How much longer will the space station fly?

Flying 250 miles overhead, the international space station can be seen with the naked eye. Orbiting the Earth every 90 minutes, usually carrying a crew of six. Before construction of the station is even complete, there is already talk of when the lights will be turned off. NASA is waiting for the Obama administration to decide how much longer the station will fly.they are also waiting to see if they can return to the moon, or maybe a trip to Mars?

New photos highlight rainforest devastation.

A series of photographic exhibitions have been organized in Europe and North America this autumn to highlight a campaign to combat tropical deforestation. The images graphically depict the effects of climate change on the rain forests in the South America, Africa and Indonesia.

Is El Nino behind spate of Pacific typhoons?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/07/weather.storms/index.html#cnnSTCText

Named storms, are a notoriously poor metric for measuring the ferocity of tropical seasons. Since September 1 we have seen eight tropical cyclones, five of which became typhoons, two reaching Super Typhoon status, the strongest classification of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific. With all of the recent deadly storms in the news, it may seem has though this year as been more active than a normal year. 2009 has actually been below average.

The high stakes of melting Himalayan glaciers

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/10/05/himalayas.glacier.conflict/index.html

The Himalayan glaciers are one largest glaciers out of the polar ice caps. They are melting faster than any other glaciers in the world. Scientist say that they will be completely melted by 2035. The main concern people have is with flooding in rivers and cities near rivers. Underground aquifers in Asia depend heavily on snow melt during the dry summer season. Long-term disappearance of Himalayan glaciers means that access to water could become a serious political problem.

The lost golf balls of Loch Ness

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/10/12/loch.ness.golf.balls/index.html?iref=mpstoryview


Deep in the Loch Ness lake in Scotland lies a deep dark sea creature of myth and... golf balls? Scientist were searching for proof of the monster when they found thousands of plastic golf ball. A scientist said they thought they were mushrooms but when they zoomed the camera in they saw the golf balls. the balls were found 300 yards from the beach and 100 yeards from the shore.

Apperently the farmers needed a driving range....but why use a lake not a real golf cours? They should use the balls that disovle in water. I used to throw shells into the water because they skip when you use the top sides. I think the loch ness monster is real. (just saying)

Greenpeace Protesters

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/12/britain.parliament.protesters/index.html#cnnSTCText

At 3 in the morning last Monday 50 protesters stayed over night on top of the Parliament building in Great Britain. They were protesting to "save the planet". 31 of the prtesters stayed on the roof till Monday morning. About two dozen came down and were arrested for trespassing. The leader of the group said he planed it for when the lawmakers returned from there summer vacation.

I love this idea. Its cleaver yet stupid at the same time. It gets the attention of the lawmakers and makes them see how serious these people are. But you also end up in jail...but I like it.