Environment

Terraforming: Well, We Could Put All The Men On Mars And The Women On Venus, But It Might Take A While

Terraforming is the concept of engineering planets to make them habitable for terrestrial life. This idea was born out of fiction. Olaf Stapledon, in his 1930 novel Last and First Men, first described a project undertaken to make Venus suitable for humans ...

Article - Lauren Chircus - Jun 11 2010 - 4:38pm

Arctic Ice June 2010- Update

Arctic Ice June 2010- Update This is an update to my article Arctic Ice June 2010, part of my ongoing series of articles about the Arctic. The NSIDC ice extent graph shows a fairly constant and greater then average rate of ice loss over the last four week ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 8 2010 - 3:44pm

Yesterday it was 49.9 degree today army has to be rushed to save the people marooned in floods

Some weeks ago I posted a blog Falodi (Jodhpur Rajasthan India) and Jaisalmer and Jodhpur recorded 49.9 degree or almost this temperature and yesterday there was news that floods have come there and army has to be called to evacuate people.It is not water ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jun 10 2010 - 8:17am

Polar Science: What's In It For You?

The polar regions are far, far away for most people. Do not count me in among 'most people' though. As a Norwegian I practically live in the Arctic. There are only 8 nations that are (partly) situated in the Arctic: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Icel ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - Jun 9 2010 - 4:57pm

NASA Goes To The Arctic

NASA Goes To The Arctic NASA is sending a team of scientists to study the Arctic at close quarters.  I guess it's pretty hard to sample phytoplankton with a satellite. NASA Icebreaker Voyage To Probe Climate Change Impact On Arctic   WASHINGTON-- NAS ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 8 2010 - 10:26pm

Water harvesting systems are must for India

Besides petroleum products below the earth, 97 percent of water is saline on the surface of the earth and major portion of water is obtained from water reserves below the ground. Excessive use of water results in lowering of water table and rocks below the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jun 10 2010 - 8:16am

Finger Rafting

Finger Rafting No, it's not a new sport.  It's one of many ways in which ice consolidates. In order to more fully understand what is happening to the Arctic climate we need to understand how sea ice is formed and consolidated, and how it is disp ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 11 2010 - 3:42pm

Polar Science: Public Opinion on Climate Change in Norway

First, they painted a dramatic black-drop, then they presented their latest statistics on public opinion on climate change. TNS gallup organized a press conference at the IPY Oslo Science Conference on Friday presenting their latest survey findings. TNS as ...

Blog Post - Bente Lilja Bye - Jun 11 2010 - 7:25pm

Suggestions for Disposable Packaging

Hello, I happen to have a suggestion for graphic artists.  All of the non biodegradable plastic created by nerbs in you usual chain, doesn't exactly sell the products better than older technique.  True bottles and things are necessary for some product ...

Blog Post - Cynthia Mock - Jun 11 2010 - 9:18pm

BP, GIS And The Mysterious Vanishing Open Letter

BP, GIS and The Mysterious Vanishing Open Letter Subject: BP control of GIS data Regarding the loss of an open letter from the web, from whatever cause. [EDIT] June 15 2010- 00:23 BST. Important information has come to light which deserves prominence, hen ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 14 2010 - 7:04pm