West Antarctic Ice Melt Affects Sea Level Rise

Aerial image showing a contrast of ice formations and dark water in Antarctica.

New research indicates that accelerating ice loss in vulnerable West Antarctic ice shelves is almost inevitable in the coming century as surrounding waters warm. This development could suggest that previous predictions of one to three feet of sea level rise by 2100 were too conservative. The study reveals that, irrespective of aggressive human efforts to reduce fossil fuel emissions and […]

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Poem – “ONLITTLE CAT FEET” (By Ray Gallucci)

  “ONLITTLE CAT FEET”*   Pussyfooting around the bush, Shoving not once beyond the push, Mincing words as semantic ploy’s Wanting hamburger, eating soy.   Rather than a direct approach, We have Casper who’s milking toast, So afraid to communicate What exactly we like or hate.   God forbid!  We might give offense! Tell the truth, with B.S. dispense! Step […]

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World Beyond Pluto

A dark planet in space with a faint star visible in the background against a black sky.

New Horizons has found a more distant world out beyond Pluto about 1 billion miles away from the sun on its travels through the Kuiper Belt.  This new world may be an icy relic left over from the formation of the planet Pluto.  Right now, NASA is calling it 2014 MU69 and will eventually give a proper name.  2014 MU69 […]

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New species in the Himalayas

new species in the Himalayas

A bright blue dwarf snakehead fish that can wriggle around on land for up to four days at a time and a snub-nosed monkey that sneezes when it rains: Those are just two of 211 new species found over the past five years in the Eastern Himalayas, the World Wildlife Federation reports. The region, which spans central Nepal, Myanmar, and […]

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