IT is surprising to see the slow response of Climate Change Minister Penny Wong … At this stage we don’t know whether the questions are too hard or she has opted for the regal approach of lofty silence… and on cosmic rays… Read more here.
Archives for June 24, 2009
Al Gore Supports New Eco-Domain Names
Promo for “.eco,” a top level domain for green-minded nonprofits, businesses, and individuals on the internet. Video here.
James Hansen Arrested
Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested this afternoon in West Virginia along with NASA climatologist James Hansen, local activist Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network, Goldman Prize winner Judy Bonds, 94-year-old former U.S. Representative Ken Hechler and more than a dozen others. Read more here.
Keeping Carbon Dioxide in the Soda – or Not
YESTERDAY the US President, Barrack Obama, urged action to curb “dangerous carbon emissions that contaminate the water we drink”.
If you consider carbon dioxide a “dangerous contaminate” and want to get rid of the carbon dioxide in say the soda, before you drink it, then shake the bottle first. Fizzing allows dissolved carbon dioxide gas to be released in the form of bubbles.
But here’s a dilemma, since the fizz in the soda is actually dissolved carbon dioxide gas, shouldn’t you really be trying to keep as much of the gas in the bottle as possible as suggested by US scientists, Steve Spangler? [Read more…] about Keeping Carbon Dioxide in the Soda – or Not
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.