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Get cirrus in the fight against climate change - environment - 26 January 2013 - New Scientist

Get cirrus in the fight against climate change - environment - 26 January 2013 - New Scientist | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it
Feathery cirrus clouds trap a lot of heat and help warm the planet. Getting rid of them could counteract human-caused climate change – in theory
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VIDEO: "You Are Not Special" Commencement Speech from Wellesley High School

"You are not special. . . . Across the country no fewer than 3.2 million seniors are graduating about now from more than 37,000 high schools. That's 37,000 valedictorians ... 37,000 class presidents ... 92,000 harmonizing altos ... 340,000 swaggering jocks ... 2,185,967 pairs of Uggs," English teacher David McCullough Jr. told Boston-area graduates. . . .

 

"You see, if everyone is special, then no one is. If everyone gets a trophy, trophies become meaningless. . . . We have of late, we Americans, to our detriment, come to love accolades more than genuine achievement. . . ."

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