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Obama and Romney on Climate Change Science
With the race to the White House heating up, it raises the question: where do the presidential candidates stand...
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The Power of Spinach
Spinach power has just gotten a big boost. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a...
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Meet New York’s New Environmental Hero: the Oyster
Marine scientists, planners and government officials say millions of mollusks planted in waters off New York and other cities...
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Antarctica’s Hidden Carbon Stores Pose Warming Risk
Antarctic researchers found as much as 400 billion metric tons of carbon hidden under the ice sheets, with the...
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Mitt Romney’s Energy Plan Is Marinated in Crazy Sauce
Ugh. That’s about the only audible response that I could muster after reading through Mitt Romney’s energy plan, which...
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Plants’ Fungi Allies May Not Help Store Climate Change’s Extra Carbon
Fungi found in plants may not be the answer to mitigating climate change by storing additional carbon in soils...
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Beneath Antarctic Ice, a Potent Greenhouse Gas?
Large volumes of the greenhouse gas methane could have been produced under the Antarctic Ice Sheet over millions of...
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How Ocean Currents Affect Global Climate
Florida State University oceanographer Kevin Speer has a “new paradigm” for describing how the world’s oceans circulate — and...
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Arctic Sea Ice Hits Record Low
The extent of Arctic sea ice reached a record low on August 27, according to the University of Colorado...
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Link Found Between Cold European Winters and Solar Activity
Scientists have long suspected that the Sun’s 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth. Yet records of...