Glacier found to be deeply cracked

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/63847/title/Glacier_found_to_be_deeply_cracked




Water pressure below the glacier and stress from the massive weight above probably produces the cracks in the glaciers which can lead to global warming.  The scientists go out there and drill holes on the glaciers to see how much it would drain. Some of the glaciers which are about 80 meters deep allows glacier to absorb, sponge-style, a sudden inrush of water from melting or rain. Another reason why glaciers are cracked is because of the hot air from global warming. More and more of the glaciers are being melted or cracked because of this. There are many glaciers cracked and this one is just 1 of 1 million.

Are non carbon based life forms possible?

It is inevitable. Water and carbon lifeforms like us will eventually
construct surrogates adapted to live in vacuum and in cold
and these cold-vacuum-capable beings will be able to reproduce somehow
and that will be life. Without water nothing will be alive.

Metric system in the U.S.

I think the U.S should stick with the metric system and other countries should also. If the U.S changes it, we will have a hard time learning it because we've been using it for quite a while.  Other countries shouldn't change in to our metric system and stick with what they got.  So the world wont be so mixed up in measurements.  This will make it easier to understand.

Goals

My goals for this class is to learn as much as i can this year. I want to disect frogs and other parts of the animals.  I also want to excel and get the best grades i can as possible.  I will never try to miss an assignment.  I want to make this class as fun to me as possible.