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The U.S. has already seen more tornadoes to date compared to average, with 421 twisters in SPC’s preliminary count. This compares to the average to date of 344 tornadoes. … Read More
As these ice floes push against each other, smaller floes can form that are moved by wind and currents. At the center of the image lies ice floe patterns caused by circular eddy currents that spin off from the main Kamchatka current.… Read More
It’s time to break out the monkey jokes: the State of Tennessee, which earned a reputation for backwardness back in the 1925 with the celebrated Scopes Monkey Trial, appears to be doing it again — on first blush, anyway. The original trial tested a law that forbade the teaching of “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as … Read More
According to the Associated Press, advocates say that a leap in imagination is what is needed in the face of climate change. Amphibious homes are a mainstay in the Netherlands, where the focus on floating homes has grown tremendously. … Read More
Climate change could be a leading cause in the decline of native ladybugs, according to John Losey, one of the world’s leading experts on the beetles. Warmer weather is disastrous to ladybugs, as snow covers their hibernation sites, it keeps the ground temperatures at 0 degrees, allowing them to remain dormant in the winter. If the temperatures … Read More
Signs of spring are everywhere as newborn Swallowtail butterflies (Papilio demoleus) are observed at the Benalmadena Butterfly Centre in Spain. It is the largest butterfly park in the world. The lifecycle most adult butterflies is about seven days, however, in captivity they can live up to two to three weeks. … Read More
In a photo taken by NASA by the Expedition 30 crew on March 28 from the International Space Station, aurora borealis is seen lighting up the sky next to a sunrise over Ireland and the UK.… Read More
After Al Gore, James Hansen is probably the man climate skeptics most love to hate. Unlike Gore, Hansen is an actual scientist, at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York (it’s located above the restaurant that used to be featured in Seinfeld). It was Hansen who single-handedly put climate change on the national radar when he … Read More
Greenland lost an average of 577 billion tons of ice per year from 2004-2007. But just how much is that?
