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03.05: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination
2013-02-08 23:36:03| Powells Books Events Calendar
From Victor Frankenstein to Lex Luthor, from Dr. Moreau to Dr. Doom, readers have long been fascinated by insane plans for world domination and the madmen who devise them. Typically, we see these villains through the eyes of good guys. The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination (Tor), however, explores the world of mad scientists and evil geniuses from their own wonderfully twisted point of view. Joining editor John Joseph Adams will be contributors David Levine and Daniel Wilson.
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Climate Change And The Blizzard: Nor'easters More Fierce With Global Warming, Scientists Say
2013-02-08 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Climate change may or may not have helped generate the nor'easter lashing the East Coast this weekend. Such storms happen with some regularity, after all. But the amount of snow the storm called "Nemo" ultimately dumps, and the extent of flood damage it leaves in its wake, may well have ties to global warming, climate scientists suggested. Michael Mann, a climatologist who directs the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, compared a major storm like Nemo -- or Hurricane...
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Nemo And Climate Change Connection: Scientists Weigh-In
2013-02-08 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A 2006 Nor'easter blotted out New England. Climate science suggests that such storms are becoming heavier -- and more common. The Union of Concerned Scientists has posted an informative breakdown on the connections between the winter storm bearing down on the Northeast and the planet's changing climate. "Its Cold and My Car is Buried in Snow. Is Global Warming Really Happening?," notes that storms like this one -- a classic Nor'easter -- are well-known to residents along the nation's North...
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Scientists to Obama: Convene climate change 'summit' to map out federal action
2013-02-08 16:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: Several scientific organizations are urging President Obama to convene a national summit on climate change to identify effective federal policies as well as state and local government actions. The request, spelled out in a letter Friday, highlights how advocates are pinning their hopes on aggressive White House steps in Obama's second term as global warming legislation remains a non-starter in Congress. Such a national summit on climate change should be informed by science and could bring...
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Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than scientists thought
2013-02-08 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much sooner than scientists had believed, and the asteroid may not have been the sole cause of extinction, according to a study released Thursday. Earth's climate may have been at a tipping point when a massive asteroid smashed into what is now Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and triggered cooling temperatures that wiped out the dinosaurs, researchers said. The time between the asteroid's arrival, marked by a 110-mile-(180-km-)wide...
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