With the long-term warming trend caused by human activity boosted by the short-term warming caused by the strongest El Niño since the big one of 1997-1998 — and with the current month, October, trending very warm — it’s now a better than 99 percent chance 2015 will be the hottest calendar year on record. [...] Once again, the NASA data highlights the fact there has been no actual slowdown in warming. Indeed the March study, “Near-term acceleration in the rate of temperature change” demonstrates the only “pause” has been in the long-expected speed-up of global warming.
Once again, the NASA data highlights the fact there has been no actual slowdown in warming. Indeed the March study, “Near-term acceleration in the rate of temperature change” demonstrates the only “pause” has been in the long-expected speed-up of global warming.
The Media’s Lying to You About Bernie Sanders, by Th0rn Ultra-wealthy Hillary donors label Bernie supporters as "naive" and "rebellious" youth, by james321 A five year old's observations on the first Democratic debate, by the dogs sockpuppet
Ultra-wealthy Hillary donors label Bernie supporters as "naive" and "rebellious" youth, by james321
A five year old's observations on the first Democratic debate, by the dogs sockpuppet
Facing a threat from marauding elephants? Eureka! Bees are the perfect solution, as residents living around the Ngare Ndare forest in Imenti have discovered. John Ndirangu, a bee specialist working in the Agriculture department, says bees are a perfect weapon to ward off elephants. “The beehives are placed five metres apart. Elephants do not like the buzzing of bees because it is a big nuisance and causes them great discomfort. Elephants will not come anywhere near bees,” says Mr Ndirangu. Now residents of Ngare Ndare forest and other areas facing threats from elephants have a respite as they have beehives to ward off jumbos from people’s farms and homes.
Now residents of Ngare Ndare forest and other areas facing threats from elephants have a respite as they have beehives to ward off jumbos from people’s farms and homes.
Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, is set to publish an alternative interpretation of the light pattern. SETI researchers have long suggested that we might be able to detect distant extraterrestrial civilizations, by looking for enormous technological artifacts orbiting other stars. Wright and his co-authors say the unusual star’s light pattern is consistent with a “swarm of megastructures,” perhaps stellar-light collectors, technology designed to catch energy from the star. “When [Tabetha Boyajian] showed me the data, I was fascinated by how crazy it looked,” Wright told me. “Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”
“When [Tabetha Boyajian] showed me the data, I was fascinated by how crazy it looked,” Wright told me. “Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilization to build.”
[T]he Navajo Nation, the Havasupai Tribe, the Hualapai Tribe and the Hopi Tribe are supporting the new Greater Grand Canyon Heritage National Monument. They believe the designation would protect not only sacred and cultural sites but their health and well-being from an industry that has scarred their communities.