Atmospheric
- Voluntary Birth Control To Stop Climate Change- Or Else
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In the 1970s, current Obama administration science czar Dr. John Holdren wrote a book advocating various measures to stop global starvation, including a world government and mandatory birth control. Food is no longer an issue, science took care of that de ...
Article - News Staff - May 27 2016 - 5:25pm
- Breathing Space For The Gulf Stream
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Greenland's glaciers are melting, but they do that every year. However, a recent computer simulation sounds the alarm about a 50 percent increase in the freshwater flux since 1990, which is too narrow a timeframe for scientific purposes, it is the ta ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2016 - 8:30am
- A Billion Years Ago, What Did Earth's Ancient Magnetic Field Look Like?
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New work suggests Earth's ancient magnetic field was significantly different than the present day field, originating from several poles rather than the familiar two. Earth generates a strong magnetic field extending from the core out into space that ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2016 - 7:25pm
- Why Has Climate Change Taken So Long?
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If man-made greenhouse gas emissions are going to cause more droughts and storm surges on a persistent basis, why did it take so long? And why is it only a concern in the last 25 years, rather than in the 1930s, when things were really hot? A new estimate ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2016 - 8:00am
- Chemtrails Just A Conspiracy Theory
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Atmospheric scientists overwhelmingly deny the existence of a secret, elite-driven plot to release harmful chemicals into the air from high-flying aircraft, according to the first peer-reviewed journal paper to address the "chemtrails" conspirac ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2016 - 9:38pm
- 42 Million Years: Central Asia Is Used To Westerly Winds By Now
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The gusting westerly winds that dominate the climate in central Asia, setting the pattern of dryness and location of central Asian deserts, have blown mostly unchanged for 42 million years. A University of Washington geologist led a team that has discover ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2016 - 6:30am
- California Methane Caps Could Hurt Organic Farming Most
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California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law demanding that dairy cows stop producing so much methane. They are basically giant fracking wells on four legs, after all. ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Sep 24 2016 - 7:30am
- Ben & Jerry's: Global Warming Is Changing The Flavor Of Ice Cream
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Ice cream sellers Ben&Jerry's, which are a division of a giant multinational food conglomerate, seem to have a lot of marketing leeway, because they are claiming global warming is coming for your ice cream freezer. Many nutrition groups think glo ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 27 2016 - 7:01am
- How Did Early Earth Stay Warm? Greenhouse Gases
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For at least a billion years of the distant past, planet Earth should have been frozen over but wasn’t, and one popular notion was that methane, with 23-34 times (yes, it is unclear) the heat-trapping capacity of carbon dioxide, could have reigned supreme ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2016 - 3:53pm
- Formaldehyde Forms During Chemical Breakdown Of E-Cigarette Flavors
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Atmospheric scientists at the Desert Research Institute (DRI) have turned their attention toward the growing e-cigarette industry and found that toxic aldehydes, such as formaldehyde, are formed during the chemical breakdown of the flavored e-liquid durin ...
Article - News Staff - Nov 10 2016 - 12:09pm