Remember the RMS Titanic? She hit one of those while on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, in the year 1912.
Ice Cubes Away!
Written by Dr Klaus L E Kaiser
Eric Weinstein
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Million-fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Written by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Listening to electromagnetic waves around the Earth, converted to sound, is almost like listening to singing and chirping birds at dawn with a crackling campfire nearby. Such waves are therefore called chorus waves.
Global Temperatures Warmer Last Summer & Summer Before That
Written by cfact
Summer is the season where temperatures have historically hovered around a comfortable 70 degrees most days while occasionally reaching a slightly warm 80 degrees.
Perhaps the Deep South would rarely reach 85 degrees during a historic heat wave before global warming. But now summers are hot – real hot.
The Guaranteed-to-Fail Climate Solution: Behavioral Change
Written by Donna Laframboise
Distinguishing Between Natural & Man-Made Drought
Written by Tony Heller
“We continue to run California as if the longest drought we are ever going to encounter is about seven years,” said Scott Stine, a professor of geography and environmental studies at Cal State East Bay. “We’re living in a dream world.”
Exposed: Britain’s 2018 Fake News ‘Deadly Heatwave’
Written by Nick Stripe
Weeks of relentless warm weather have triggered reports of a spike in heat-related deaths, with some claiming the heatwave has now cost hundreds of lives. As Nick Stripe explains, those claims are not supported by the published data – but a summer spike in heat-related deaths can’t be ruled out yet.
Device to clean-up Pacific’s Plastic Garbage ‘could harm wildlife’
Written by Sarah Knapton
A controversial scheme to clean up plastic in the Pacific Ocean could harm wildlife and release unnecessary ‘greenhouse gases’ into the air, conservationists have warned.
On September 9th, The Ocean Cleanup foundation will launch a device to sweep up plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and remove it from the water.
Solar Eclipse this Weekend
Written by www.spaceweather.com
On Saturday, Aug. 11th, the New Moon will pass in front of the sun producing a partial solar eclipse visible from parts of Canada, Iceland, Scandinavia and much of Asia. As much as 73% of the solar disk will be covered. Selected cities in the eclipse zone include Moscow (2.1%), Oslo (4.8%), Raykjavik (20%), Tromso (29%), and Seoul (35%). Watch this movie for a preview.
Death by Mathematics
Written by Miles Mathis
by Mike Egan
“Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiments, and they wander off through equation after equation and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.”— Nikola Tesla
Global Warming Making Heat Waves AND Cold Spells Even Worse!
Written by Michael Bastasch
When the eastern U.S. plunged into a deep freeze last winter, some scientists blamed Arctic ice melt from man-made global warming for the anomalously cold weather in the eastern part of the country.
Scientists Demand Oil Drill Ban In UK County After ‘Seismic Events’
Written by Tyler Durden
Four senior geologists are calling for a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in Surrey in the UK, southeast of London, after 12 earthquakes were registered in the area over the past four months.
Behavioural Change: The Guaranteed-to-Fail Climate Solution
Written by Donna Laframboise
How to join the Intellectual Dark Web — a user’s guide
Written by David Fuller
Recently a new meme started doing the rounds on the Internet — the “Intellectual Dark Web”. The phrase was coined by the mathematician Eric Weinstein. It seems to have caught on — showing that whatever it is, quite a few people are recognising it — even though there’s a lot of discussion about what exactly it means.
Where Pacific Northwest’s “Big One” Is Likely to Strike
Written by Miles Bodmer, Doug Toomey
The Pacific Northwest is known for many things—its beer, its music, its mythical large-footed creatures. Most people don’t associate it with earthquakes, but they should. It’s home to the Cascadia megathrust fault that runs 600 miles from Northern California up to Vancouver Island in Canada, spanning several major metropolitan areas including Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
Modern Medicine Becomes an Environmental Curse
Written by UN Environment
As the world’s population expands and we become wealthier, drugs and chemical-based care products become more prevalent.
While pharmaceuticals are essential for human health and well-being, less is known on the effects they have on the freshwater sources on which we depend for our existence, and their impact on human health and biota.
Bizarre Rogue ‘Planet’ with Incredible Auroras Puzzles Scientists
Written by Meghan Bartels
An artist’s depiction of the newly described object.
Credit: Chuck Carter; NRAO/AUI/NSF/Caltech
A rogue, planet-size object 20 light-years away from Earth has stunned astronomers with its incredibly powerful magnetic field.