New POV Video of Baumgartner's Epic Skydive. National Geographic. Watch this 24-mile jump from the stratosphere into the record books.The world held its breath when Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of
space on October 12, 2012, falling from an altitude of 24.2 miles to
Earth. And now there's a Baumgartner's-eye view of his epic
fall—including a dizzying spin... read more
The Changing Planet. The
Earth’s magnetic field is still decreasing at a fast rate particularly
over the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly region. This can be clearly
seen in the attached image which I created from satellite magnetic field
measurements, showing that in this region the magnetic field strength
has decreased by approximately 10% since 1980. This is alarmingly fast
in comparison with an average global weakening of 10% over a period of
100 years... read more
Alaska's Arctic icy lakes lose thickness. BBC News. The ubiquitous shallow
icy lakes that dominate Alaska's Arctic coastal plain have undergone a
significant change in recent decades. These lakes, many of which are no more than 3m deep, melt
earlier in the season and retain open water conditions for much longer.
And 20 years of satellite radar also now show that far fewer will
freeze right through to the bottom in winter. The results of the
space-borne survey are published in The Cryosphere... read more
In China’s war on bad air, government decision to release data gives fresh hope. Washington
Post. Since Jan. 1, the central government has required 15,000
factories — including influential state-run enterprises — to publicly
report details on their air emissions and water discharges in real time,
an unprecedented degree of disclosure that is shedding light on the
who, what, when and where of China’s devastating environmental
problems... read more
Hot
weather deaths projected to rise 257 percent in UK by 2050s, experts
warn. Science Daily. The number of annual excess deaths caused by hot weather in
England and Wales is projected to surge by 257% by the middle of the
century, as a result of climate change and population growth, concludes
research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health...
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