Insects Fight Terrorism
2011-12-08
New research may lead to the use of insects to monitor hazardous situations before sending in humans. But we’d better get there soon, because climate change may mean the end of ants.
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Horror Movies May Come to Life
2011-11-16
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Is the horror of the "Creature From the Black Lagoon" in our future? As our planet warms and our glaciers melt, the world that is now locked away in permafrost will come alive. They’ll be tiny, so they won’t be obviously menacing, but they WILL start churning out greenhouse gases, making global warming worse.
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World War III Will be Caused by Climate Change
2011-11-15
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The next war won’t be over conflicts in Asia or the Middle East–between India and Pakistan or Israel and the Palestinians. If history is any guide, it will be a result of climate change. Examples from the past include the Thirty Years’ War between Europe’s most powerful countries, which last for years during the some of Europe’s coldest decades. It soon went from bad to worse as the Plague arrived.
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Cold Weather? Blame the Sun
2011-11-01
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Can the sun cause cold weather? Cold winters that have dumped tons of snow on areas like the Northeastern US may have their origins in the sun’s varying ultraviolet emissions. Recent satellite data shows that the sun’s UV output is far more changeable than scientists had previously thought, and these changes lead to warmer winters in some places and colder winters in others.
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