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Aren't You Glad You Use Dial?
World sweats through warmest winter on record |
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19 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Aren't You Glad You Use Dial? World sweats through warmest winter on record Congratulations, global citizens, for weathering the warmest winter in the Northern Hemisphere since record-keeping began in 1880. From December to February, combined land and ocean temperatures were 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit above average, says a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study published Friday in Scie ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, climate change impacts, news (all these topics) |
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But Will They Wear Poodle Skirts?
International Polar Year returns, focuses on climate-change research |
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03 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| But Will They Wear Poodle Skirts? International Polar Year returns, focuses on climate-change research Happy International Polar Year! If you didn't get us a gift yet, don't sweat it -- the fourth-ever IPY doesn't officially kick off until March, and researchers from some 60 countries will actually poke around in the icy Arctic and Antarctic for two years. The last IPY occurred in the late 1950s, meaning that "close ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, news (all these topics) |
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A New Leaf
Billion-tree effort launches as new climate reports issued |
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09 Nov 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| A New Leaf Billion-tree effort launches as new climate reports issued Ooh, we love reports. A new one from a team of European scientists says the Arctic and Antarctic are linked by powerful currents, creating a "climate seesaw" that connects the fates of the poles and could help scientists predict the effects of polar warming on climate. A second, U.N.-commissioned re ... |
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| Topics: Antarctica, Arctic, climate, Kenya, land stewardship, news, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Shock and Thaw
New Yorker launches three-part exploration of climate change |
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25 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Shock and Thaw New Yorker launches three-part exploration of climate change Writer Elizabeth Kolbert must have single-handedly accelerated global warming with the jet fuel she burned visiting the Arctic, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, and the Antarctic to research a big three-part series on climate change for The New Yorker. What did she find? Well, it's all melting. The Alaskan village of Shi ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Antarctica, Arctic, climate, Greenland, Iceland, news (all these topics) |
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