Obama creates the largest protected place on the planet, in Hawaii
President Obama on Friday created the largest ecologically protected area on the planet when he expanded a national marine monument in his native Hawaii to encompass more than half a million square miles. The president more than quadrupled the size of the Papahanaumokuakea (pronounced “Papa-ha-now-moh-koo-ah-kay-ah”) Marine National Monument to 582,578 square miles of land and sea in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. President George W. Bush established the monument a decade ago, but Obama’s a..>> view originalHumans' Impact on Climate Change Dates Back at Least to 1830
This story originally appeared on The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Continents and oceans in the northern hemisphere began to warm with industrial-era fossil fuel emissions nearly 200 years ago, pushing back the origins of human-induced climate change to the mid-19th century. Try Newsweek: Subscription offers The first signs of warming from the rise in greenhouse gases which came hand-in-hand with the Industrial Revolution appear as early as 1830 in ..>> view originalWhat If Scientists Found Life on Closest Alien Planet Proxima b?
The discovery of a potentially Earth-like planet in the habitable zone of our closest star, Proxima Centauri, raises one of the greatest mysteries of science: Is there life beyond our world — and if so, could the Proxima system be a place to find it? "The big questions are, how much is it like our Earth, and does it have life? Those are the questions that everyone wants to know," said Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, which is dedicated to the search for life in the..>> view originalFlorida Jews could help Clinton carry state, poll suggests
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has “historically bad” support among Jewish voters in Florida, with large numbers rejecting his proposed temporary ban on Muslim immigration and most doubting his professed strong support for Israel, a new poll of Jewish voters has found.If the Florida polling figures released Friday by GBA Strategies, a Washington-based Democratic polling firm, are a guide nationwide, Trump threatens to reverse gains Republicans have made among Jews in recent White..>> view originalLet a Third Candidate Join the Clinton-Trump Debates
A month from now, the Commission on Presidential Debates will let us know which candidates get a golden ticket to that national forum.Will America get to hear from anyone besides Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the two most distrusted and reviled candidates in modern political history?Two recent news reports stoked hopes that we might: Earlier this month, CNBC reported that the Commission “might consider giving an inch to a third-party candidate” like Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson. “It’..>> view originalTrump And Clinton Supporters Find Common Ground On Background Checks For Guns
When it comes to gun control and the Second Amendment, Democrats and Republicans are deeply divided except for a few safety measures such as background checks on gun sales. An overwhelming majority of voters — 83 percent — favor mandatory background checks on private sales and at gun shows, according to data released Friday by the Pew Research Center. Among Clinton supporters, 90 percent support background checks, and 75 percent of Trump supporters told pollsters they agree. That’s not exactly..>> view originalStormy 'weather bomb' reveals Earth's geological secrets
For the first time ever, a team of scientists in Japan has detected a rare kind of earthquake on the ocean floor.Microseisms are faint earthquake tremors caused by “the sloshing of the ocean’s waves on the solid Earth floor during storms,” the American Association for the Advancement of Science explains in a press release. And there are two kinds of microseisms: P-wave microseisms (the faint tremors that animals can detect before an earthquake), which have been charted before, and S-wave micros..>> view originalRare Close Encounter of Venus & Jupiter Tonight Won't Happen Again Until 2065
Tonight (Aug. 27), look toward the western horizon to see a rare celestial event and a parade of planets — no telescope required. Just above the horizon, Venus and Jupiter will appear so close to each other that, from some locations, the two planets will almost seem to touch. The next time Venus and Jupiter will get this close will be in November 2065. In addition to keeping a look out for this planetary conjunction, look higher up in the sky to see three other planets on parade: Sa..>> view original
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