One difference between "weather" and "climate" is the timeframes involved.

One difference between "weather" and "climate" is the timeframes involved. If you were to only look back at the last 5 or 6 years, you possibly could draw the incorrect conclusion that that arctic sea ice coverage is rebounding and just very volatile. In fact, if you look at it from a longer time scale -- decades, required for understanding climate -- you'd realize that, even though last year was higher than the last couple of years, it's still MUCH lower than historical levels. That degree of change, or the downward slope of that line, is crazy steep. Good for shipping companies in the short run, bad for everyone in the long run.

Originally shared by The Elon Musk Fan Club

Elon Musk  @elonmusk
The graph that really matters 
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/506573584890724352

No, You Can't Claim Arctic Ice is "Recovering"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/09/01/global_warming_denial_claims_of_arctic_ice_recovering_are_exaggerated.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

What's Really Going On With Arctic Sea Ice?
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/09/20/arctic_sea_ice_what_s_really_going_on.html

SOME LEGO WEAPONS

SOME LEGO WEAPONS
And yet we are surprised when little kids bring real weapons to school to show their friends.

Update (from a comment): Just to be clear, I'm not blaming LEGO, or any toymaker, as the cause of kids bringing weapons to school. In my mind, this is just a clear reflection of a violence-obsessed culture. When toys designed for 7-year-olds incorporate this much violence on purpose -- this isn't the case where kids are taking generic rods and using them as swords...these are specifically, and can really only be viewed as, weapons -- it strikes me that we shouldn't be so surprised that a certain percentage of children are going to internalize that message in ways that create potentially dangerous situations for others.

Spent part of today with the kids sorting some of our LEGO bricks to go into a bin organizer (a repurposed garage...

Spent part of today with the kids sorting some of our LEGO bricks to go into a bin organizer (a repurposed garage hardware drawer job) to make finding those specialty parts a little easier. Not the funnest task, but looking forward to easier future builds.

Chris McVeigh produces some of the most interesting small LEGO brick creations I've seen.

Chris McVeigh produces some of the most interesting small LEGO brick creations I've seen. And he posts his instructions for free!

Originally shared by Chris McVeigh

Here's a quick orientation for new followers! I make building guides available for most of the ‪#‎lego‬ models I design and showcase on this page, and they're always free to download at http://chrismcveigh.com.

You'll also find that many of my models are available as custom building kits at my store: http://powerpig.storenvy.com.

In addition to designing my own Lego models, I'm also a toy photographer specializing in bright, colourful images. You can see all of my photography at http://flickr.com/powerpig

Ha ha ha...hilarious. Fantastic programming in this LEGO Mindstorms machine.

Ha ha ha...hilarious. Fantastic programming in this LEGO Mindstorms machine.

Via Breen Ouellette 

Originally shared by halo tyan

I want one!!!!
Jason vs The Ultimate LEGO Machine (LuuMa EV3): http://youtu.be/6xCd55oSgO4
http://youtu.be/6xCd55oSgO4

"Unusual warmth around the world led to the warmest average May temperature since global climate records began in...

"Unusual warmth around the world led to the warmest average May temperature since global climate records began in 1880. Additionally, this was the 39th consecutive May - and 351st consecutive month - with a global temperature that was above average."

#climatechange

Well said, Ole...very well said.

Well said, Ole...very well said.

Originally shared by Ole Olson

Happy #EarthDay !

This is the day to remember that we live on a living, breathing planet. We are part of the web of life, and have a moral obligation to protect it instead of attacking it. This means taking bold, direct action to stop the environmental catastrophes we are creating: deforestation, desertification, ocean acidification, Climate Change, wildlife habitat loss, and worst of all the 6th Great Extinction event.

We only have one Spaceship Earth, and I love every bit of it, from it's spinning molten core to the hydrosphere to the magnetic shield that protects us. We are living, thinking pieces of the place (the biosphere), so take a moment today to honor that and commit to protecting our world. 

#Environmentalism