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Buried Antarctica "Alps" Point to Hyper-Speed Global Warming

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

Is an Imminent "Little Ice Age" Possible? -Scientists Says "Yes"

Evidence has mounted that global warming began in the last century and that humans are, at least in part, responsible. The concern is that the warming of our climate will greatly affect its habitability for many species, including humans. Both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences concur that this is the case. But some argue that this thinking is too limited. They say that too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction.

Evidence has mounted that global warming began in the last century and that humans are, at least in part, responsible. The concern is that the warming of our climate will greatly affect its habitability for many species, including humans. Both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences concur that this is the case. But some argue that this thinking is too limited. They say that too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction.

Top-Secret Global Warming Spy Pics -A Galaxy Insight

The Medea Program has released secret spy pictures of a melting Arctic, but don't worry: we're not under alien attack just yet.  "The Medea Program" might look like something you'd see written on a thick paperback (possibly above an image of knives and spy satellites) but in reality it's a program to share declassified intelligence agency information with scientists.  Who might actually do something with it.

The Medea Program has released secret spy pictures of a melting Arctic, but don't worry: we're not under alien attack just yet.  "The Medea Program" might look like something you'd see written on a thick paperback (possibly above an image of knives and spy satellites) but in reality it's a program to share declassified intelligence agency information with scientists.  Who might actually do something with it.

The Vanishing Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro -World's Climate-Change Icon

This June 2009 photo of Mount Kilimanjaro by Stephen Morrison of the European Pressphoto Agency, the clearly highlights the absence of large glaciers. Climate change and forest depletion near the storied mountain that rises nearly four miles above the shimmering plains of Tanzania are both blamed for the melt-off.

Current Climate Change Not Part of Natural Cycle: New Evidence Unlike Any Seen During Previous Warming Episodes Found in Arctic

The possibility that climate change might simply be a natural variation like others that have occurred throughout geologic time is dimming, according to new findings that reveal that sediments retrieved by University at Buffalo geologists from a remote Arctic lake are unlike any seen during previous warming episodes. The team was able to pinpoint dramatic changes that began occurring in unprecedented ways after the midpoint of the twentieth century.

"The sediments from the mid-20th century were not all that different from previous warming intervals," said Jason P. Briner, PhD, assistant professor of geology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences. "But after that things really changed. And the change is unprecedented."

Window on Past Climate Change : Logbooks of Darwin's 'Voyage of the Beagle'

One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species revolutionized how we view evolution and our place in the natural world. Now the voyage of the HMS Beagle is influencing modern research on the evolution of the planet's climate.

The logbooks of famous voyages dating back to the 1760s such as the Beagle, Cook’s HMS Discovery and Parry’s polar expedition in HMS Hecla contain hitherto untapped  weather observations that are being used to reconstruct the evolution of past climate change.

Was Antarctica Once "112 Degrees F in the Shade"? New Findings Show Warming Cycle 15 Million Years Ago

An international team of scientists now have proof of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million years ago and lasted for a few thousand years.

Last year, as Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics was studying samples sent to her from the latest Antarctic Geologic Drilling Program, or ANDRILL one sample stood out as a complete anomaly.

What Caused Most of Planet's Extinction Events? Leading Expert Says "Global Warming"

“If you look at the fossil record, it is just littered with dead bodies from past catastrophes,”  observes University of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward. Ward says that only one extinction in Earth’s past was caused by an asteroid impact – the event 65 million years ago that ended the age of the dinosaurs. All the rest, he claims, were caused by global warming.

Coming of Age in the Holocene - A Galaxy Classic

Many of us are blissfully unaware that almost the whole of human history -from the hunters and gatherers to the rise of towns and cities, the development of science and medicine -the whole of our great human pageant- has taken place within an atypical period of fair weather.

For most of our 4.5-billion year history, the typical pattern was for the earth to be hot, sans ice anywhere. The current ice epoch started about 40 million years ago, with at least 17 serious glacial episodes in the last 2.5 million years, which coincides with the rise of homo sapiens, the rise of the Himalayas and the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, disrupting the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Many of us are blissfully unaware that almost the whole of human history -from the hunters and gatherers to the rise of towns and cities, the development of science and medicine -the whole of our great human pageant- has taken place within an atypical period of fair weather.

For most of our 4.5-billion year history, the typical pattern was for the earth to be hot, sans ice anywhere. The current ice epoch started about 40 million years ago, with at least 17 serious glacial episodes in the last 2.5 million years, which coincides with the rise of homo sapiens, the rise of the Himalayas and the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, disrupting the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Contrarian Expert Asks: "Does Unstoppable Global Warming Occur Every 1500 Years?"

Last year, a week after the Harvard Crimson published a shocking editorial chiding Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Stanford University held a luncheon entitled "Is Global Warming a Myth?"

(To erase any doubts about our position on global warming, The Daily Galaxy believes that common sense dictates that human technological civilization has impacted natural climatic cycles -image of vanishing snowfields of Mount Kilimanjaro).

Last year, a week after the Harvard Crimson published a shocking editorial chiding Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Stanford University held a luncheon entitled "Is Global Warming a Myth?"

(To erase any doubts about our position on global warming, The Daily Galaxy believes that common sense dictates that human technological civilization has impacted natural climatic cycles -image of vanishing snowfields of Mount Kilimanjaro).

Buried Antarctica "Alps" Point to Hyper-Speed Global Warming

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

An international team of experts have mapped a huge, incredibly old location, mentioned in the notes of a Russian explorer from half a century ago, buried under hundreds of meters of ice.  In an amazing break with tradition this process did not result in the unleashing of ancient horrors, a self-destruct sequence, alien invasion or anyone shooting at Indiana Jones.  They've examined the entire Gamburtsev mountain range, 700 meters tall and buried under a kilometer of Antarctica.

