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Could Global Warming Cause a Mini Ice Age?
In the early 1900s, near the Berezovka river in Ukraine, frozen Woolly Mammoths were found with half chewed food still in their mouths, and more food undigested in their stomachs. Since then, scientists have been debating and speculating about what terrible environmental scenario could have flash frozen Woolly Mammoths so quickly.
Continue reading...Global Cooling in 1936: The Ice Age Is Coming!
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Image From Modern Mechanix I always read Popular Science as a kid. The gadgets, the tools, the notes on military hardware that was going to help future G.I. Joes lay waste to whoever was destined to replace the godless commie Russians as public enemy number one. It was [...]
Continue reading...The Oldest Tree In The World: 9,950 Years Put In Perspective
Thursday, April 17, 2008
This tree is apparently 9,550 years old; well, more appropriately, not the tree itself, but the root system, which has obviously supported several different incarnations of this tree. However, since our average lifespan is far south of 100 years, we can’t really gain an appropriate perspective on how [...]
Continue reading...Glaciers, Not St. Patrick, Kept Snakes out of Ireland
Monday, March 17, 2008
It’s one of the most famous and enduring Irish myths. This snake fears no holy man! Legendary missionary St. Patrick is held to have chased all the snakes from the Emerald Isle after they attacked him during a holy fast.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
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