Global warming - where is Santa going to live now ?
Q. "Everyone is seeing the same thing," Mark Serreze, a senior researcher with the Boulder, Colo.-based National Snow and Ice Data Center, told CanWest News Service on Friday. "The sea ice seems to be on this death spiral," he said. "And this is not some nebulous thing like global temperature rises. You can see this with your own eyes." Two state-run Japanese research agencies released data on Friday that echoed the U.S. studies, according to Asian news reports. The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - expressing "fear that global warming will accelerate" as a result of the rapid melting - pegged the current size of the Arctic ice cover at 5.31 million square kilometres, just less… [cont.]
Asked by Trout - Sun Aug 19 21:37:35 2007 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Santa can stay at my house. I hear he mixes a mean egg nog and bourbon, and Mrs. Claus makes the best Christmas cookies!
Answered by war_is_sell - Sun Aug 19 21:43:44 2007

Stratospheric ozone loss--another positive feedback?
Q. Bouncing around on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency site, I found this 5 year-old study which suggests that as temperatures warm, there may be an 83% increase in the flux of ozone from the stratosphere to the upper troposphere. Since ozone is a greenhouse gas in the troposphere, this may act as a positive feedback to warming. They estimate that by 2100, this transport induced rise in tropospheric ozone will have a magnitude "20-40%" of that of the rise in tropospheric ozone due to emissions. Since this study is rather old, has anyone seen any other studies which support/refute the findings of these model results? Also, do you think the flux will be significant enough to cause a notable depletion in the ozone layer? They… [cont.]
Asked by Dawei - Mon Sep 14 15:15:10 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I would not have the data to support an argument regarding the specifics of this Q, but i can say that this sort of information CAN assume its place as another straw stacked against humanity, mammalian lifeforms. So, when you add the potential of this study to other knowns and unknowns, the picture assumes a rather depressing shade of black as regards our collective future. Worst still however is that those responsible for the problems get off scott free, in fact, live lives of luxury quite often, and pass away without even being brought to trial for the pervasive pollution, the generation of which they promoted and profited from. Sadly mate, there is no way we can get the "masses" to understand this problem in time.
Answered by TH - Mon Sep 14 19:59:34 2009

Would you wear pants for longer than a week...?
Q. A Japanese astronaut is testing a line of odour-free underwear and casual clothing on the International Space Station. Koichi Wakata, the first from the Far East nation to live in the orbiting facility, is trying out J-ware, created by textile experts at Japan Women's University in Tokyo. "He can wear his trunks (underwear) more than a week," said Koji Yanagawa, a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency offical. Mr Wakata's clothes, developed by researcher Yoshiko Taya, are designed to kill bacteria, absorb water, insulate the body and dry quickly. Even after a Even after a vigorous workout, the spaceman's clothes stayed dry. "The other astronauts become very sweaty, but he doesn't have any sweat. He didn't need to hang his clothes to… [cont.]
Asked by ZoeLouise - Sat Mar 28 18:41:01 2009 - - 15 Answers - 0 Comments

A. in scotland..nothing is worn under the kilt..it's all in perfect working order..FREEDOM!
Answered by vadaptre - Sat Mar 28 19:27:28 2009

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PAO Event In English

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Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata and Commander Gennady I. Padalka answered questions in an flight event with the Japanese Space Agency JAXA.. youtube.com.