Monday, March 31, 2014
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Friday, March 21, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Combating Global Warming
In this clip a panel of scientists is discussing possible future efforts by humans to combat global warming (in other words to artificially create a negative feedback loop). They conclude that such efforts are possibly doomed to failure, and at worst might even exacerbate the situation:
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Global Warming and Ancient Viruses
French scientists have published research which shows that viruses may be frozen in permafrost for thousands of years and later reactivated when the ice thaws. This may have implications in the study of global warming with the emergence of viruses for which modern humans have no natural immunity: