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They will have us all spinning out of control soon, with everyone doing their best to come up with the right story line, Opec is lying, no the governments are fibbing, no the Saudis are the ones that cut production, does it really matter, will it bring the price down? NO! You are the only one that can take action, not like a vendetta against fuel companies, don’t use their fuel, have a sit in on their forecourt, all very courageous and commendable and it won’t change a thing! YOU have to… Continue

March 18, 2008 Using the latest satellite observations, NASA researchers and others report that the Arctic is still on "thin ice" when it comes to the condition of sea ice cover in the region. A colder-than-average winter in some regions of the Arctic this year has yielded an increase in the area of new sea ice, while the older sea ice that lasts for several years has continued to decline. On March 18 the scientists said they believe that the increased area of sea ice this winter is due to rec… Continue

A number of key components of the earth's climate system could pass their 'tipping point' this century, according to new research led by a scientist at the University of East Anglia.

Published today by the prestigious international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), the researchers have coined a new term, 'tipping elements', to describe those components of the climate system that are at risk of passing a tipping point.

The term 'tipping…

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February 1, 2008

Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. Scientists say air pollution from humans is likely driving that trend.

The link between rainfall and the day of the week is evident in data from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, known as TRMM. Midweek storms tend to be stronger, drop more rain and span a larger…

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