October 6, 2008 – 1:35 pm
Burps? BURPS? What about far….. That cattle herd sitting in the middle of the road, contently chewing away as you honk, is not just traffic nuisance. Research has revealed that cattle belching is speeding up global warming as well! Methane, which ruminating animals like cattle and sheep emit during their digestive cycle when they belch, […]
September 30, 2008 – 9:23 am
You’ve heard about the take over of a Ukrainian warship carrying massive amounts of Russian weapons to Sudan by now, right? Another in a long line of ships preyed upon in that area. I wonder what religion the pirates are, considering the area? Never mind, not that important at the moment. Well, this ship that […]
September 28, 2008 – 4:14 pm
Maybe something that only interests me, but, science is cool, and we all need a break from politics now and then The discovery of rocks as old as 4.28 billion years pushes back age of most ancient remnant of Earth’s crust by 300 million years. McGill University researchers have discovered the oldest rocks on Earth […]
September 25, 2008 – 8:09 am
You know what is one of the real costs of global warming, or, should I write, attempted fixes to AGW? More problems for poor people. Case in point Eating less meat can help rich nations to combat global warming but may not work for poor countries where people depend on livestock for survival, a leading […]
September 22, 2008 – 9:07 am
Of all the things that cause anthropogenic global warming, this has to be the funniest In recent decades, air pollution has dropped, so more sunlight is penetrating the atmosphere, said Martin Wild of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. And what happens when more sunlight penetrates the atmosphere? It makes it down to the ground, […]
September 13, 2008 – 1:21 pm
Um, this really blows (all pun intended) (Bloomberg) Hurricane Ike, which made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast today, caused more than 19 percent of the nation’s refining capacity to close and may limit fuel deliveries across the country. At least 13 refineries in Texas shut down as Ike approached. Gulf Coast refineries and ports […]
September 3, 2008 – 5:48 pm
I ran across this early August piece from the Huffington Post while I was looking for monkey pictures for Surrender Monkey posts, and, I just had to laugh at the spin Today Dr. Birute Galdikas is considered one of the foremost experts on Orangutans. To this day she remains in Borneo, huddled in the dense […]
September 2, 2008 – 7:29 am
Just a little jog to the right, and Raleigh gets a big hit, not to mention the fact that the track would expose where I live to a pretty big strike at tropical storm force winds. (News and Observer) But the hurricane was also on track to hit the United States. “Right now, the uncertainty […]
August 25, 2008 – 8:58 am
Hey, something I almost agree with Trees, and especially the diverse vegetation of tropical rainforests, soak up and store carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming. Decaying or burning trees releases carbon into the air. Scientists estimate that deforestation accounts for up to 20 percent of the carbon added by man to […]
August 23, 2008 – 9:36 am
They do understand that it is a “virtual” fence, right? Construction on “virtual fence” projects scheduled along Arizona’s border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn’t signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. Interior officials have not accepted a proposed finding in an environmental assessment produced for […]