Is an Imminent "Little Ice Age" Possible? -Scientists Says "Yes"

Evidence has mounted that global warming began in the last century and that humans are, at least in part, responsible. The concern is that the warming of our climate will greatly affect its habitability for many species, including humans. Both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences concur that this is the case. But some argue that this thinking is too limited. They say that too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction.

Evidence has mounted that global warming began in the last century and that humans are, at least in part, responsible. The concern is that the warming of our climate will greatly affect its habitability for many species, including humans. Both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences concur that this is the case. But some argue that this thinking is too limited. They say that too many scientists are either ignoring, or don’t understand, the well-established fact that Earth’s climate has changed rapidly in the past and could change rapidly in the future—in either direction.

Top-Secret Global Warming Spy Pics -A Galaxy Insight

The Medea Program has released secret spy pictures of a melting Arctic, but don't worry: we're not under alien attack just yet.  "The Medea Program" might look like something you'd see written on a thick paperback (possibly above an image of knives and spy satellites) but in reality it's a program to share declassified intelligence agency information with scientists.  Who might actually do something with it.

The Medea Program has released secret spy pictures of a melting Arctic, but don't worry: we're not under alien attack just yet.  "The Medea Program" might look like something you'd see written on a thick paperback (possibly above an image of knives and spy satellites) but in reality it's a program to share declassified intelligence agency information with scientists.  Who might actually do something with it.

The Vanishing Glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro -World's Climate-Change Icon

This June 2009 photo of Mount Kilimanjaro by Stephen Morrison of the European Pressphoto Agency, the clearly highlights the absence of large glaciers. Climate change and forest depletion near the storied mountain that rises nearly four miles above the shimmering plains of Tanzania are both blamed for the melt-off.

Current Climate Change Not Part of Natural Cycle: New Evidence Unlike Any Seen During Previous Warming Episodes Found in Arctic

The possibility that climate change might simply be a natural variation like others that have occurred throughout geologic time is dimming, according to new findings that reveal that sediments retrieved by University at Buffalo geologists from a remote Arctic lake are unlike any seen during previous warming episodes. The team was able to pinpoint dramatic changes that began occurring in unprecedented ways after the midpoint of the twentieth century.

"The sediments from the mid-20th century were not all that different from previous warming intervals," said Jason P. Briner, PhD, assistant professor of geology in the UB College of Arts and Sciences. "But after that things really changed. And the change is unprecedented."

Window on Past Climate Change : Logbooks of Darwin's 'Voyage of the Beagle'

One hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species revolutionized how we view evolution and our place in the natural world. Now the voyage of the HMS Beagle is influencing modern research on the evolution of the planet's climate.

The logbooks of famous voyages dating back to the 1760s such as the Beagle, Cook’s HMS Discovery and Parry’s polar expedition in HMS Hecla contain hitherto untapped  weather observations that are being used to reconstruct the evolution of past climate change.

Was Antarctica Once "112 Degrees F in the Shade"? New Findings Show Warming Cycle 15 Million Years Ago

An international team of scientists now have proof of a sudden, remarkably warm period in Antarctica that occurred about 15.7 million years ago and lasted for a few thousand years.

Last year, as Sophie Warny, LSU assistant professor of geology and geophysics was studying samples sent to her from the latest Antarctic Geologic Drilling Program, or ANDRILL one sample stood out as a complete anomaly.

What Caused Most of Planet's Extinction Events? Leading Expert Says "Global Warming"

“If you look at the fossil record, it is just littered with dead bodies from past catastrophes,”  observes University of Washington paleontologist Peter Ward. Ward says that only one extinction in Earth’s past was caused by an asteroid impact – the event 65 million years ago that ended the age of the dinosaurs. All the rest, he claims, were caused by global warming.

Coming of Age in the Holocene - A Galaxy Classic

Many of us are blissfully unaware that almost the whole of human history -from the hunters and gatherers to the rise of towns and cities, the development of science and medicine -the whole of our great human pageant- has taken place within an atypical period of fair weather.

For most of our 4.5-billion year history, the typical pattern was for the earth to be hot, sans ice anywhere. The current ice epoch started about 40 million years ago, with at least 17 serious glacial episodes in the last 2.5 million years, which coincides with the rise of homo sapiens, the rise of the Himalayas and the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, disrupting the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Many of us are blissfully unaware that almost the whole of human history -from the hunters and gatherers to the rise of towns and cities, the development of science and medicine -the whole of our great human pageant- has taken place within an atypical period of fair weather.

For most of our 4.5-billion year history, the typical pattern was for the earth to be hot, sans ice anywhere. The current ice epoch started about 40 million years ago, with at least 17 serious glacial episodes in the last 2.5 million years, which coincides with the rise of homo sapiens, the rise of the Himalayas and the formation of the Isthmus of Panama, disrupting the flows of warming currents between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Contrarian Expert Asks: "Does Unstoppable Global Warming Occur Every 1500 Years?"

Last year, a week after the Harvard Crimson published a shocking editorial chiding Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Stanford University held a luncheon entitled "Is Global Warming a Myth?"

(To erase any doubts about our position on global warming, The Daily Galaxy believes that common sense dictates that human technological civilization has impacted natural climatic cycles -image of vanishing snowfields of Mount Kilimanjaro).

Last year, a week after the Harvard Crimson published a shocking editorial chiding Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Stanford University held a luncheon entitled "Is Global Warming a Myth?"

(To erase any doubts about our position on global warming, The Daily Galaxy believes that common sense dictates that human technological civilization has impacted natural climatic cycles -image of vanishing snowfields of Mount Kilimanjaro).