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Science News – Lemon-scented air fresheners and cleaning products can cause dangerous indoor pollution, according to Charles J.Weschler, a chemist at Telcordia Technologies in Red Bank, NJ. He stumbled into this fact while experimenting with alemon scenting agent at his laboratory, when he noticed that they had coated his white message board. He found that theboard had a thin coat of submicron particles on it, as a result of the combination of the limonene gas in the spray andthe ozone in the air.
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U.S. European Command (EUCOM) military forces will be upgraded from condition “Bravo” to condition “Charlie” by January 20. “Alpha” is the lowest alert status and “Delta” is the highest. Anonymous sources have leaked the fact that these forces may be headed to Israel “within a few weeks.” This includes all U.S. forces stationed in Europe, such as inGermany, Italy, Kosovo and Bosnia.

Another source said that the U.S. “V” Corps, including the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division and the 1st InfantryDivision, plus supporting artillery, engineer, medical and supply units, “are moving en masse to Grafenwehr,” which is atraining center near Nuremberg, Germany.
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French chefs are going to have to think up some new dishes, since new kinds fish are appearing in the waters off the French coast. Along with the oceans in the rest of the world, these waters are warming, and scientists think this may be the cause of the arrival of these non-native species. Othercauses could be new feeding patterns or pollution.

Flying gurnards, moonfish, triggerfish and tropical turtles are among the examples. The traditional homes of these species are as far away as Africa.

“It could be a climatic phenomenon. The waters have warmed a little and we are certainly seeing different species [compared] to 20 years ago,” said Stephane Auffret, of the French Croisic Oceanarium.
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Dr. Edward Teller, who helped develop the atomic bomb 60 years ago, has turned his attention to possible ways to reverse global warming. Most scientists have decided that if current trends continue, the Earth’s average surface temperature will be 2.7 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit higher in 100years.

One solution may be to blast tiny particles into the atmosphere. The particles would deflect enough sunlight to trigger global cooling. Another plan would be to launch 50,000 mirrors into orbit to reflect sunlight back into space.

“The sooner, the better,” says Teller. “The simplest plan is to put into the high atmosphere small particles that scatter away one or two percent of the sunlight.”
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