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Converging weather patterns caused last winter's huge snowsMonday, July 26, 2010 @ 10:41AMThe memory of last winter's blizzards may be fading in this summer's searing heat, but scientists studying them have detected a perfect storm of converging weather patterns that had little relation to climate change. The extraordinarily cold, snowy weather that hit parts of the U.S. East Coast and Europe was the result of a collision of two periodic weather patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific ...

Green Is No Longer a Surefire Political WinnerMonday, July 19, 2010 @ 11:31AMJust three years ago the politics of global warming was enjoying its golden moment. Now, almost everywhere, green politics has fallen from its lofty heights.

Tough day for local golfers at State AmFriday, July 16, 2010 @ 1:22AMGRANTHAM — Shot by shot, hole by hole, and commute by commute, Craig Steckowych looks to be rounding back into his old contending self.

Will Smith, Debbie Allen Behind S. Allen Counter BiopicWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:46PM*Will Smith and Debbie Allen are among the producers developing a film about modern-day explorer and African-American neuroscience professor Dr. S. Allen Counter. According to Variety, Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz of Overbrook Entertainment are teaming with Allen for the Sony feature, with Farhad Safinia (“Apocalypto”) tapped to pen the script. Smith, who’s worked [...]

30 Years of Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine ResearchWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 10:20AMIce, sea and climate research to understand our Earth better Bremerhaven, 14 July 2010. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association will be thirty years old on 15 July. Through its innovative scientific and excellent research infrastructure the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) has developed into one of the worlds leading internationally recognised ...

Green Is No Longer a Surefire Political WinnerWednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 7:57AMJust three years ago the politics of global warming was enjoying its golden moment. The release in 2006 of Al Gore’s Oscar-winning film, , had riveted global audiences with its predictions of New York and Miami under 20 feet of water. Within 12 months, leading politicians with real power were on board. Germany’s Angela Merkel, dubbed the “climate chancellor” by her country’s press, arranged a ...

Green Is No Longer a Surefire Political WinnerTuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 11:01PMJust three years ago the politics of global warming was enjoying its golden moment. Now, almost everywhere, green politics has fallen from its lofty heights.

ExplorersWeb Week in ReviewMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 10:53PMPosted: Jul 12, 2010 03:23 pm EST Two years passed since the accidents new teams are assembled at the foot of K2. A huge campaign for "No way down - life and death on K2" by New York Times journalist Graham Bowley is currently running at ExplorersWeb.

Nunavut mud microbes could have cosmetic useMonday, July 12, 2010 @ 4:25PMCanadian researchers are collecting mud from Frobisher Bay, near Iqaluit, to see if that mud has tiny microbes that could be used in face creams or cancer-fighting drugs.