Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Fireflies At The Greenland Country Club | Real Science
When the temperature gets above -65 degrees, fireflies light up the sky in Greenland.
How To Get A Job At The Huffington Post | Real Science
Glaciers have been disappearing for 20,000 years – when Chicago was buried under a mile of ice.

Glacier Bay, Alaska retreated eight feet per day from 1780 to 1892
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The glaciers of Norway and Alaska lost half their mass during the first half of the 20th century.
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Glaciers are retreating, because we are in an inter-glacial period. When the next ice age comes, glaciers will expand – and the human race will have real climate problems to worry about.
EPA says Jackson has an internal use email, compliance with FOIA raised - Washington Times
“Administrator Jackson’s practice of using fictitious email accounts to conduct official EPA business, shielding the contents from public view, conflicts directly with her responsibility to follow federal records law,” said CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan. “The fact that others may have engaged in such conduct before her tenure is no justification. ‘Everybody does it,’ is an excuse for kindergartners, not Cabinet officials.”
EPA administrator's email account raises concern - latimes.com
Jackson's account had the unusual name Richard Windsor because she was asked to come up with a name that meant something to her. Jackson was born in East Windsor Township, N.J.

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