New CO2 Science: From Climate Demon to Saint

Written by John O'Sullivan

A huge volcano in Iceland may be getting ready to erupt - Vox

The new millenium is seeing revolutionary change in our understanding of carbon dioxide (CO2). Once the demon global warming gas, scientists are increasingly accepting they got that wrong. We examine some of the astonishing developments.

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Thalidomide, a History

Written by The American Chemical Society with comments by Dr Jerry L Krause

Preface:  Historical facts are important but too many tend to forget historical facts or do not do a literature search to be sure that one knows everything about the topic before they expound upon it.

My major professor in graduate school suggested a possible thesis research project.  But when I did a literature search I found that what he proposed had already been done and its results reported.

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‘Experts’ Keep Low-Balling Polar Bear Numbers To Serve Climate Hysteria

Written by Dr Susan J Crockford

polar bear ice sheet

Wait for it, it will come: backlash from polar bear scientists for a statement by an Inuk bear safety guide in Labrador, reported by the CBC yesterday.

The guide said there are more polar bears now than there were 25 years ago based on the fact that he is seeing more bears and that more bears mean more trouble with bears, including attacks on people.

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Japanese probe likely to have ‘bombed’ an asteroid

Written by Paul Rincon

Hayabusa2Image copyright AKIHIRO IKESHITA
Image caption Artwork: Scientists want to retrieve a pristine sample of material from the crater

The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is thought to have detonated an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring.

The idea was to create an artificial crater on the object known as Ryugu.

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The new ‘Landfill Site’

Written by Dr Klaus L E Kaiser

Orbiter.ch Space News: The number of space debris reached ...

It’s nothing new. Landfill sites are filling up, faster than ever, with all kinds of debris. Just about everywhere. How did it come to that? Blame the “Greens” and the “Authorities.”

Why, you ask?

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New Yorkers brace for self-cloning Asian longhorned tick

Written by Columbia University

A new study maps out the increase and spread of the Asian longhorned tick, a new species identified last summer in Westchester and Staten island. What’s particularly alarming is that the tick is notorious for its ability to quickly clone itself through asexual reproduction, or reproduce sexually, laying 1,000-2,000 eggs at a time.

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‘Magic Bullet’ Carbon Climate Solution Takes Big Step

Written by Matt McGrath

Tiny pellets of calcium carbonate

Image: Chalky grains of calcium carbonate are the result of concentrating the CO2 that’s extracted from the air

[PSI Editor’s note: For reader information only. We do not endorse such climate insanity from the biased BBC]

A technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air has received significant backing from major fossil fuel companies.

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Can Humans Sense Magnetic Storms?

Written by Dr Tony Phillips

Geomagnetic Storms | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction ...

Close your eyes and relax. Daydream about something pleasant. In this state your brain is filled with “alpha waves,” a type of electrical brainwave associated with wakeful relaxation.

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Mars methane surge spotted from space

Written by BBC

Mars ExpressImage copyright ESA / ATG MEDIALAB
Image caption Artwork: Mars Express has been operating in orbit around the Red Planet since 2003

A European spacecraft has confirmed a report of methane being released from the surface of Mars.

The methane spike was first measured by Nasa’s Curiosity rover on the surface; now it has been confirmed by the Mars Express orbiter.

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