuters as published in The New York ...
Hurricane-killing wave pump
CNN takes a look at "8 weird ways to save the Earth". One of them is a "Hurricane-killing pump", for which Bill Gates is a ...
Sharp Swings of Climate: Key Factor in “Becoming Human”?
To Sarah Palin’s “Drill, baby, drill”, Alaska natives reply: “Chill, baby, chill”
From Mathhew Daly, AP, in News from Indian Country: "Call her “the other Sarah” from Alaska. Like former Gov. Sarah Palin, ...
Jump in coal use pushes emissions to all-time high
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting ...
National Geographic on Floods
Heavy Rain Prompts Flood Warnings from NC to NY
From Steve Szkotak, Huffington Post: "A drenching, wind-driven rain lashed much of the Atlantic seaboard Thursday, flooding streets, closing schools, roads and bridges and ...
Collection of Late-Night Jokes About Global Warming from Warmal Globing
Global warming is not all serious. At least according to late-night celebrities. Warmal Globing, yes that's right Warmal Globing, has put together a collection of late-night jokes on the subject. "President Bush is ...
Clouds 101 from Environment Canada
Tropical Depression Forms In Caribbean Sea
The ice on Kilimanjaro could vanish in 13 to 24 years
According to Reuters, " The ice on ...
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