Why Arctic Sea Ice Melts So Quickly

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Weather.com - 1/28/13, Becky Oskin, Our Amazing Planet

Antarctic Ice Waves

Antarctic Ice Waves. From our partners.Though they appear to be frozen ocean waves, these blue ice towers in Antarctica are created when ice compresses, forcing trapped air bubbles out. When sunlight passes through this thick frozen ice, blue light waves are visible but the red light is absorbed. (Photo credit: Tony Travouillon)

During the Arctic spring and summer, ponds of freshwater appear on the melting ice, dotting the landscape with a dazzling range of blues.

Despite their beauty, these melt ponds are a harbinger of climate change in the Arctic, according to a new study by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. The pools form more easily on young ice, and young ice now accounts for more than 50 percent of the Arctic sea ice cover. The ponds also absorb more of the sun's heat, helping ice melt faster, the study finds.

The Morning Blessing 01.29.13

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YOU ARE NOT YOUR BODY.
YOUR BODY IS A VEHICLE.
YOU ARE THAT WHICH ANIMATES

YOUR BODY & ASSIGNS PURPOSE TO ITS BEING.
YOU ARE A BEING TEMPORARILY BEING A HUMAN BEING.

Some days it is all too easy to lose sight of this, given the dense accumulation of atoms and other physical material indicative of a third-dimensional world. You are not a third-dimensional being, but you have altered your formlessness into a being equipped with unique and specific qualities, one of which is to understand and therefore transcend that which is limiting into that which is limitless.

Seafoam takes over Aussie beach town

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KVUE.com - 1/28/13

GOLD COAST, Australia -- A stretch of Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been blanketed in sea foam, swept ashore by the remnants of a tropical cyclone that struck Australia last week.

To watch the video and read the rest of this story, visit KVUE.com.

How Changes in the Sun Impact Earth's Climate

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Astrobiology Magazine - 1/29/13

Summary: A new report describes some surprisingly complex ways in which the Sun affects Earth's climate. Radiation from the Sun impacts everything from the Earth's upper atmosphere down to our planet's surface, and plays in important role in shpaing the future of life on Earth.

Doubt over Jakarta cloud-seeding

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Radio Australia - 1/29/13

Experts say there is limited evidence to support cloud seeding. (Credit: ABC)
 

Doubt has been cast over Indonesian efforts to "seed" clouds to make rain before downpours reach flooded Jakarta.

Dr Thomas Chubb, of Australia's Monash University, said an international weather modification association had found "there is very little evidence for the type of seeding that the Indonesians are proposing."

To listen to the audio and read the rest of this story, visit Radio Australia.

Remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald caused raging floodwaters in northern Australia

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The Watchers - 1/28/13, By Chillymanjaro

The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Oswald impacted Australia. Two people were missing and the body of a third person was recovered from raging floodwaters as severe storms pounded northeastern Australia on January 27, 2013 , forcing more than 1,000 to flee their homes. The Insurance Council of Australia declared a statewide catastrophe in several towns and cities and that major flood warnings had been issued. About 1-1.5 metres of rain was estimated to have fallen since the storms began. The rain depression is expected to finally mobilise southward overnight to begin tormenting the southeast.

Satellite image of Australia on January 27, 2013 (Credit: LANCE/MODIS/WorldView)

 

Giant magnetized outflows from our Galactic Center

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Source: The Watchers - 1/28/13, By Adonai

Two years ago, CfA astronomers reported the discovery of giant, twin lobes of gamma-ray emission protruding about 50,000 light-years above and below the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, and centered on the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core. The scientists argued then that the bubbles were produced either by an eruption from the black hole sometime in the past, or else by a burst of star formation in that vicinity. It now appears that these giant bubbles of hot gas can be seen at radio wavelengths as well. Writing in the new issue of the journal Nature, CfA astronomer...

Two years ago, CfA astronomers reported the discovery of giant, twin lobes of gamma-ray emission protruding about 50,000 light-years above and below the plane of our Milky Way galaxy, and centered on the supermassive black hole at our galaxy’s core.

The scientists argued then that the bubbles were produced either by an eruption from the black hole sometime in the past, or else by a burst of star formation in that vicinity.

Unending rivers of lava now flowing from Kamchatka’s Plosky Tolbachik volcano

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Source: The Extinction Protocol - 1/29/13

January 28, 2013 – KAMCHATKA - A volcano erupting in Russia’s Far East has sent plumes of gas, ash and molten lava into the sky. Footage filmed on Friday shows rivers of molten lava flowing in the remote area of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano, in Kamchatka peninsula. “The hot materials have erupted to the height of up to one hundred meters,” said Yuri Demyanchuk, a volcanologist who has made several visits to the site. According to authorities, there is no immediate threat to residential areas, but officials have advised residents to ensure they have access to protective masks. The nearest town is around 60 kilometers away. The volcano started erupting in November, after lying dormant for almost 40 years. –Telegraph

 

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