AmeriScan: March 30, 2006 Snowmelt in Eastern North America Earlier (Greenhouse small)
AmeriScan: March 30, 2006 Snowmelt in Eastern North America Earlier
Environment News Service - AUGUSTA, Maine , March 30, 2006 (ENS) - Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) water research center in Maine have found evidence that the snow is melting and running off into rivers of eastern North America earlier than it did in the first
Wash Post's Solution to Immigration: More Taxes and Spending
News Busters - While good conservatives and libertarians can agree to disagree amongst ourselves on just how to reform immigration, there's at least a consensus that more taxes and redistributionary spending are NOT part of the solution. Which is why, I suppose, we
Save Our Snow
High County News - Hot times hot damn Michelle Nijhuis has just won the 2006 Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for her series on global warming in the West, which concludes with this issue s feature story. States tighten rules, challenge feds to
Specialty seafood
Connellsville Daily Courier - The Pines Tavern has been serving residents of Pine and surrounding areas with exquisite cuisine served on starched white tablecloths for 28 years. Executive chef and partner Jason Culp has been creating the sumptious meals for 13 of those years. The
The global-warming debate: delusion vs. symbolism
Seattle Times - Global warming is a puzzle. Begin by recognizing the stink of politics. Support for the idea of human-caused warming correlates with political ideology. One side wants it and the other side doesn't. Conservatives, who fear a problem that can't be
Simple Solutions Simple Solutions
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - With their perfectly manicured hedges and all those blooming crocuses, one thing is for certain: The Joneses know how to get in the spring of things. And so can you even if you and your trowel aren t so well acquainted. However, rushing off to
Geologists Create 5-Million-Year Climate Record
innovations report - Brown University geologists have created the longest continuous record of ocean surface temperatures, dating back 5 million years. The record shows slow, steady cooling in the eastern equatorial Pacific, a finding that challenges the notion that the
New Report on Air Emissions from Top 100 Power Companies Shows
CSR Wire - ( CSRwire ) A new report evaluating air pollution trends at the nation's 100 largest electric power producers shows that emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) have fallen markedly in recent years, but carbon dioxide (CO2
Venus: the hot spot
Observer - On Tuesday morning, mission controllers in the European Space Agency's operations centre in Darmstadt will put the finishing touches to an international bid to study the ultimate neighbour from hell. They will transmit a series of radio commands to a
Hothouse planet: Decade-long isolation of Venus to end at last
PhysOrg - For more than 11 years, Earth's closest neighbour has been unexplored, left alone to silently circle the Sun, remaining a planet as cryptic as it is hostile. With luck, this will change on Tuesday when a European probe arrives at Venus after a 400