A webcam left on the sea ice near the North Pole in April records 90 days and "nights" (the sun doesn't set) at the top of the world. Near the end, a ridge forms as two floes collide close to the camera. More at http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes. com/tag/arctic

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Perhaps a new candidate for world's deadliest jobs? At the London Zoo, an employee cleans algae from the glass walls of the piranha tank -- from the inside.. : )

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The 2009 Clearwater Festival marked the 40th anniversary of the launching of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Pete Seeger, at 90, helped re-christen the vessel using water from Lake Tear in the Clouds. More on the Hudson's revival at:
http://bit.ly/dotPCBs
http://www.epa.gov/hudson
http://www.clearwater.org

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For FIFTY YEARS scientists have known about global warming. This exerpt is from the well known educational documentary "Unchained Goddess" produced by Frank Capra for Bell Labs for their television program "The Bell Telephone Hour." It was so well made, that it went on to live a continued life in middle school science classrooms across the nation for decades.

Nearly half a century before Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth," this film was made. But what does it reveal? That our scientists have known for over two generations about this danger, but our politicians and citizenry have chosen to ignore the dangerous implications of this fact until it really is too late to avoid the preventable consequences.

Perhaps we deserve our fate.

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SelectPlusAP Campaign MinuteAP Campaign MinuteThe Associated PressHere are the latest stories from the campaign trail for Wednesday, August, 6, 2008: McCain, Obama discuss energy; Paris Hilton releases online video spoof of McCain ad; Pawlenty as VP?; Presidential debate moderators announced.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] This is A-P Campaign Minute.The energy crunch once again topped the candidates agenda ... With each hoping the lead the nation in different directions.Republican John McCain's pushing for what he's calling an energy surge ... advocating for domestic off-shore drilling and nuclear power.Democrat Barack Obama ... on the other hand ... says part of fixing the problem is ending dependence on foreign oil ... and investing roughly 150-billion into a new energy economy.=Someone else weighing in on the energy crisis .... Is Paris Hilton.The socialite is seen in this online video spoof ... Hilton spoofs a recent McCain ad suggesting Obama ... Like her ... Is nothing more than a celebrity.=And the V-P speculation will have to continue for a little while longer... Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty shied away from questions about whether he's being considered as a running mate for Mccain. =The Commission on Presidential Debates has named the moderators for the three presidential debates and one vice presidential face-offMaking the cut .... Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill of PBS... Tom Brokaw of NBC News ....and Bob Schieffer of CBS News. ___ ___, The Associated Press, with AP Campaign Minute. (****END****)

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NYTimes.com Columnist Jim Dwyer's building is one of the first private co-ops in the city to use arrays of solar panels.

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SelectPlusAP Campaign MinuteAP Campaign MinuteThe Associated PressHere are the latest stories from the campaign trail for Wednesday, August, 6, 2008: McCain, Obama discuss energy; Paris Hilton releases online video spoof of McCain ad; Pawlenty as VP?; Presidential debate moderators announced.[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] This is A-P Campaign Minute.The energy crunch once again topped the candidates agenda ... With each hoping the lead the nation in different directions.Republican John McCain's pushing for what he's calling an energy surge ... advocating for domestic off-shore drilling and nuclear power.Democrat Barack Obama ... on the other hand ... says part of fixing the problem is ending dependence on foreign oil ... and investing roughly 150-billion into a new energy economy.=Someone else weighing in on the energy crisis .... Is Paris Hilton.The socialite is seen in this online video spoof ... Hilton spoofs a recent McCain ad suggesting Obama ... Like her ... Is nothing more than a celebrity.=And the V-P speculation will have to continue for a little while longer... Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty shied away from questions about whether he's being considered as a running mate for Mccain. =The Commission on Presidential Debates has named the moderators for the three presidential debates and one vice presidential face-offMaking the cut .... Jim Lehrer and Gwen Ifill of PBS... Tom Brokaw of NBC News ....and Bob Schieffer of CBS News. ___ ___, The Associated Press, with AP Campaign Minute. (****END****)

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For FIFTY YEARS scientists have known about global warming. This exerpt is from the well known educational documentary "Unchained Goddess" produced by Frank Capra for Bell Labs for their television program "The Bell Telephone Hour." It was so well made, that it went on to live a continued life in middle school science classrooms across the nation for decades.

Nearly half a century before Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth," this film was made. But what does it reveal? That our scientists have known for over two generations about this danger, but our politicians and citizenry have chosen to ignore the dangerous implications of this fact until it really is too late to avoid the preventable consequences.

Perhaps we deserve our fate.

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