Wednesday, 23 May, 2012

Monkeypox, AIDS, SARS: Are more diseases jumping from animals to people, or is it just our imagination?

Throw a curve ball. Evade the rainstorm. And don’t get mouth cancer. It’s all in an afternoon’s ball game.

West Antarctic Ice Sheet may be thickening, which could reduce the rise in sea level caused by global warming.

The Edmund Fitzgerald went down in 1975 with barely a trace, and no warning call whatsoever. New evidence pins the blame on terrible weather.

Flooding. We call it a natural disaster. But humans have a role. How do people promote flooding by cutting trees, draining wetlands, paving parking lots and otherwise interfering with nature?

How bad is the asteroid threat to Earth, and what are they doing to find any killer asteroids out there? Read the delightful debate between the no-problem and the killer-asteroid schools of thought.

What causes avalanches? Why are they so dangerous, and how can you avoid them without cowering at home?

What causes beach erosion, and what can we do about it? Do groins and jetties help or hurt? How will shorelines change as the sea continues to rise due to global warming?

Global warming, greenhouse effect, rising temperatures and temperature anomalies. Early evidence for the coming storm.

New searches are finding lots of asteroids. None of them are aimed at us — yet. How much damage have asteroids done in the past?