1963 Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra joins the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) 1967 Robert Michael Gates becomes officer in the US Air Force 1967 Ortega becomes a leader in the FSLN and is arrested for bank robbery 1969 Gates joins the CIA as an intelligence analyst 1974 Ortega is released from prison and visits Cuba [...]

Currently about half of the CO2 released by humans is absorbed by the land and sea. The other half contributes to rising GHG. It is believed that GHG levels translate into higher temperatures about 50 years later. Thus the original Kyoto Protocol aimed at reducing emissions 50% by way of stabilizing CO2 at 450 ppm [...]

Someone accidentally paid more than $135 million for this lovely paint spill.