Gutting NASA's Earth Science Division Would Send Research Back to the Dark Ages
Norm Nelson is interested in what makes the oceans tick. As a biological oceanographer at UC Santa Barbara, his research draws connections between sunlight and phytoplankton, the tiny green microbes that power the marine carbon cycle. There are plenty of outstanding questions Nelson wants to pursue—but after 30 productive years, his days as a scientist may be numbered. That’s because Nelson gets upwards of 80 percent of his funding from NASA’s Earth science division, which members of the Trump ..>> view originalVIDEO: Scientists Probe Mystery Of Pluto's Icy Heart, Planet May Be Hiding Subsurface Ocean
ABOVE VIDEO: Pluto's icy heart may be hiding a subsurface ocean. Two new papers, based on observations from Nasa's New Horizons probe, claim that a frozen nitrogen pile-up in the dwarf planet's iconic heart-shaped region may have altered Pluto's tilt.>> view originalBuzz Aldrin says altitude sickness forced his South Pole evacuation
Buzz Aldrin said he was evacuated from the South Pole last week because he became short of breath and began showing signs of altitude sickness. The 86-year-old adventurer, who was the second man to walk on the moon, released details Sunday of his dramatic medical evacuation from Antarctica. He is continuing to recuperate in a hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand. Because of the thick ice that blankets Antarctica, the South Pole sits at an elevation of 2,835 meters (9,300 feet). Aldrin said i..>> view originalClimate System 'Feedback' Could Push for Change in Global Warming Estimates
Global Warming models have been predicting tough times ahead as the planet copes with higher amount of carbon dioxide. A new research paper suggests that the release of CO2 trapped in the soil could aggravate the global warming issue to a much higher magnitude. The climate system ‘feedback’ could lead to further warming of our planet and climatologists have reported in a new research paper about excess carbon dioxide released by our planet as it warms up. The newest culprit fanning global warmi..>> view originalWill Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History?
By then, she was working for her father at the Trump Organization, but she built a social life that in many ways eclipsed her famous father. Mr. Trump and his older sons are not fixtures of the New York power scene, but Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner, who bought The New York Observer in 2006, are more socially nimble.She was seated front row at Carolina Herrera shows at New York Fashion Week, walked the red carpet at the Glamour Woman of the Year gala at Carnegie Hall and was a guest at dinners with..>> view originalFour new official element names added to periodic table of elements
First Posted: Dec 04, 2016 01:57 AM EST The periodic table of elements - known to many as the fundamental reference for chemistry lessons, recently got four new names for some of its unnamed elements. Before that, the four elements - Ununtrium (UUT/113), Ununpentium (UUP/115), Ununseptium (UUS/117), and Ununoctium (UUO/118), all had temporary names. Now, the wait is over. These four elements finally received their official Names from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IU..>> view originalWhen it comes to climate change, Trump isn't the one to worry about - Newstalk 106
At this stage, there should be something reassuringly familiar about the shifting nature of Donald Trump’s policy positions. So frequent have his pivots become, comfort should be found in them. If he takes one position on Monday, we can go to bed that night safe in the knowledge that the opposite will be true on Tuesday. MINE & BURN The previous two weeks have been no different. It started with a YouTube message on Monday 21st November to the American people setting out the plan for his first 10..>> view originalWhy is a blue cloud appearing over Antarctica?
The South Pole’s special blanket of clouds usually rolls in during late November and early December, just in time to give the Southern Hemisphere its very own light show for the holidays.But this year, NASA says that the South Pole’s annual noctilucent, or night-shining, cloud show arrived much sooner than expected, in mid-November. Usually, NASA uses the unusual clouds to decode the surrounding mesosphere, the atmospheric layer directly above the stratosphere, explained NASA's Lina Tran in a b..>> view original
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