David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor, reports Mars probe appears to have landed atop ice in today's SFGate, the Sunday June 1 online edition:
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"It's the consensus of all of us that we have found ice," said Peter Smith of the University of Arizona, Tucson, as he talked to reporters in a conference call only six days after Phoenix landed safely from Earth. "It's shiny and smooth - it's absolutely astounding!"
But Smith did add a note of scientific caution: "It's not impossible that it's something else," he conceded, "but our leading interpretation is ice. We are looking at an extended table of ice."
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Discovered by the orbiter itself after its retro-rockets blew away the top 3-6 inches of topsoil during landing, Smith and his fellow scientists have named the patch "Holy Cow."
Climate change assessment released
Climate assessment forced by court order
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Bush administration released a climate change assessment on Thursday -- four years late and pushed forward by a court order -- that said human-induced global warming will likely lead to problems like droughts in the U.S. West and stronger hurricanes.
Report: Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
Short version - summary: Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
That should be taken as the final straw and
lead to the removal of this administration for negligence, dereliction of duty, national and global security compromise and all the other laws they've shat upon, both foreign and domestic.