Monthly Archives: August 2010

Rethinking Human Behavior: Are We More Like Animals than We’d Like to Think?

Guest Post by Angelita Williams Whenever we study the earth, its processes, and its inhabitants, we are tempted to think of ourselves, humans, as separate from our environment. We focus on our roles as observers because common knowledge tells us … Continue reading

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Icebergs

An iceberg is a large piece of ice formed from freshwater that has broken off from a glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. It may subsequently become frozen into pack ice. Alternatively, it may come to … Continue reading

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Resolving the Paradox of the Antarctic Sea Ice

While Arctic sea ice has been diminishing in recent decades, the Antarctic sea ice extent has been increasing slightly. Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology provide an explanation for the seeming paradox of increasing Antarctic sea ice in a … Continue reading

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Tanzania’s Serengeti Highway plan could destroy major carbon sink

Environmentalists are dismayed at plans by the Tanzanian government to build a major commercial highway through Serengeti National Park.The project has attracted criticism from environmental groups which fear the effects on the ecosystem could be devastating and may even result … Continue reading

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