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  • Global sea levels climbed 3 inches since 1992, NASA research shows

    08/26/2015 1:51:51 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 58 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | 8/26/15 | Irene Klotz -Reuters
    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fl. (Reuters) - Sea levels worldwide rose an average of nearly 3 inches (8 cm) since 1992, the result of warming waters and melting ice, a panel of NASA scientists said on Wednesday. In 2013, a United Nations panel predicted sea levels would rise from 1 to 3 feet (0.3 to 0.9 meters) by the end of the century. The new research shows that sea level rise most likely will be at the high end of that range, said University of Colorado geophysicist Steve Nerem. Sea levels are rising faster than they did 50 years ago and “it’s...
  • Pakistani killed for desecrating Koran (climbed a tree to escape an angry mob of 400 muslims)

    04/23/2005 5:25:22 PM PDT · by underlying · 20 replies · 1,424+ views
    Big News Network ^ | Saturday 23rd April, 2005 | UPI
    Pakistani killed for desecrating Koran A man in a small village in western Pakistan was shot and killed after a local cleric declared him an infidel for desecrating the Koran. Ashiq Nabi, who had been on the run since Monday after being accused of blasphemy, was shot Wednesday after begging for his life and then climbing a tree to escape an angry mob of about 400 villagers, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported. Ashiq, who lived in a village about 18 miles outside Peshawar, allegedly had desecrated the Koran Monday during an argument with his wife. After his uncle complained, police...