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2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second Warmest Year
Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New YorkCity have found that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earth's second warmest year in acentury. Goddard Institute researchers used temperature data from weatherstations on land, satellite measurements of sea ice temperature since 1982 anddata from ships for earlier years. The greatest warming in 2007 occurred inthe Arctic, and neighboring high latitude regions. Global warming has a largeraffect in polar areas, as the loss of snow and ice leads to more open water,which absorbs more sunlight and warmth. Snow and ice reflect sunlight; whenthey disappear, so too does their ability to deflect warming rays. The largeArctic warm anomaly of 2007 is consistent with observations of record lowgeographic extent of Arctic sea ice in September 2007.
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Study Finds 80% of College Students Suffer Textbook Injuries
According to a startling new study, 80 percent of students say theysustained some form of injury from their textbooks. The study conducted byZogby on behalf of CafeScribe.com, a web site that promotes electronictextbooks, comes just as students prepare to resume school. Many of the sixhundred students surveyed reported potentially serious health issues as theresult of buying, reading, carrying, or using a textbook. These issuesincluded neck pain/strain and back pain/strain. Nearly half suffered eyestrain.
'Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics Tour: Live and Down Under' Makes ItsU.S. Television Premiere on VH1, Saturday, January 26 at 10PM
Multi-platinum R-C-A recording artist Christina Aguilera took Sydney,Australia by storm when her "Back to Basics" world tour hit the Acer Arena fortwo shows in July 2007. This breathlessly energetic, dazzling live concertspectacular brought the house down-and the cameras were rolling there to catchit all. V-H-1 exclusively presents the U-S television premiere of, "ChristinaAguilera: Back To Basics Tour: Live and Down Under" on Saturday, January 26 at10P-M. The concert will be simulcast on Logo and M-H-D: Music High Definition.Premiering on V-H-1, this concert spectacular features incredible songsspanning the four-time Grammy Award-winning superstar's amazing career.
New Spike TV Study Reveals Guys Don't Use Beer Goggles When Voting
If the Presidential Election were held tomorrow, 73 percent of Men 18-49would vote for a woman, but only 56 percent of them would be likely to votefor Hillary Clinton. This is according to a political opinion poll conductedby Spike T-V. Alcohol seemingly would not play a factor in men's votinghabits. Asked if they had had two drinks, only 6 percent of men 18-49 saidthey would be more likely to vote for a woman, while the majority would bejust as likely. Nearly one-quarter said they would be less likely to vote fora woman. A similar pattern emerged when it came to voting for Hillary Clinton.After two drinks 9 percent of Men 18-49 said they would be more likely to votefor Clinton, while 58 percent were just as likely and 26 percent less likelyto vote for her.
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