All Antarctica photos: Subglacial Lake Ellsworth Consortium , Neil Ross/University of Edinburgh Cocktail party fact incoming: There are hundreds of liquid lakes that lie miles beneath Antarctica. Unfrozen, but still-cold-as-hell, lakes. The largest, Lake Vostok, boasts three times the volume of the Great Lake Ontario, itself one of the biggest freshwater bodies in the world. Now, scientists are planning the first-ever research expedition to learn more about the underground water stores.
Posts Tagged ‘Science & Technology’
Ancient Lakes Miles Below Antarctica May Hold Climate Clues, New Life Forms
October 12th, 2011
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World’s Highest Webcam Monitors Climate Change on Everest
October 11th, 2011
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Screenshot via evk2cnr.org Scaling the world’s highest peak normally required months of training and heaps of determination — but now, thanks to a new webcam installed on Mount Everest, anyone with an internet connection can get a taste of life in the clouds without leaving home. Recently, Italian researchers studying global warming in the Himalayas installed a heavy-duty, solar-powered camera at 18 thousand feet as a way of monitoring how climate change is impacting the region….
How Many Slaves Work For You Every Day? Find Out With New Online Tool.
October 6th, 2011
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Images via screengrab Um, so this is a kind of horrifying wake-up call. A website called Slavery Footprint will run a few questions by you to tell you just how many slaves around the world are at work providing you with the things you wear, the things you eat, even the sporting equipment you play with. Scariest part is just how many there are working for even those of us who try to be conscious consumers.
White House Delays 2017-2025 Fuel Economy Standards
October 1st, 2011
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Photo: Flickr , CC Benign Delay? By today, the DoT and EPA were supposed to have proposed a draft for the 2017-2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) law that regulates fuel economy for vehicles sold in the US. But it’s not happening. Word on the street is that more time is needed to hammer out the details and that the draft should instead be released around November.
