For more than a century scientists have known that Earth’s ice ages are caused by the wobbling of the planet’s orbit, which changes its orientation to the sun and affects the amount of sunlight reaching higher latitudes, particularly the polar regions.
(Glennallen) – The Copper Basin Community Subsistence Harvest moose hunt (CM300) bag limit in Game Management Subunit 13A will change by emergency order effective 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, August 14, 2013, from one bull moose to one bull moose with spike-fork antlers or 50-inch antlers or antlers with four or more brow tines on at least […]
The "Bright Star" joint military exercises with Egypt have been cancelled says President Obama. Speaking on the leathal crackdown on demonstrators that took place in Egypt this week, Obama said, "Our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets."
A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument on NPP to deliver unprecedented data and help them track and study the meteor plume for months. This video shows how accurately […]