And the water's still coming from the skies. The forecast is for overcast skies and continued periods of rain at least through Tuesday.

TEGUCIGALPA: A tropical depression has sown devastation across Central America since last week, killing at least 39 people, leaving six missing and 250,000 others homeless, local authorities reported on ( Read more... )

The Arctic is estimated to hold 90bn barrels of untapped oil, according to figures from the US Geological Survey (USGS).

Right! So let's go get it and throw more carbon in the atmosphere! There must be some ice somewhere that won't have melted by then.

Subtle, Sophisticated Walrus Is in a Category All Its Own., An article in yesterday's New York Times, tells that walruses create complex and lengthy musical compositions by using their lips, tongues, muzzles, and noses as well as striking their flippers against their chests to create noises with special pouches extending from their trachea. ( Read more... )

This is from Science Magazine's website:

Last week, China's State Forestry Administration announced that winter storms have damaged 20.86 million hectares--one-tenth of China's forests and plantations--roughly equivalent to the number of hectares that were reforested between 2003 and 2006.Well there's a fun fact: in the recent winter storms they ( Read more... )