Thursday, January 21, 2010

Nope

Looks like I hadn't been to the music site before .. probably wondered because of the planet logo .. there're a lot of those around these days .. along with plenty of jokes, given the cold weather we've just had, about global warming.

There was an article about climate change in the paper too .. saying that someone who studies glaciers had got it wrong about the rate a glacier was melting and that it was going to take a lot longer. The remark had been questioned by scientists and politicians and it was known to have resulted from a few remarks from one guy.

There have been studies around ice done by groups of scientists into the rate of melting ice where they've been surprised by the results and, unfortunately these, around the North and South Poles, have shown that the ice is melting faster than predicted.

There are three changes that could result from this that I can think of .. one is that it could change currents in the oceans. like the Gulf Stream, which through changing water density, allows warm water to flow into the Atlantic. Also, it would make sea levels rise and. thirdly, that as ice reflects quite a lot of the sunlight that reaches it and water absorbs it more heat would be absorbed causing more ice to melt.

Whoa!!! As I was saying looks like I hadn't been to the music site before .. though the logo was kinda familiar as I'd seen many similar pictures over my years travelling round the net. Checked it up the best I could and I've left no visible footprints around it seems .. so guess I hadn't. Have downloaded an album now though to listen to.

Was reading about archive.org on the site too .. it's one of the charities they suggest donating to if you would like to give anything for the music .. the musicians on the site don't accept money for anything they've uploaded to that particular site. They also ask if you'll ask them if you wish to add to change their music. There's a contact notepad on the site and they can say yes. I might ask if I can add some binaural beats one day. Archive org is a site/charity organisation that is preserving digital media which allow free downloads.