Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens is a volcano in Washington State that is famed for its May 18, 1980 eruption. I will commemorate the eruption on the date. For now, I want to write about Mount St. Helens current "active" phase which started in October 2004. Originally, activity on the mountain made national news. But after a…

More evidence

Even more evidence that human-induced global warming is real and its negative repercussions are occurring NOW. This article focuses on the effects of global warming on Pacific trade winds, specifically the weakening of the Walker Circulation. This circulation effects climate around the globe and its further weakening could severely disrupt the ecosystem of the ocean,…

$3 billion gone!

Bill Gates lost $3 billion dollars yesterday when Microsoft's stock tumbled 11 percent after the company had to lower earnings expectations. Microsoft is just getting too big for its own good. They are pouring an awful lot of money to compete with Google instead of putting out their new operating system on time. While Microsoft…