Monthly Archives: December 2013

HOUSTON (AP) — A white Houston-area man was arrested Thursday on federal hate crimes charges for allegedly shooting video of himself sucker-punching a 79-year-old black man in a “knockout game”-style attack. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/26/knockout-game-attack-leads-to-hate-crime-charge/4214133/ White criminals are called “white” and black criminals … Continue reading →

LIFE AT THE POLES. – DISCOVERY OF A NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Three Years in the Polar Ice. OFFICIAL DISPATCHES OF CAPTAIN M’CLURE. CONTINUED FROM DAILY TIMES OF NOV. 12. – View Article – NYTimes.com

AMUNDSON NAVIGATES NORTHWEST PASSAGE -NYTimes.com

  Climatologists Are Warned North Pole Might Melt – Another Projection – View Article – NYTimes.com

SIGNIFIGANT RISE IN SEA LEVEL NOW SEEMS CERTAIN By ERIK ECKHOLM Published: February 18, 1986 MANY scientists are so sure that the sea level will rise visibly in the coming decades that they are advising planners to adopt new strategies … Continue reading →

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The 13-point swing over the past two months follows a political uproar over Obamacare, which included the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov and controversy over the possiblity of insurance policy cancelations due primarily to the new health law. CNN Poll: GOP … Continue reading →

In 1997, GISS showed the 1880-1996 Southern Hemisphere land temperature trend at .43ºC/century. Now it is 0.65ºC/century. That is an increase of 52% in the same data set since 1997. Archived 1997 version : http://www.giss.nasa.gov/Data/GISTEMP/ZonAnn.Ts.txt 2013 version : http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/tabledata_v3/ZonAnn.Ts.txt

Shindell and Schmidt 2004 While most of the Earth warmed rapidly during recent decades, surface temperatures decreased significantly over most of Antarctica. Pubs.GISS: Abstract of Shindell and Schmidt 2004