NOAA Reinstates July 1936 As Hottest Month On Record | The Daily Caller

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, criticized for manipulating temperature records to create a warming trend, has now been caught warming the past and cooling the present.July 2012 became the hottest month on record in the U.S. during a summer that was declared “too hot to handle” by NASA scientists. That summer more than half the country was experiencing drought and wildfires had scorched more than 1.3 million acres of land, according to NASA.

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Watch lightning strike around the world in real time

Watch lightning strike around the world in real time
ENGADGET FOR PULSE | JUNE 22, 2014
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There’s a mesmerizing new project from an organization called Blitzortung.org that lets you see real-time lightning strikes around the world. It works… Read more

Pure Genius: How Dean Kamen’s Invention Could Bring Clean Water To Millions | Popular Science

http://www.popsci.com/article/science/pure-genius-how-dean-kamens-invention-could-bring-clean-water-millions

How A Country Dies – Monty Pelerin’s World : Monty Pelerin’s World

A country dies slowly.

Those living during the decline of Rome were likely unaware that anything was happening. The decline took over a couple of hundred years. Anyone living during the decline only saw a small part of what was happening and likely never noticed it as anything other than ordinary.

Countries don’t have genetically determined life spans. Nor do they die quickly, unless the cataclysm of some great war does them in. Even in such extreme cases, there are usually warning signs, which are more obvious in hindsight than at the time.

Few citizens of a dying nation recognize the signs. Most are too busy trying to live their lives, sometimes not an easy task. If death occupies their mind, it is with respect to themselves, a relative or a friend. Most cannot conceive of the death of a nation.

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http://www.economicnoise.com/2014/06/20/country-dies/

White House task force charged with saving bees from mysterious decline | Environment | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/20/bees-die-off-mystery-white-house-plan-save

The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% – ex CIA spy | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/jun/19/open-source-revolution-conquer-one-percent-cia-spy