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New satellite data shows that tiny airborne particles are changing rainfall patterns around the world. These man-made particles, mostly from burning fossil fuels, make it more difficult for clouds to form and less likely to rain if they do form.

Daniel Rosenfeld of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem says that because they block sunlight, these tiny particles slow down the evaporation from lakes and oceans ?so they suppress clouds in the first place.? The particles are too small to form the seeds of raindrops, the way dust usually does, ?so the clouds that do form?have a hard time [producing] rain.?
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In August, I published this journal entry about the reasons for UFO secrecy. As far as I know and understand, it is correct. I thought perhaps that some new documents had added some missing pieces, but on analysis I see that this statement still holds up. At the time it was published, there was very little response to it, probably because many people were away during the dog days of August.

It does not follow the usual line about the secrecy being basically caused by arrogant government types who have too low an opinion of the common man to allow him to know the truth about his own world. Instead, it discusses possible reasons why who are whatever is out there would choose to act toward us as they do.
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Thanks to pollution, our days will be getting longer in the future. We could be slowing down the rotation of the Earth by steadily releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a team of Belgian researchers. They used climate models to simulate a 1 percent increase in the primary greenhouse gas each year, a rise they said goes along with current trends, and found that there will be a shift in the Earth?s spin over the course of the next few decades.

?The Earth?s rotation is an interesting quantity as it is global. Meteorological data are mainly local,? says Michel Crucifix. ?Consequently, the Earth rotation is a useful tool for looking?at the effects of global climate change.?
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Hundreds of youngsters in seven states have broken out in a mysterious rash, and some investigators believe it may be caused by a new virus. ?We sat there itching and then it got all red and bumpy and then it started stinging. I put a paper towel on it so it wouldn?t burn that much,? says 8-year-old Samantha Makl, who went to the hospital to have her rash treated.

Students in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Oregon and Washington state are complaining about rashes on their faces, arms, legs and body. The red, itchy rash is more of an annoyance than a serious health threat, but it has temporarily closed down some schools. The rash usually goes away when the students leave school.
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