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more about #climatechange more comments → twDarkflame: "about how the public responds to scientific research." More like how the public responses to other peoples response's on scientific research. Few me... more » Bill-Lee: "and robotic arms controlled by monkey minds." I don't know why but that phrase makes me snicker. more » phoenix: This is an excellent wrap-up of really interesting and important science-related topics in the past 10 years. They're all sufficiently big, and they'r... more » AmishJohn: I'm waiting for the science breakthrough that automatically shoots these comment spammers in the neck. more » njdevil: Those are some tasty looking chromosomes... more » Klebert L. Hall: This is unnecessarily alarmist. -Kle. more » Invisible Circus: On another note, Al Gore is officially the guy who warned everyone that was ignored in the face of disaster. Does anyone have his Facebook page sos we... more » PistachioWildebeest: I know this is going to come across as extremely pedantic, but referring to the Younger Dryas as an ice age is a little misleading. We're in an ice a... more » Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I need to be That Guy on the Internet: Lake Agassiz. After the famous geologist. Respect! #lakeagassiz more » nozer: Not to be a downer, but this news isn't very new. Al Gore said the same exact thing in An Inconvenient Truth. Although, from what I remember, he said ... more » bookwench: Cold is more survivable than hot, honestly. I only hope we get an ice age instead of global warming... much, much easier for warm-blooded species to s... more » Dirk Anger: Only one comment denying climate change? How disappointing more » StutiBaboon: Wait a minute. A freshwater sea empties into the surrounding waters and *raises* global sea levels? Shouldn't it be the reverse, with water from the... more » BangarangRufio867: Just like a bunch of Canadians to predict and HOPE for a big freeze...just more excuses to play hockey! And speaking of disaster movies, was anyone e... more » reddingofish: 13000 or so years ago? That fits into the History Channel's 12000 year galactic core alignment cycle. Everyone, get into the ark now! more » -
#decadeinreview
Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade
There is no doubt that science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations and discoveries that increased our understanding of the universe. We list ten of the biggest science stories from the past decade. More » -
#iceage
There Could Be an Ice Age Two Months from Now
Everyone knows disaster movies are totally unrealistic — massive climate change doesn't just happen in a few months, right? Wrong. Some Canadian scientists have figured out that it did once, and very easily could again.
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#megaenvironmentalism
The Splendor of Greenland's Ice Sheet Crumbling Away
For the past several years, scientists have been tracking the transformation of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Now it's shrinking faster than ever, and a new study proves it has lost 1500 gigatons of mass from 2000 to 2008. More » -
#ecodystopia
A Deadly Fungus Is Stalking This Creature
This alien-looking creature is actually a newly discovered species of tree frog, Ecnomiohyla rabborum. And now it's one of 47,000 species on the latest endangered-species list. The culprit is an aggressive fungal infestation, introduced into the frog's habitat. More » -
#maps
During the Ice Ages, An Arctic Paradise Bloomed
This incredible map shows "Beringa," a region that existed millions of years ago during the Ice Ages. What it reveals is that, oddly, far northern regions like the Yukon and Siberia were hotbeds of ice-free life. More » -
#evolution
"Dead Zone" Microbes Survive Without Oxygen - And Could Live In Space
Researchers have mapped the genome of a microbe that thrives in oxygen-deprived areas of the ocean known as "dead zones." These creatures are increasing, and their ability to live without oxygen might make them perfect space-dwellers. More » -
#madscience
Sydney Dust Storm Proves Geoengineering the Oceans Could Work
Scientists commissioned to track the effects of the Sydney dust storm have found something intriguing - a massive growth spurt in nearby ocean algae growth, which could help counteract global warming. Could the storm be proof-of-concept for geoengineering the oceans? More » -
#climatechange
Want To See Climate Change In Action? Google It
Wondering how you too can warn people about the dangers of global warning? Google have created a way to make all of us into mini-Al Gores, by adding an Estimated Climate Change option to Google Earth. More » -
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#afternoonreading
Why Supervillains Hate Global Warming
The melting of the polar ice caps has supervillains all in a panic. It's not just that global warming has stolen their thunder (though that doesn't help). The melting ice has also revealed their secret Arctic lairs. [The Onion] -
#climateengineering
A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
Climate change is caused in part by airborne particles that make clouds more or less reflective - thus raising or lowering temperatures on Earth. Now scientists say there are chemicals from trees that could turn cloud reflectiveness up to maximum. More » -
#madscience
Geohackers Want to Transform the Sahara into a Forest
A group of scientists have a radical idea for combating climate change: terraforming the Sahara Desert and replacing it with a lush forest. But will its carbon capturing potential outweigh the negative ecological consequences? More » -
#climatechange
Global Warming Will Make You Feel The Earth Move Under Your Feet
Climate change will do more to the planet than cause temperatures to rise, warn scientists. Warming oceans may also change the Earth's axis to shift - and possibly make the planet spin faster, as well. More » -
#insectroyalty
Cockroaches Have Already Dealt With Global Warming
As if surviving nuclear apocalypse wasn't enough, new research suggests that cockroaches are also prepared to make it through climate change, as well. Damn you, future insect overlords! 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 » -
#dystopia
California Will No Longer Yield Fruit in 100 Years
Warming winters in California mean that the state may no longer produce its fruit and nut crops in the 22nd century. A new study reveals that the state famous for its fields of delicious fruit could soon be barren. More » -
#globalwarming
Arctic Summers Could Be Ice-Free And Filled With Life By 2030
Arctic waters may look a lot less forbidding by 2030. New research suggests that the ice sheet on top of arctic waters will melt in summer, creating the perfect conditions for new life to take up summer residence there. More » -
#evolution
Shrinking Sheep Shocker
Scottish sheep are shrinking! Each new generation of sheep on the Scottish island of Hirta are smaller than the last. Shorter, warmer winters, caused by climate change, are tampering with normal sheep evolution. More » -
#futurism
Researchers Say Africa Needs "Genetic Prospectors"
Over the next 50 years, the climates of most African nations will change enough that their traditional crops will no longer be able to grow. But there is a solution — a new type of explorer called a genetic prospector. More » -
#climatechange
Antarctic Ice Melting More Slowly Than Previously Believed
Despite what Stephen Baxter says in his new novel Flood, scientists now believe that climate change won't melt the West Antarctic Ice Sheet for at least 4,000 years. More »
