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    Anekanta - Go Play!: This is why we can't have nice things. #science more »
    TheGreenRanger: am i the only person who loves snow? then again, i guess they get a lot of it in moscow, but still! keep this away from me, i like all my 4 seasons th... more »
    Klebert L. Hall: Well, more weather hacking than climate hacking. What I don't get is why quasi/pseudo/vaguely/ex-communist nations seem so enamored of the idea that... more »
    tetracycloide: "and the whole project is considerably less expensive than the current cost of clearing Moscow's streets." that... is honestly rather suprising. i c... more »
    kosai: Chemical snow sounds delicious! #climatehacking more »
    lazyeight: I am play godski!! #climatehacking more »
    YankBoffin: Cloud seeding is nothing new, but this does have such an eerie feel to it. I find it surprising that this will be more cost effective than snow remova... more »
    J_Frank_Parnell: Oh boy, wait until the guys at HAARP hear bout this. #climatehacking more »
    mipakr: now they need to do this in wisconsin :] #climatehacking more »
    MonkeyT: If you want super-villain plot, how about "The silver iodide accidentally contaminates the food and ground water with a colloidal silver suspension wh... more »
    tamoko: No Mr. Bond.... I expect it to snow!!! Mahmahmahmahamah! #climatehacking more »
    TemporalSword: Exxxcellent... *steeples fingers* #climatehacking more »
    Mathmos: Bring out yer trolls!, Bring out yer trolls! more »
    Meirelle: While this little bit of information is interesting and incredibly awesome, there is a big part of me going, "Oh, GOD! Please, don't encourage those p... more »
    Steve Zagar: The amount of carbon dioxide pumped into the atmosphere in a single hour of a volcanic eruption, dwarfs anything humans could produce in a year. Is... more »
    gorehound: And to add to the whole thingamajig:::: one should really think if the current global warming is:: A:The natural Earth climate changing B:Are we the c... more »
    ShababGauvinized: except for Antarctica, where are people living now on the globe that they weren't 1000 years ago? more »
    OttoReptile: Wasn't it those melting glaciers that helped the Incas? Why would it be so disastrous now for Peruvians to have fresh water? I don't see why having ... more »
    twophrasebark: We didn't have a global society back then. Yes, the current climate change will benefit some people. And also the Gulf Stream might shut down and tur... more »
    ceilingFANBOY: This idea is flawed. Considering the average North American has a carbon footprint of 20 tons CO2 equiv per year and the global average is 4 tons CO2 ... more »
  • #climatehacking

    Moscow Mayor's Climate-Hacking Plot: a Winter Without Snow

    It sounds like a supervillainous plot, but Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov has vowed that Moscow will see no snow this winter. Luzkhov is pushing through a plan to ensure that the city's trademark blizzards land in someone else's backyard. More »
  • #climatechange

    Global Warming Gave Rise to the Inca Empire

    Global warming often evokes images of melting icecaps, disappearing landmasses, and natural disasters. But the results aren't always so dire. For the Incas, global warming meant 400 years' prosperity and growth, allowing them to create a formidable empire. More »
  • #warmtheories

    Could Overpopulation Save The Earth From Global Warming?

    A team of scientists at Cal-Tech think they might have found a way to save the planet from global warming: breed faster. The more of us there are, the more nitrogen we take out of the atmosphere, cooling the planet. More »
  • #environmentaldisaster

    Humans Will Need a Second Planet by 2030

  • #environmentalfuturism

    Feeling Toasty Yet? You Will Soon

    Here's a dried-out lake in the Chaco region of Paraguay, 400 km north of Asuncion. The region has been experiencing an unprecedented drought that's lasted months, and the government has declared a State of Emergency. (That's a dead cow in the background.) Perhaps not coincidentally, yesterday the Australia-based Global Carbon project said our global carbon output from burning fossil fuels increased 2.9 percent from 2006 to 2007 — at the very high end of scenarios that the International Panel on Climate Change had predicted. That translates to a possible rise in global temperature of 11 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century. More »
  • #polarexpedition

    Triumphant Return of Polar Ship, After 500 Days Stuck in Ice

    Late last week, the science ship Tara returned from its mission to study climate change in the polar ice region. Here it is, about to dock in Norwegian Spitzberg. Its long journey through the polar region left it deliberately stuck in ice off the coast of Siberia for 500 days. If you look at the photograph below, of the ship leaving on its voyage, you can see that it's built very much like a large sailboat. More »