I am such a bad girl…


It’s been a busy week at work and I didn’t post my sailing movie but keep an eye out for that very soon

Chippy sent me this interesting news item today so thought you might like to read it…

 [QUOTE] According to UK and U.S. researchers, it should be possible to fight the global warming effects associated with an increase of dioxide levels by using autonomous cloud-seeding ships to spray salt water into the air. This project would require the deployment of a worldwide fleet of 1,500 unmanned ships to cool the Earth even if the level of carbon dioxide doubled. These 300-tonne ships ‘would be powered by the wind, but would not use conventional sails…. 

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Canadian Press


TORONTO — Canadian scientists are sounding another environmental alarm with word that a massive Arctic ice shelf has broken free and is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean. The 50-square-kilometre Markham Ice Shelf broke away in early August, researchers say, and two large sections representing 60 per cent of the Serson Ice Shelf have also become detached. That means some 214-square-kilometres of Arctic ice shelves have been lost this summer, or about a quarter of what was left. It’s the equivalent of more than three times the area of the Manhattan island.



“It’s astounding what’s happening up there right now,” said Derek Mueller, a researcher at Trent University in Peterborough, Ont.



The ice shelf loss comes at a time when Arctic sea ice is at a near-record low and other significant climate change indicators are being observed in the north, Mr. Mueller said…..



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