The pollution that humans create is leading the thunderstorms clouds to capture heat, increasing global warming in a way that climate models have not taken into account.  Jiwen Fan of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory says that it causes their anvil shaped tops to spread out high in the atmosphere and capture hear, especially more at night.  Previous work has show us that when it is not too windy, pollution leads into bigger clouds.  This happens because the more pollution particles divide up the available water for droplets, it leads to a higher number of smaller droplets that are too small to rain.  Then they ride higher, where they are frozen and absorb more water vapor.

 

http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/63506-pollution-in-thunderclouds-increases-global-warming

A study currently has found that older adults who drink java are less likely to die than those who don't.  Individuals that averaged four to five cups per day are farther of then the ones that don't.  Though it's not clear. Researches have some reassuring news for the legions of drinkers you can't get through a day without a cup of coffee in some shape or form.  They do not prove that coffee deserves the credit for helping people live longer. But it is the largest analysis to date to suggest that this might be a possibility.  

http://www.latimes.com/health/la-sci-coffee-death-20120517,0,7014507.story 

Russian Plane Wreckage Found in Indonesia

In Jakarta, Indonesia, a thick fog with many mountains terrain forced rescuers to halt their efforts to reach the wrecked plane of a Russian jetliner that crashed on Thursday.  The sukhoi Superjet 100 was at the side of Mount Salak volcano.  The Russian Investigative committe said 48 people were on board the plane, including eight crew members that were Russian.  This wreckage was found at an elevation of about 5, 800 feet.  Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman of the rescue agency, said the authorities hope to start removing bodies from the area.  They are starting this on Friday, and there has been no sign of any human.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/10/world/asia/indonesia-plane-crash/?hpt=wo_c1

AHHH!! Biggest Full Moon of the WHOLE YEAR!

The biggest full moon, of the entire year, is due to arrive this weekend.  The moon will officially become full on Saturday May 5th, 2012.  It will be at 11:35 pm EDT. This means that in the Midwest this moon will be visual at 10:35!  The moon will wing in 221,802 miles from our planet, offering skywatchers a spectacular view of a bigger and much brighter moon!  It has been nicknamed a supermoon!!  The moon's perigee coincide with full moon this month, but this perigee will be the nearest to earth of any this year, the distance of the moon's close approach varies by about 3 percent.  This happens because the moon's orbit is not perfectly circular.  

http://www.space.com/15474-supermoon-full-moon-2012.html