Weekend Reading Jan. 10, 2014

I took a little time off and missed several good news stories (like - that so called "piranha attack" which wasn't and the "shark" in the wave that wasn't).  But I'm back now and I'm starting off with CLIMATE CHANGE.

Let's start the year off with a bang! Or maybe a shiver. What If answers that burning question:  how many humans would a T. rex need to eat in a day?

http://what-if.xkcd.com/78/

This article tries to explain why global climate change (also known as global warming) is causing record cold temperatures across the US.  Remember Climate is not the same as Weather.

http://news.yahoo.com/global-warming-freezing-104500272--politics.html

It's called Global Warming because the average temperature of the entire planet is increasing; this means that when it comes to weather there is greater instability and more likely to be extreme events.  Go set a pot of water on the stove to boil.  See how, as you raise the temperature, things get a bit crazy?  That's what's happening to our planet.  Some places will have bubbles (heat), or steam (rain) others won't.

Think you know at least one fact about fish - that they live in water? Biology just doesn't read the textbook.  The leaping blenny is a fish that lives on land!

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2013/12/31/wonderful-things-leaping-fish-spends-entire-life-on-land/

How do "cold blooded" animals survive a Polar Vortex?  Here's a look at The Fly Who Came In From The Cold

http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/01/07/the-fly-who-came-in-from-the-cold/