Frozen

	Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming
...cher compared this event with pulling the plug in the bathroom. 6. The Earth thawing underneath Global warming is causing not only massive melting of the Arctic glaciers, but it makes the permanent frozen soils under the earth's surface thaw too. This process ends up in deformation of the grounds and no one can predict what form the upper layer of the earth would take. Among the after effects of these processes could be...
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	Ancient Microorganisms May Revive in Melting Glaciers
...The DNA of ancient microorganisms frozen for millions of years in glaciers, may revive in the melting glaciers, as concluded by scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. According to Kay Bidle, an assistant professor of marine and coastal sciences at the university, until the present time the scientists didn't posses the exact information whether it is possible to revive the DNA of such ancient, for-ce...
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	NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer
...w mission, entitled Lunar Crater and Observation Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), is much larger. It will start on February 2009 and will focus on whether hydrogen is hidden on the moon's poles in form of frozen water. LCROSS is going to piggyback on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission for an October 28 launch on top of an Atlas 5 rocket. The latter features a Centaur upper stage. As the launch carries LRO to the...
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