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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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  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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  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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  How Trees Play Role in Smog Production

  April 25, 2013 — After years of scientific uncertainty and speculation, researchers have shown exactly how trees help create one of society's predominant environmental and health concerns: air ... > full story
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  Scientists Advocate a Simple, Affordable and Accurate Technology to Identify Threats from Sea-Level Rise

  April 25, 2013 — Researchers are calling for the global adoption of a method to identify areas that are vulnerable to sea-level rise. The method, which utilizes a simple, low-cost tool, is financially and technically ... > full story
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  Ancient Earth Crust Stored in Deep Mantle

  April 24, 2013 — Scientists have long believed that lava erupted from certain oceanic volcanoes contains materials from the early Earth's crust. But decisive evidence for this phenomenon has proven elusive. New ... > full story

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  • Unique Sulfur Isotopes in Plume Lavas Reveal Deep Mantle Storage of Archean Crust
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  A Simple Solution to Air Pollution from Wood-Burning Cookstoves

  April 24, 2013 — Wood-burning cookstoves, used by millions of people worldwide, cause air pollution, disease and death. A team of university students studied the problem and came up with a simple, low-cost solution: ... > full story
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  Deep, Permeable Soils Buffer Impacts of Crop Fertilizer on Amazon Streams

  April 24, 2013 — A new study in the fast-changing southern Amazon -- a region marked by widespread replacement of native forest by cattle ranches and croplands -- suggests that some of the damaging impacts of ... > full story

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