Polar Ice Sheets Melt at Faster Pace
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/11/29/pol-ice-sheets-melting-greenland.html
Higher temperatures over the past two decades have caused the polar ice sheets to melt at an accelerating rate, contributing to an almost half-inch rise in global sea levels, according to the most comprehensive study done so far.
On Closest Planet to the Sun, NASA Finds Lots of Ice
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/science/space/mercury-home-to-ice-messenger-spacecraft-findings-suggest.html
Mercury is as cold as ice. Indeed, Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, possesses a lot of ice, scientists working with NASA's Messenger spacecraft reported on Thursday.
A 60-Million-Year Debate on Grand Canyon's Age
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/science/earth/study-sees-older-grand-canyon-stirring-controversy.html
Picture geologists of different stripes standing at the south rim of the Grand Canyon, looking into the depths with eyes fixed on competing models of how and when such a spectacular rent in the landscape came about.
Black Hole Found, 17 Billion Times as Massive as Sun
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/11/black-hole-found-17-billion-times-as-massive-as-sun/
The galaxy NGC 1277 as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. NASA/ESA/Andrew C. Fabian. You would probably not enjoy the galaxy NGC 1277.
NASA: There will be a year 2013, so plan accordingly
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/will-the-world-end-next-month-nasa-says-no-way-20121129-2ah34.html
It's time to end all the end-of-times chatter. NASA and others are working to dispel the 2012 end-of-the-world rumors. Eric Mack.
Scientists prove 3D printers can build objects from Moon rocks
http://dvice.com/archives/2012/11/scientists-prov.php
Scientists working on how to facilitate humans living on non-Earth-like planetary bodies have been focused on ways to use their local resources to sustain potential colonies.
Update Set in San Francisco About Curiosity Mars Rover
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-377
This artist's concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life.
Quasar sends energy blast 2 trillion times more powerful than sun
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/11/29/3642902.htm?topic=space
Scientists have reported the largest blast of energy ever recorded from a far-off quasar, some two trillion times more energetic than the sun.
Beach algae still causing red alert
http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=821683
Beach algae still causing red alert. Updated: 06:18, Friday November 30, 2012. Beach algae still causing red alert. More NSW beaches have been closed as red algal blooms are spotted along much of the state's coast.
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