Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Michael Mann, climate scientist: Data 'increasingly unnecessary' because 'we can see climate change' and other top stories.

  • Michael Mann, climate scientist: Data 'increasingly unnecessary' because 'we can see climate change'

    Michael Mann, climate scientist: Data 'increasingly unnecessary' because 'we can see climate change'
    Leading climate doomsayer Michael Mann recently downplayed the importance of climate change science, telling Democrats that data and models “increasingly are unnecessary” because the impact is obvious.“Fundamentally, I’m a climate scientist and have spent much of my career with my head buried in climate-model output and observational climate data trying to tease out the signal of human-caused climate change,” Mr. Mann told the Democratic Platform Drafting Committee at a hearing.“What is disconce..
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  • What did the New Horizon's spacecraft just spot on Pluto's moon?

    What did the New Horizon's spacecraft just spot on Pluto's moon?
    Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, has a canyon that rivals not only Earth’s Grand Canyon, but every other canyon in the solar system.NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft offered humanity its first detailed look at the icy worlds on the edge of the solar system when it sped past Pluto on July 14, 2015, with seven instruments collecting data that scientists will continue to receive until October.The data sent back so far has already pointed to far more dynamic processes than scientists could have predicted..
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  • Clever camouflage: The lengths insects went to hide from predators

    Clever camouflage: The lengths insects went to hide from predators
    Clever camouflage: The lengths insects went to hide from predators June 28, 2016 By Jenny Marchal Ancient insects were able to cover themselves in dirt, wood and sand to sneak up on prey and hide from predators.There are many animals that change their skin to their surroundings in order to save themselves from predators. However, ancients insects found fossilized in amber had taken it one step further according to new research. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Nanjing, found ..
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  • China Launches New Rocket, Prototype Crew Capsule

    China Launches New Rocket, Prototype Crew Capsule
    China's new Long March 7 rocket launches on its maiden flight on June 25, 2016. Credit: Xinhua China successfully launched a new rocket and a prototype next-generation crew capsule Saturday (June 25) in the first-ever liftoff from the nation's new launch center. The Long March 7 rocket — which China developed in part to help build and service a crewed space station that the nation plans to have up and running by the early 2020s — blasted off on its maiden flight from Wenchang Satelli..
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  • Pretty Pink Snow In The Arctic Causes Rapid Glacier Melt

    Pretty Pink Snow In The Arctic Causes Rapid Glacier Melt
    (Photo : Getty Images/AFP) Pink snow in the Arctic may be a beautiful naturally occurring phenomenon, but scientists suggest that the pastel colored snow is something to be concerned about. Pink snow in the Arctic may be a beautiful naturally occurring phenomenon, but scientists suggest that the pastel colored snow is something to be concerned about. A new study has found that the Arctic's "watermelon snow", a phenomenon caused by algae that live in the snow, leads to rapid ice melting in the..
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  • New state pollinator protection plan announced at Cornell

    New state pollinator protection plan announced at Cornell
    Patrick Shanahan/University PhotographyDean Kathryn Boor speaks at Cornell’s Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies in Varna, New York, June 24, at an event to announce recommendations outlined in the NYS Pollinator Protection Plan.State officials and Kathryn Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of Cornell’s College of the Agriculture and Life Sciences, announced recommendations of the New York State Pollinator Task Force at Cornell’s Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies in Varna, New York, June 24.The 2016-17 stat..
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