There is new evidence that global climate change can be reversed to a great extent by simply painting the roofs of buildings and homes in the world’s biggest cities. Research conducted at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that a great deal of carbon dioxide that becomes trapped in the atmosphere could be offset by simply reflecting the sun’s rays back out into space with white roofs.
Stopping Climate Change: As Simple as Painting Your Roof?
NBC Purchases the Weather Channel for Cool $3.5 Billion
NBC Universal, a division of the GE group, has agreed in principle to buy the Weather Channel for $3.5 billion. While that may seem like a great deal of money, it is important to keep in mind that the Weather Channel was originally asking a brisk $5 billion for their network.
New Government Study: Extreme Weather Becoming More Frequent
In the last several years, the weather in North America has become more erratic. With tropical storms, hurricanes, droughts, mudslides and now a devastating flood in the American Midwest, the past decade has practically been a Hollywood disaster film in the making. The only problem is, the extreme weather patterns being experienced in North America are real and, according to government climate experts, getting worse.
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