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  • 2011
  • Jul
  • 31

Skeptic’s small cloud study renews climate rancor (AP)

Ruth sent in this piece of writing by way of Yahoo!. Here’s an excerpt:

AP - A study on how much heat in Earth’s atmosphere is caused by cloud cover has heated up the climate change blogosphere even as it is dismissed by many scientists.

  • 2011
  • Jul
  • 31

JUNO Orbiter Mated to Mightiest Atlas rocket for Aug. 5 Blastoff to Jupiter

Sharon submitted this submission via Universe Today. A sample follows:

In less than one week’s time, NASA’s $1.1 Billion Juno probe will blast off on the most powerful Atlas V rocket ever built and embark on a five year cruise to Jupiter where it will seek to elucidate the mysteries of the birth and evolution of our solar system’s largest planet and how that knowledge […]

  • 2011
  • Jul
  • 31

Nuclear Waste Report Calls for Interim Storage, New Approach on Repository

Elizabeth made us aware of this piece of writing featured on Science. The article begins:

The first full report by a presidential commission on how to deal with nuclear…

  • 2011
  • Jul
  • 30

Exhibit imagines utopian, green cities in 2030

Richard found a delightful piece of writing written over at USA Today. From the article:

Imagine no cars or fewer, anyway.



  • 2011
  • Jul
  • 29

APNewsBreak: Arctic scientist under investigation (AP)

Joseph hit upon this new report by way of Yahoo!. A sample follows:

FILE - This undated file photo provided by Subhankar Banerjee shows  a polar bear in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.  Federal wildlife biologist Charles Monnett, whose observation that polar bears likely drowned in the Arctic helped galvanize the global warming movement, was placed on administrative leave as officials investigate him for scientific misconduct. Investigators’ questions have focused on a 2004 journal article that Monnett wrote about the bears, said thePublic Employees for Environmental Responsibility group that is representing him.  Monnett was told July 18 that he was being put on leave, pending an investigation into 'integrity issues.' (AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee, File)AP - Just five years ago, Charles Monnett was one of the scientists whose observation that several polar bears had drowned in the Arctic Ocean helped galvanize the global warming movement.