Heat in the US Northeast and Drought Around the World
Against a backdrop of wildfires and droughts, heat records are being broken across the US but nowhere more than in the Northeast. After a winter with very little snow, people in the Northeast have been subjected to record breaking heat for the first seven months of 2012. The period between July 2011 to July 2012 [...]
2012 is but the Latest Year Marked by Heat and Drought
With its heatwaves and drought, the summer of 2012 has been hot. In fact, the Northeast has experienced the hottest period from January to July ever recorded and July 2012 was the hottest month ever in the contiguous US. Although the weather has been balmy this year, extreme heat and drought are not anything new. [...]
Climate Change Erodes the Ozone Layer
According to recent research climate change may damage the protective ozone layer, which protects us from harmful ultraviolet radiation that causes skin cancer, cataracts, suppresses the human immune system, and damages crops and ecosystems. The new research published by Harvard University found that extreme weather like climate-driven summer thunderstorms might introduce more water into the [...]
Simple Elegance to Wonderful Complexity – A journey (Part 1) (VIDEO)
Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. —Benoit Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature When I was a 5 year old kid, there used to be a popular brand of barley sold under the name ‘Purity Indian [...]
Gay rights with global warming and geoengineering
Global warming is real, there are clear evidences, but not everyone believes. Geoengineering, a scientific answer that offer temporary solutions, to prevent temperature rise of the earth to an irreversible level, is facing opposition because of its risks. Gay rights in our present world is touchy, many are revealing, expecting acceptance, for further legalization. The [...]
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