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Polar bear habitats little changed since 1989 despite CO2 increase

Written by Dr Susan J Crockford

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It’s true that absolute extent of Arctic ice is lower this spring than it was in 1979. However, according to NSIDC Masie figures, polar bear habitat at mid-May registers about 12 million km2, just as it did in 2006 (although it is distributed a little differently); other data show spring extent has changed little since a major decline occurred in 1989, despite ever-rising CO2 levels.

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Biofuels Looking Worse, Not Better, Over Time

Written by cfact

More than a decade after the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act imposed mandatory biofuel requirements on the American economy, even biofuel apologists acknowledge biofuels are falling far short of industry promises.

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Shedding New Light on the Mysteries of Antarctica’s Long, Dark Winter

Written by Sarah Laskow

The night sky in June 2016, over McMurdo Station.
The night sky in June 2016, over McMurdo Station. JOSHUA SWANSON/NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

THE DAYS IN ANTARCTICA ARE getting ever shorter; winter is settling in. On the world’s southernmost continent, during May and June temperatures are supposed to drop far, far below 0 °C, and then stay particularly frigid until September. The record low, measured in July 1983 at Russia’s Vostok research station, was −89.2 °C.

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OxyContin Maker ‘Destroyed Lives for Financial Gain,’ Says Texas AG

Written by Merrill Hope

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The Associated Press

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday his office is suing Purdue Pharma, maker of the opioid OxyContin, for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

The civil action, filed in Travis County, alleged that the Connecticut-based pharmaceutical giant sold the “highly addictive” opioids through “aggressive and deceptive marketing efforts” by misleading doctors and consumers into believing these narcotics had a low risk of addiction and that they successfully treated long term pain.

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Report: Ingredients in Dentistry, Implants, Vaccines Linked to Autoimmune Diseases

Written by Amanda Just, MS, Jack Kall, DMD, MIAOMT

Autoimmune diseases are on the rise, with more and more people being stricken with these illnesses each yearThe fact that the average person’s overall exposure to chemicals, including metals, has drastically increased over the past century cannot be overlooked when discussing the synonymous rise of autoimmune illnesses.

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History, Erratic Boulders, And Science

Written by Dr Jerry L Krause (Chemistry)

Before historic times there were prehistoric times and before prehistoric times there were erratic boulders.  Based on known history it can be generally considered that the intellectual activity we now commonly call science was begun little more than four centuries ago.  And based upon known history we have to accept that erratic boulders were discovered (recognized) less than two centuries ago.

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Europe going for the vaccination gun

Written by Jon Rappoport

Europe is moving closer to mandatory vaccination. The drive is spearheaded by a collaboration between the European Union (EU) and Big Pharma companies. Many citizens of EU member countries aren’t even aware of what is happening. Key high-level meetings are being held in secret.

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Physicist: Climate Scientists are Giving Science a Bad Name

Written by James Delingpole

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Climate scientists are giving science a bad name, says a leading atmospheric physicist in an essay on the global warming debate.

Professor Garth Paltridge, formerly a chief scientist with Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Atmospheric Research, says that the behavior of certain members of the climate science establishment is “seriously threatening the public’s perception of the professionalism of scientists in general.”

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Does Earth’s Shifting Orbit Influence How Life Evolves?

Written by Ryan F Mandelbaum

Zooplankton Illustration: Clerc-Rampal, G. (1913) Mer : la Mer Dans la Nature, la Mer et l’Homme, (Wikimedia Commons)

It’s nice to think we’re part of something bigger. And we are, really—in a cosmic, evolutionary sense.

A team of researchers from the United States and New Zealand took a look at how likely species were to go extinct and how likely new species were to appear during a 60-million-year period, long before humans evolved. Upon analyzing fossil data, it seemed to them as if astronomical cycles led to climactic effects that ultimately aligned with new species of plankton appearing and going extinct on Earth.

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‘Climate Change Now Even Worserer Than Evah’ Says New Scientist

Written by James Delingpole

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The greatest imaginary menace in the history of mankind just got a whole heap more imaginary and menacing.

According to New Scientist:

The phrase “worse than we thought” is a cliché when it comes to climate change. There are lots of studies suggesting we’re in for more warming and worse consequences than thought, and few saying it won’t be as bad. But guess what: it’s worse than we thought.

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