GREENHOUSE GASES such as carbon dioxide (CO2) absorb heat (infrared radiation) emitted from Earth’s surface. Increases in the atmospheric concentrations of these gases cause Earth to warm by trapping more of this heat. Human activities—especially the burning of fossil fuels since the start of the Industrial Revolution—have increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations by about 40%, withContinue reading “Climate Change , the facts”
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Raw Eggs and No Husband Since ’38 Kept Her Young at 115 by Elizabeta Povoledo
VERBANIA, Italy — Celebrity came late to Emma Morano. Her routine life, in fact, might have raised barely an eyebrow were it not for the fact that she’s managed to hold on to it for so long. One of the oldest person in Europe At 115 years and nearly three months, Ms. Morano is theContinue reading “Raw Eggs and No Husband Since ’38 Kept Her Young at 115 by Elizabeta Povoledo”