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  • Global Warming, Too Hot or Not?

    09/06/2006 5:53:02 PM PDT · by Coleus · 20 replies · 728+ views
    The New American ^ | 09.18.06 | Dennis Behreandt
    The theory of global warming proposes that man's activities are causing the Earth to heat up, but there is compelling scientific evidence that does not support this conclusion.   Very few people have heard of the Larsen B ice shelf. For thousands of years in the Antarctic, the place was a desolate frozen wasteland, crisscrossed by crevasses and swept by powerful ice and snowstorms. Beginning in 2002, satellite imagery began to show instability in the Larsen B ice shelf. According to research published by the journal Nature, much of the more than 4,600 square mile ice shelf collapsed. Since then, icebergs...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day 5-27-02

    05/26/2002 9:39:49 PM PDT · by petuniasevan · 18 replies · 295+ views
    NASA ^ | 5-27-02 | Robert Nemiroff and Jerry Bonnell
    Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2002 May 27 Antarctic Ice Shelf Vista Credit & Copyright: Helmut Rott (U. Innsbruck) Explanation: It's all gone but the mountains. Most of the sprawling landscape of ice that lies between the mountains visible above has now disintegrated. The above picture was taken in Antarctica from the top of Grey Nunatak, one of three Seal Nunatak mountains that border the Larsen B Ice-Shelf. The other two Nunataks are...