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9 July 2013

“Clean Coal” is Literally Killing 500 Million China Residents

An incredible paper today in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science (PNAS). The study indicates that the burning of coal in areas north fo the Huai River is causing a loss of 5.5 years of life expectancy for the 500 million residents who live there. Click the image above to read the paper in PNAS. It is NOT behind a pay-wall. Louise Watt in Huffington Post also has …

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7 July 2013

Bats On The Radar Scope

Meteorologist Brett Collar noticed these strange circles on the radar Saturday night in San Antonio,TX. See the ghostly circles?? Is it HAARP? Is it chemtrails?? No, it’s bats. Somehow, I suspect the truth will not cut it for the tinfoil hat crowd!  

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6 July 2013

You DO Know About Star Talk- Don’t You???

Neil de Grasse Tyson is the only person I know of who deserves a fan club. He has one on Google Plus too! His Star Talk podcasts are excellent ways of learning more about science and astrophysics. Teachers, these would be a great thing to use in a classroom too.

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4 July 2013

Osprey Research

Spotted this pic and story on the Maryland DOT Facebook page. Worth sharing! CHESAPEAKE BAY OSPREY STUDY – Rebecca Lazarus of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center pauses Monday while monitoring an osprey nestling (approximately 45-50 days old) at the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge (US 40). A team of Patuxent scientists are currently monitoring four active nests at the Hatem Bridge and four active nests at the Millard Tydings Memorial …

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Human Hand Powered Flashlight

Anne Makosinski of Victoria, BC Canada has made a human powered flashlight that runs on the heat of the human hand.She is one of 15 finalists in the Google science fair. I’m impressed. You should be too.

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2 July 2013

Science Tries To Figure Out Why The Southeast USA Is Not Warming

When you look at the warming over North America in the past century, the southeast USA stands out as an exception. In some cases it has actually cooled. Meteorologist Gene Norman told me about a piece he did about an experiment underway in Central Alabama that’s trying to find out why. The study is called SOAS which stands for Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study. It’s worth a watch and a …

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1 July 2013

The UK Met Office Weather Warning System- It Just May Be The Best Out There

Ask ten people in America if they know the difference between a watch and a warning, and you will likely find that many do not. I’m asked this question very frequently, and this in spite of the fact that we forecasters have been talking about it for years. Here in America, we’ve used the same system for five decades now, and perhaps it is time to look at improving it. …

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