Daily Archives: December 21, 2009

Global Warming Likely to Be Amplified by Slow Changes to Earth Systems

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The kinds of increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide taking place today could have a significantly larger effect on global temperatures than previously thought, according to a new study led by Yale University geologists. read it here

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Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA’s THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights. Sometimes, vast curtains of aurora borealis collide, producing spectacular outbursts of light. Movies of the phenomenon were … Continue reading →