Archive for the 'Earth Science' Category

Greenpeace Explorers on First-Ever Summertime Trek to North Pole

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

Two Greenpeace explorers are now trekking across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole – the first ever such trip during summertime1. The trip is harder and riskier in the summertime, when the seasonal melting of the ice sheet leaves large gaps of ocean water, shaky ice, dense fog and deep slush. The [...]

Fossil Fuel Global Warming More Certain than Ever

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

Mainstream science holds that the burning of fossil fuels is causing the earth to warm rapidly. A scientist published that idea in 18981, and through accelerated study it became a consensus by 19962. Only a few scientists still hold that current global warming is due to a natural cause17, but their voices have [...]