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  NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn

  April 30, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, ... > full story
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  U. S. Has Surprisingly Large Reservoir of Crop Plant Diversity

  April 29, 2013 — North America isn’t known as a hotspot for crop plant diversity, yet a new inventory has uncovered nearly 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants in the United States, including close relatives of ... > full story
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  The Politics of Climate Change

  April 29, 2013 — US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, according ... > full story
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  Warning System Predicts Outbreaks of Dengue Fever

  April 29, 2013 — With the help of a warning system which measures the risk of dengue incidence using precipitation and air temperature, it is possible to forecast the outbreak of dengue fever up to 16 weeks in ... > full story
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  Climate Change Will Raise the Sea Level in the Gulf of Finland

  April 29, 2013 — The Finnish Meteorological Institute has updated its estimates concerning the impact of rising sea levels on the Finnish coast. Post-glacial rebound and changes in the Earth’s gravity field ... > full story
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  Plants Can Moderate Climate Warming, New Research Shows

  April 28, 2013 — As temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere, according to new research. The new study identified a negative feedback loop in which higher temperatures ... > full story
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  NASA Mission to Study What Disrupts Radio Waves

  April 26, 2013 — A NASA-funded sounding rocket mission will launch from an atoll in the Pacific in the next few weeks to help scientists better understand and predict the electrical storms in Earth's upper atmosphere ... > full story
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  Sea Surface Temperatures Reach Highest Level in 150 Years on Northeast Continental Shelf

  April 26, 2013 — Sea surface temperatures in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem during 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to new research. Temperature is also affecting distributions of ... > full story
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  Scientists Investigate Release of Bromine in Polar Regions

  April 26, 2013 — Researchers have employed a novel measurement device for new studies in ... > full story
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  Keeping Beverages Cool in Summer: I''s Not Just the Heat, It's the Humidity

  April 25, 2013 — Those drops on the outside of your drink don't just make the can slippery. Experiments show that in hot, humid weather, condensation heats a drink more than the surrounding ... > full story

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