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EU delays vote on labeling oil sands oil dirty
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:07 PM PDT
Associated Press - The European Commission will delay asking members to approve a measure that would label oil from oil sands as worse for climate change than crude oil — a temporary victory for Canada, where such oil is produced. Full Story | Top |
Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:22 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Historical records indicate that, worldwide, witch hunts occur more often during cold periods, possibly because people look for scapegoats to blame for crop failures and general economic hardship. Fitting the pattern, scholars argue that cold weather may have spurred the infamous Salem witch trials in 1692. Full Story | Top |
Africa sitting on sea of groundwater reserves
Fri,20 Apr 2012 06:57 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Huge reserves of underground water in some of the driest parts of Africa could provide a buffer against the effects of climate change for years to come, scientists said on Friday. Researchers from the British Geological Survey and University College London have for the first time mapped the aquifers, or groundwater, across the continent and the amount they hold. "The largest groundwater volumes are found in the large sedimentary aquifers in the North African countries Libya, Algeria, Egypt and Sudan," the scientists said in their paper. ... Full Story | Top |
Fresh iPhone Apps for Apr. 20: Fragile Earth, Time to Enjoy, Chalk Walk, Shaun the Sheep
Fri,20 Apr 2012 05:22 AM PDT
Appolicious - Get geared up for Earth Day on April 22 with Fragile Earth, today's leading Fresh iPhone App. It's filled with aerial photos that can give users an idea of how huge and incredible planet Earth is, and what the effects of things such as climate change and natural disasters actually look like. Time To Enjoy, our next app, lets users find things to do all around them. Chalk Walk, an educational iPad game that teaches young children how to properly hold a pencil to prepare them for school, leads our game offerings into the weekend, followed by tilt-based racer Shaun the Sheep – Fleece Lightning. Full Story | Top |
Pool Corp. reports 1Q profit on warm weather
Thu,19 Apr 2012 08:55 AM PDT
Associated Press - With record temperatures across much of the U.S. putting summer in the minds of homeowners, the Pool Corp. reversed last year's first-quarter loss and boosted its outlook for 2012 Thursday. Full Story | Top |
Poll: More Americans Link Global Warming with Extreme Weather Events
Wed,18 Apr 2012 02:00 PM PDT
Yahoo! Contributor Network - According to the New York Times, a poll shows a large majority of Americans attribute recent and unusual seasonal weather to global warming. The poll, conducted by Yale University and George Mason University, asked about extreme weather events that people were personally impacted by and their belief in the role of global warming in these events. The results indicate a correlation between individual's personal experience with an extreme weather event and an affirmative belief in global warming. Full Story | Top |
Most Americans Link Global Warming to Weather Madness
Wed,18 Apr 2012 09:00 AM PDT
LiveScience.com - Severe droughts in Texas and the Great Plains. Hurricane Irene sweeping the Eastern Seaboard. Tornadoes in the Midwest, and floods in Mississippi. Record-breaking temperatures across the U.S. With such widespread madness, it's no surprise that the majority of Americans say they have personally experienced an extreme weather event or natural disaster in the past year. Full Story | Top |
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