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This Week's Free Science Online Seminars from... →
climateadaptation:
OneNOAA Science Seminars: February 2012 (click on seminar title to access full presentation details; subject to change) Note: Every seminar includes a link to add the presentation to your personal google calendar. You can view also all of the seminars in google calendar format. Feb 27: The NOAA Habitat Blueprint: A Framework to Improve Habitat for Fisheries, Marine Life,...
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Less sea ice brings more snow
shychemist:
Less sea ice brings more snow
Loss of Arctic sea ice cover between 1979 and 2010 coincided with more winter snow in parts of the United States, China and Europe (redder areas indicate more snowfall attributable to sea ice loss). Credit: Google Maps/Jiping Liu
Global warming may be responsible for the Northern Hemisphere’s recent bout of severe winters. As Arctic sea ice...
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arcanavitae asked: I didn't come from no monkey, I came from a rib. Derp.
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MIT: China's pollution costs $112B in annual... →
climateadaptation:
“China’s unprecedented growth is carrying a steadily steeper price tag as its air pollution hikes the nation’s health care costs, finds a new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Although China has made substantial progress in reducing its air pollution, MIT researchers say its economic impact has jumped from $22 billion in 1975 to $112 billion in 2005....
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20 Old School Surgical Tools that will give you... →
cranquis:
My favorite is the one that explains where the phrase “to blow smoke up one’s ass” comes from. But they’re all grotesquely delightful. Thanks for Facebook Fan/Cranquistador Sandra Divnick for the link!
Mrs. Cranquis’ astute comment: “I wonder which modern medical tools will end up on a similar list 200 years from now?” I’d guess the “glove-encased gel-coated finger”, for one.
UGH,...
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