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Well…more great news for those that want human life to end. The Greenland ice sheet, according to a new study led by a University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and published in the journal Hydrological Processes, suggests that it is melting faster than expected.
It also states that the melting may have caused almost 25 percent of [...]

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OK on the title you would probalby think either one of two things: 1. “Winner for ‘No Kidding’ article of the day.”, or 2. “It’s about time.”
For me it was neither. Well a little of the first one, but upon reading about 2 sentences of the article I was already coming to the conclusion that [...]

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OK…I’m starting to trust a lot of these reports a little bit less every time. I have seen reports that melting has decreased in the North Poles this year, although that doesn’t mean it is anything more than an anomaly. Now this year we have probably the worst winter we have had in a decade, [...]

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During the oil crisis of the 1970’s the U.S. government provided funding for research evaluating the prospects of new fuel sources derived from terrestrial plants such as corn and soybeans, as well as algae. When prices dropped, and the uproar started to die down, so did the funding for such research.
Now that we are all [...]

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Surely you will say that this comes as no surprise, but to actually have a study with some data to make the claim is what we look for when discussing such things. Especially when it comes from somewhere like NASA. Obviously, “common sense” isn’t proof of anything. It may help you with your marketing ideas [...]

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The 2008 hurricane season officially ends on November 30th, and since they have been keeping accurate records of the storms, this season may be one of the worst in that history. A total of 16 named storms formed this season, based on an operational estimate by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center. The storms included eight hurricanes, [...]

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Mandatory preface to these kinds of posts requires that I say in advance this post has nothing to do with saying that global warming does not exist. The last thing I need is a bunch of greenies hopped up on Ephedrasil hardcore acting like someone just killed their family because they think that some idiot [...]

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A University of Michigan engineer has been able to emulate fish technology to produce a renewable source of energy from slow water currents. These potentially destructive vibrations in fluid flows are being used with the help of fish observation to produce usable energy.
Michael Bernitsas, a professor in the U-M Department of Naval Architecture and Marine [...]

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Even though the economy certainly isn’t ripe for those that would normally buy solar panels, the attendees at the Solar Power International 2008 were still in a good mood.
“I think there’s a flight to quality and we believe there’s a flight to solar because of that,” said Tom Werner, the CEO of California-based solar [...]

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When the reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded in 1986 in what was then the Soviet republic of Ukraine, radioactive elements were released in the air and found their way a crossed the Soviet Union, Europe and all the way over eastern portions of North America. Sending many to alcohol rehab, or a [...]

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