Monthly Archives: January 2010

Methane’s Key Role in Global Warming

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Carbon dioxide is the gas we most associate with global warming, but methane gas also plays an important role. For reasons that are not well understood, methane gas stopped increasing in the atmosphere in the 1990s. But now it appears … Continue reading →

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Snowball Earth

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Earth was covered by ice for long periods in the geological past. Snowball earth describes the coldest global climate imaginable – a planet covered by glacial ice . The global mean temperature reaches be about -50°C (-74°F) because most of … Continue reading →

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UN climate panel blunders again over Himalayan glaciers

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

The IPCC had warned that climate change was likely to melt most of the Himalayan glaciers by 2035 – an idea considered ludicrous by most glaciologists. Last week a humbled IPCC retracted that claim and corrected its report. The “Glaciergate” … Continue reading →

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Dropstones

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

Dropstones are isolated fragments of rock found within finer-grained water-deposited sedimentary rocks. They range in size from small pebbles to boulders. The critical distinguishing feature is that there is evidence that they were not transported by normal water currents, but … Continue reading →