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Warming Climate May Release Massive Carbon Storehouse Arctic Soils
Posted by Nature World: None Given on April 28th, 2015
Nature World: It's no secret that our warming climate is causing ice everywhere to melt, but now new research shows that this thaw may release a massive storehouse of carbon in long-frozen Arctic soils. This could potentially have a catastrophic effect on climate change, which is already wreaking havoc on the environment and wildlife around the world.
While climatologists have been closely monitoring carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere, it seems they should be focusing just as much on what's under...
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Cyberattack Takes Down Controversial Mauna Kea Telescope Website
Posted by Pop Science: None Given on April 28th, 2015
Pop Science: It appears the stars have not yet aligned for the Thirty Meter Telescope project, which saw its main website targeted by an alleged cyberattack this weekend. The site was unavailable for several hours, a project spokesperson confirmed, and a group known as Operation Green Rights--associated with the popular Anonymous movement--has claimed responsibility.
A post added yesterday on Operation Green Rights' website read: "Nothing will ever justify the destruction of ecosystems; filthy money can never...
Three in every four extremely hot days linked to climate change
Posted by New Scientist: Aviva Rutkin on April 28th, 2015
New Scientist: If climate change was a game, we'd have racked up quite a score. A fresh study suggests that humans are responsible for a hefty number of today's extreme hot days and rainstorms. Weather extremes, such as a Russian heatwave in 2010 and a drought in Texas in 2011, have been blamed on climate change before – but the attribution of individual events to it is still hotly debated. So Erich Fischer and Reto Knutti at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science in Zurich, Switzerland, took a bird's-eye...
Star Wars, Hawaiian Style
Posted by Earth Island: None Given on April 28th, 2015
Earth Island: The Big Island of Hawaii is often in the news because of the active Kilauea volcano. However, an eruption of another sort at the dormant 13,796 foot-high Mauna Kea is thrusting Hawaii back into the headlines. This explosion of activism has been triggered not by TNT, but by “TMT,” the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope, the Northern Hemisphere’s largest, most advanced optical telescope, which is slated to be built on the summit of the Aloha State’s highest peak. This 184 foot-tall, 18 story-high, eight...