Blog #9

 The Europeans have an advanced system when it comes to being organized with Archives. In 2008 they developed the Europeana which allowed people to access digitized books, maps, paintings, newspapers and photographs. They look to enhance this system even more and add more books and maps to the equation. They are truly living in the digital age as they are taking text from as early as the 1500 and making them digital and accessible for the people to read.



PC World. "Europe Seeks to Grow Digital Archive"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/deals/?articleId=87044789&assetId=87044789&channelId=13551&buyerId=ChicagoTribune323355&buid=1&destination=1397&articleTemplateId=681&badgeTemplateId=10646&widgetClass=IDG-960&mcmp=

Blog #8

The Glaciers that cover the country of Greenland are melting at a rapid rate. It was suspected that the Glaciers would take thousands of years to melt but in the past few years they have noticed that the melting is happening at a much faster rate. It is just another sign of the Earth's temperature that has been rising at a pretty fast rate annually.

Gillis, Justin. "As Glaciers Melt."
           The New York Times. 13 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/science/earth/14ice.html?ref=science

Blog #7

 There is a discovery of a Jupiter-Size Planet with origins that stem back to our Milky Way Galaxy. The planet that is somewhat of a lookalike to Jupiter oribits a sun that is very old and is ending its life span soon. The distance from the star is a tenth of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Because of its closeness to the sun it is doubted that any life forms exist in this new planet.


Bhanoo, Sindya. "Across the Galaxy."
           The New York Times. 18 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/science/23obplanet.html?ref=science

Blog #6

More new discoveries are being found in Outer Space. While the NASA aircraft was voyaging into Outer Space hundreds of tons of ice chunks were seen outside of Comet Hartley 2. These large ice particles are golf sized to basketball sized fluffy dry carbon dioxide. The particles were not being lifted off the surface by the sun but rather by carbon dioxide.


Chang, Kenneth. "Surprise at a Comet Visit."
           The New York Times. 18 November 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/science/space/19comet.html?ref=science