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POPSBoy and girl, six and seven, try to elope to Africa continues: Police said the three had hatched their plan to elope on New Year's Eve as their families were celebrating together. Mika had won over the girls with his account of a holiday in "warm" Italy. Temperatures in Germany have been as low as -10C since Christmas. Two policewomen persuaded the couple they could realise their plans "a bit later" and they enjoyed a tour of Hanover police station before being taken home by their parents.
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POPS"Seven New Wonders of the World" (full at source): Honey, we're shrinking the species Bigger is so 20th century. Ecologists say global warming will shrink species, as bigger creatures will have more problems losing heat. And conservationists say we need to plan now if we are going to save large species from extinction.
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POPSLocal Lad had itchy feet from Deceptive Lands He took first movie footage of modern warfare from flying above the action.Circumnavigated earth in a Zepplin.Warned US of Japanese intentions from Manchuria getting Generals drunk on Whisky while secreting his in to a bladder in his jacket.Consultant to US Military and his submarine Nautilus was name given to first US nuclear one as an honour.another one the Scate scattered his ashes their Commander James Calvert said "Sir Hubert had always been a free man and I want him free now" and Admiral F Warder "I shall always feel poor in my thanks" in 1959. His last visit home was in 1958 stopping with school mate my grandfather, he joked about still living in the "Commonwealth"as Pennsylvania was of dual status.
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POPSClock Ticking on Global Warming Call this a companion to my morning post . The piece tells us: here are powerful political and economic realities that must be quickly overcome for Obama to succeed. Despite the urgency he expresses, it's not at all clear that he and Congress will agree on an approach during a worldwide financial crisis in time to meet some of the more crucial deadlines. Repeat this as often as you can; "the environment and financial crises have the same solution."
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POPSBetting With A Climate Scientist ~ An Open Challenge to David Barber
I am concerned about climate exaggerations and the effect they have on public policy makers. It seems quite clear that David Barber was off the mark when he predicted that “this year that the North Pole may be free of ice for the first time,” because neither the Arctic Ocean, the Arctic Basin nor the North Pole were ice free this past summer. David Barger is a smart guy and evidently an expert in his field. Taking on a wager with an amateur like me should be like shooting fish in a barrel. I look forward to reaching an agreement soon. In the post at Climate Sanity it is pointed out that based on the facts it is almost impossible for the Arctic to be ice free anytime soon. Plus that it is hardly a new ocurrence despite the rantings of David Barber. American Nuclear subs have been photogrpahed at the North Pole in ice free water in 1959 and 1962. http://climatesanity.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/arctic-sea-ice-gone-by-2015-a-challenge-to-david-barber/
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POPSHow to Talk to a Global Warming Skeptic (FAQ) More common questions and myths answered at the source, thoroughly cross-referenced and conveniently categorized and sub-categorized by type of argument: Stages of Denial Scientific Topics Types of Argument Levels of Sophistication A nice reference that's updated with fresh comments. Many "skeptics" often are unaware (by choice or by circumstance) that their common questions have already been addressed by scientists long ago.
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POPSOldest Polar Bear Dies Soon all of them will be gone forever. Captive or wild, no matter which, they are definately on their way out.
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POPSForget the Polar Bears -- The Climate Crisis Is About All of Us
Forget the sodding polar bears: This is about all of us. As the ice disappears, the region becomes darker, which means that it absorbs more heat. A recent paper published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the extra warming caused by disappearing sea ice penetrates 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) inland, covering almost the entire region of continuous permafrost. Arctic permafrost contains twice as much carbon as the entire global atmosphere. It remains safe for as long as the ground stays frozen. But the melting has begun. Methane gushers are now gassing out of some places with such force that they keep the water open in Arctic lakes through the winter. The effects of melting permafrost are not incorporated into any global climate models. Runaway warming in the Arctic alone could flip the entire planet into a new climatic state. The Middle Climate could collapse faster and sooner than the grimmest forecasts proposed. Barack Obama's speech to the U.S. climate summit last wee
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POPSWinter Sunrise Creates Apocalyptic Clouds: A Terrifying Beauty Once-in-a-lifetime photographic event: the dramatic pictures were taken in north west Greenland by British Arctic photographers Bryan and Cherry Alexander. The pictures show a thin layer of medium-level cloud that has been pummeled by winds churned up between the glaciers below. The angle of the rising sun helped to highlight the different colors and intricate patterns. 'It looked apocalyptic and like a scene from one of the Lord of the Rings movies,' Mr Cherry said.
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POPSThe Methane Time Bomb As pessimistic/cynical as I am, I really didn't want us to get to this point. Perhaps it won't reach the critical point, but I'm not holding my breath.
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