It has been discovered that a dramatic rise in temperature hit Antarctica about 19,000 years ago, followed by an equally sudden decline. Like similar data from Greenland ice cores, this suggests that global climate change may not happen gradually, but that extreme changes can come about very quickly, even without the present human contribution to global warming.

James White, a professor at the University of Colorado, and his colleagues analyzed deep-ice cores drilled in Antarctica over the past 2 years. This finding “gives us a road map to the way big climate changes occur,” he said.
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There?s a wave of Chemtrails over Texas, according to our listeners. Donald Atkins writes, “Friday afternoon(1 Dec) at 4:00, my grandson and I watched Chem/Contrails being made over Fort Worth. They made a grid going north-south, then an “X” pattern. They were so pretty as they were being made, they went from horizon to horizon. I went into the house very excited and picked up the phone and called the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I was put through to the editor and told him, ?If you go outside and look at the sky, you can see airplanes spraying something out into the skies of Fort Worth!? He said, ?I?ll have a reporter go outside and take a look.?
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NYT – Along the West Coast of the United States, the Northwest has always used the most power in the winter, to provide heat when during cold weather, and the Southwest has always used the most in the summer, for air conditioning. Much of this power comes from huge hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest. But this year, federal officials have ordered the Northwest to give up some of its precious power in order to stave off more blackouts in California. This is causing power problems to spread across the West. State officials are worried about possible electricity shortages, higher utility rates and environmental problems.
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A coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on Monday is likelyto buffet Earth’s magnetosphere later this week. Forecasters estimate a 20% chance of severe geomagnetic activity when the CME arrives. Auroras are possible early Thursday and Friday mornings.

A near-Earth asteroid, 2000 YA, has just been detected and will pass within two lunar distances of Earth on Dec. 22nd. There’s no danger of a collision, say scientists, but the small space rock will be near enough to see through large amateur telescopes or through small telescopes equipped with CCD cameras.
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