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Instead of global warming, some experts are now warning that the world may soon plunge into the next Ice Age. They predict most of Scotland, Northern Ireland and England to be covered in ice 3,000 feet thick. These same experts blame global warming on falling greenhouse gas levels. Read more…
The long and short of this story is scientists can now grow diamonds that are bigger and better than natural ones. If you’d like to read about the scientific processes used for this feat, I suggest you read this. Otherwise, just sit back and wait for diamond prices to drop dramatically.
Greenland, the world’s largest island, holds enough ice to raise global sea levels by 23 feet. Add the ice sheets of Antarctica and the oceans would deepen more than 200 feet!
Satellite measurements from space confirm that global warming is making an impact and turning ice into water. As glaciers begin to melt, the question everyone […]
An image of Titan’s surface shows what scientists believe are bodies of liquid, shown in blue.
PASADENA, California (AP) — At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn’s moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, making it the only body in the solar system besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, NASA said Wednesday.
Scientists […]
Pavilion Lake in Marble Canyon, British Columbia, is considered a “spiritual place” by the native Tskwaylaxw people of Pavilion. Overlooking the lake is a limestone formation that they believe is a “Transformer Stone” meaning that in First Nations legend it was created by the actions of the “Transformers”, a group of supernatural beings who traveled […]
The red area northwest of Chengdu and Mianyang—the two largest cities in Sichuan Province—indicates where China’s May 12 earthquake was most intense in this map.
Two geoscientists who identified Sichuan’s seismic hazard zone ten months before a massive earthquake tore through the region now say that rebuilding should be banned along these tectonic faults.
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Posted By: ashley | Jun 18th
The Ice is melting, the ice is melting!
Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about seven times the size of Manhattan is “hanging by a thread,” the British Antarctic Survey said Tuesday, blaming global warming.
“We are in for a lot more events like this,” said professor Ted Scambos, […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Dec 7 /PRNewswire/ — Pure Zing, publisher of PureZing.com, a natural products review website catering to health-conscious consumers, offers the following Letterman-style “TOP TEN REASONS” to give environmentally-friendly gifts.
Top Ten Reasons to Give Green Gifts this Holiday Season
10. If the gift recipient throws it […]
BOSTON, MA and DURHAM, NC and HANOVER, NH–(Marketwire - November 28, 2007) - Have you ever wanted to see a picture of the largest polluter in the United States, find out what’s in that smoke from the company down the street, or learn more about what companies near you are doing to protect the environment? […]
Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) November 7, 2007 — Why does one house burn while its neighbor goes untouched?
Firefighters have come to realize that landscaping choices have a lot to do with protecting your home.
They act like a ladder for flames, carrying them right up to your roof-line.
Structures with evergreen trees, which are high in resins, […]