A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Most Nordic parents put their baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap.
In Stockholm, daytime temperatures in the winter regularly drop to -5C (23F) but it’s still common to see children left outside by their parents for a sleep in the stroller.
Continue reading… “Swedish babies nap in sub-zero temperatures”
Incredible shrinking ants.
Warmer temperatures and lack of water are causing plants and animals to shrink, researchers said on Monday, warning it could have profound implications for food production in years ahead.
Continue reading… “Climate change causing plants and insects to shrink”
NASA Scientists have tested the climate effect of what a small, regional nuclear war would do to the world and have come up with a few revealing (and quite scary) conclusions. For the purpose of the exercise, NASA termed a small, regional nuclear war as 100 Hiroshima-level bombs.
Continue reading… “Regional Nuclear War Could Reverse Global Warming According to NASA”
Venomous Octopus
Is your home octopus-proof? Maybe you should check. And trying to freeze them out won’t help because some octopuses discovered in Antarctica are the first known to have venom that works in freezing temperatures:
Antarctic octopuses eat a wide variety of animals, from clams to fish. They catch their prey with their tentacles and use their venom to kill them, much like snakes.
Continue reading… “Newly-Discovered Octopuses Use Venom to Kill at Sub-Zero Temperatures”
Encrusted stalactites at present sea level, Vallgornera Cave, Spain.
Most scientists believe that ocean levels dropped for the past 100,000 years as Earth cooled, but a new study of these stalactites in ancient undersea caves suggests otherwise. Today’s temperatures are similar to Earth’s 81,000 years ago.
Continue reading… “Caves Suggest Climate Change Stranger Than We Thought”
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Climategate put to song
A respected British scientist has admitted that emails taken from his inbox, calling into question many of the accepted truths of global warming, were genuine. Here is a very funny parody of “Draggin the Line” by Tommy James and the Shondells about Climategate.
Continue reading… “Climategate – The New Politics of Science”
Ice Energy, a leading provider of distributed energy storage and smart grid solutions for optimizing energy system efficiency, has been awarded the Silver prize in the 22nd Excellence in Design Awards competition for its Ice Bear energy storage system. Sponsored by Appliance Design Magazine, the award honors creative and technically savvy product designs in the global appliance industry.
Continue reading… “Ice Bear Can Reduce Air Conditioning Energy Demand By 95%”
In a world first, we apply technical analysis to the climate. Could another large human institution dependent on complex models be headed for its ‘Lehman Bros’ moment?
Continue reading… “Is This A Bear Or Bull Climate?”
The first study found that the hole in the ozone layer, caused by the use of CFCs, has prevented the melting of Antarctica even as the rest of the world warms.
Continue reading… “Studies: Pollution Is Slowing Down Global Warming”
In the future, natural gas derived from chunks of ice that workers collect from beneath the ocean floor and beneath the arctic permafrost may fuel cars, heat homes, and power factories. Government researchers are reporting that these so-called “gas hydrates,” a frozen form of natural gas that bursts into flames at the touch of a match, show increasing promise as an abundant, untapped source of clean, sustainable energy. The icy chunks could supplement traditional energy sources that are in short supply and which produce large amounts of carbon dioxide linked to global warming, the scientists say.
Continue reading… “‘Ice That Burns’ May Provide Clean, Sustainable Fuel For The Future”
For those who have endured this winter’s frigid temperatures and today’s heavy snowstorm in the Northeast, the concept of global warming may seem, well, almost wishful. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Is Global Warming On Hold?”
Antarctica is warming. That is the conclusion of scientists analyzing half a century of temperatures on the continent, and the findings may help resolve a climate enigma at the bottom of the planet.
Continue reading… “New Study: Warming In Antarctica Now Looks Certain”
