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POPSMantle Helium-3 in Geothermal Power The geochemists examined the ratio of helium-4 (the garden-variety helium that lifts birthday balloons) and its rarefied cousin, helium-3. The earth's crust contain just one helium-3 atom for every 100 million atoms of helium-4. But helium-3 is a thousand times more common in the earth's mantle.
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POPSWetland thrives beneath the Antarctic Ice This is actually an entire new world, possibly preserving ancient life. The complex system that has apparently existed unseen beneath the Antarctic ice sheet is another great example of truth being much more exciting than fiction.
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POPSGlobal warming melting Arctic Ice: Manipulation of public perceptions the second was the Medieval Warm Period from 900 to 1200 AD, and most recently the warm period of the 1930s and 1940s, which we now know were warmer than the 1990s in North America despite what Al Gore says. As Marie Curie, a worthy winner of two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry and Physics said, “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” Full story in the: Canada Free Press
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POPSHeartbreaking Nature Story We know that whales are intelligent. Whether they are self aware is another matter. Yet, there is something very poignant about this story.
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POPSTop 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2007 This is Archaeology Magazine's Top 10 list - mine would be a little different. If you visit source site, there are more discoveries of 2007 which didn't make it into the magazine's list but proposed by scholars.
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POPSSayōnara, George. Yellow Ribbon time for Japanese It's been three long years Do ya still want me? If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree I'll stay on the bus Forget about us Put the blame on me If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree Bus driver, please look for me 'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see I'm really still in prison And my love, she holds the key A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free I wrote and told her please Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree It's been three long years Do ya still want me? If I don't see a ribbon round the old oak tree I'll stay on the bus Forget about us Put the blame on me If I don't see a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree Now the whole damned bus is cheerin' And I can't believe I see A hundred yellow ribbons round the old oak tree I'm comin' home Sorry, no Japanese translation.
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POPSPope Tells Pharmacists To Make Moral decisions And what is next? Could there be an objection to filling an antidepressant or pain medication? If pharmacists want to do these sort of things then there should be a huge sign at the pharmacy stating that and people should be able to choose to patronize it or not.
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POPSNorth American Electricity Demand Continues To Outpace Resource Growth Where will the money for this multi-billion dollar investment come from? Electricity users, no doubt, who will also be burdened by the increasing price of fossil fuels. The smart thing to do is curb demand. Reduce the number of unessential electronic devices we use, turn off the broadband connection unless we are actively using it. Buy your own personal solar / wind generation systems, both to save outgoings and guarantee security of at least a basic electricity supply.
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POPSGeologic Controversies
The Quaternary Refuses to Die http://geology.about.com/od/controversies/a/aa022005a.htm How the International Stratigraphic Commission dealt out the whole Quaternary Period in 2004. The Piltdown Plot http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/Preface&gratitude.html "As we approach the 100th year anniversary of Piltdown Man, there is still no certainty on just who created the greatest hoax in the history of science." A thorough treatment by two professors at Clark University. A Modest Proposal http://geology.about.com/od/climate_change/a/Medit_dam.htm An old man dreams of damming the Mediterranean Sea to save the world from global COOLING. Logos versus Lithos: Creationism versus Evolution http://geology.about.com/cs/evolution/a/aa062297a.htm How Adam saw Eden is not how Darwin saw Earth. The Comeback of Noah's Flood http://geology.about.com/library/weekly/aa080899.htm The book "Noah's Flood" has brought the Bible back into science for the kernel of truth that might lie in the Flood
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POPSGloble warming may make humidity worse Studies compared the projected effects of Natural conditions, and greenhouse gas separately. Models could not tally with records, and suggested either on it's own could not explain the rise. When the effects of global warming, and natural conditions were included in the same model, the results reflected actual readings. Models keep finding worse scenarios, and more details to include in models because they were not considered, until they were recognized by their effects. An example is the fact that the thaw of permafrost is compounded by the heat of greenhouse gas, but also the release of Carbon Dioxide that has been bound up for thousands of years, from the soil, and thawed organic matter. Like peat, while used for fuel can release great quantities of co2 when decomposing at temperatures rise way above freezing.
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POPS47 Country Survey: Interesting Findings Much more in the article: Still, majorities in 46 of the 47 countries agreed that environmental protection should be a priority, "even if it causes slower economic growth and some loss of jobs." Survey conducted by the Pew Research Center
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POPSMyths and misconseptions about Global Warming. Go to the page and click the link, they take you to studies and articles. Here are the rest: • Warming will cause an ice age in Europe • Ice cores show CO2 increases lag behind temperature rises, disproving the link to global warming • Ice cores show CO2 rising as temperatures fell • Many leading scientists question climate change • It's all a conspiracy • Hurricane Katrina was caused by global warming • Higher CO2 levels will boost plant growth and food production • Polar bear numbers are increasing <b>http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn11462<b>
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