Man, people are idiots.
And I must be bored, lol.
If you want to destroy a country, park this off shore and deliberately melt it down:
The twin reactors have left their home port of St. Petersburg for a long, slow journey to Siberia. Environmentalists have slammed the mobile maritime reactors, saying an accident could damage parts of the Arctic.
www.dw.com
Shielding is a problem; usually it's 30 feet of earth and concrete; this uses a thin barrier and water.
More on shielding:
Shielding of ionizing radiation simply means having some material between the source of radiation and you (or some device) that will absorb the radiation.
www.nuclear-power.net
Russia is going to end up using this as a weapon, just wait.
Evolution works great; even in ways we wish it didn't.
www.sciencemag.org
And Remember the "Killer Bees" were accidentally released after an experiment trying to improve honey production.
en.wikipedia.org
Cross breeding is "Forced Evolution".
That's why small dogs are so fucked up; the inbreeding has severely damaged the genetic code, causing various genetic problems, like hip displasia and other things.
Also:
blogs.scientificamerican.com
Only a few genetic changes are needed to spur the evolution of new species—even if the original populations are still in contact and exchanging genes. Once started, however, evolutionary divergence evolves rapidly, ultimately leading to fully genetically isolated species, report scientists.
www.sciencedaily.com
Darwin’s finches provide an unexpected insight into speciation, knocking accepted theories sideways. Andrew Masterson reports.
cosmosmagazine.com
Sigh.
I saw this recently on the Global warming front:
The ice surrounding Alaska is not just melting. It is so low that residents along the western and northern coastlines are facing a crisis of survivability.
www.cnn.com
Scientists converge on the northernmost city in the United States to study global warming's dramatic consequences
www.smithsonianmag.com
For the first time in recorded history, Anchorage, Alaska, reached 90 degrees F (32 degrees Celsius).
www.livescience.com
If it were only a few years, it would be "Weather", Continued Weather for more time is "Climate".
Glaciers melting in China:
The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as he operated a GPS device.
phys.org
Western China’s melting glaciers are displacing thousands of people and temperatures in the region rising faster than global average.
www.scmp.com
The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a stone shard careened down the ice, flying past Chen Yanjun as he operated a GPS device.
www.foxnews.com
Glaciers melting in Antarctica:
Thwaites glacier is likely to thaw and trigger 50cm sea level rise, US study suggests
www.theguardian.com
Asked by Richard In short, yes, they are melting! East Antarctica gains some snow, but for more is lost each year by the West Antarctic and Antarctic Peninsula ice sheets. The overview In more detail, the story of melting glaciers in Antarctica is a complex one. Overall, the Greenland and...
www.antarcticglaciers.org
A NASA-led study has found that a giant, growing cavern two-thirds the area of Manhattan is contributing to the rapid melting of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier.
climate.nasa.gov
The fingerprints of human-caused climate change have made it to Antarctica, a new study shows
www.nationalgeographic.com
On the flat earth front, The earth is still not flat.
Eratosthenes knew this way back:
I'll just put this here:
You guys are mistaking it for this:
Sir Terry would be proud.
www.reuters.com
