Monday, November 12, 2012

Climate change felt by satellites and space junk

Rising carbon dioxide levels at the edge of space are apparently reducing the pull that Earth's atmosphere has on satellites and space junk, researchers say. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57548307/climate-change-felt-by-satellites-and-space-junk/

Hurricane Sandy Floods New York City

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/10/30/hurricane-sandy-floods-new-york-city-photos-show-devastation/ The storm was once Hurricane Sandy but combined with two wintry systems to become a huge hybrid storm whose center smashed ashore late Monday in New Jersey.

Flooding in Venice

Tourists in Venice swap gondolas for wellington boots and swimming costumes as heavy rain floods The Floating City Seventy per cent of central Venice was under water yesterday after rainfall and seas whipped up by strong winds brought the Italian city's high tide mark to its sixth-highest level since records began in 1872. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2231703/Flooding-Venice-Tourists-swap-gondolas-wellington-boots-heavy-rain-hits.html?ito=feeds-newsxml