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Widespread Climatic Changes Outlined in New UNEP Project Atmospheric Brown Cloud Report

Cities across Asia get dimmer: Impacts on glaciers, agriculture and the monsoon get clearer

Cities across Asia get dimmer: Impacts on glaciers, agriculture and the monsoon get clearer

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Rising Tide

Sea Level Rise, High Tide, El Niņo ingredients for Perfect Storms of 21st Century

Sea Level Rise, High Tide, El Niņo ingredients for Perfect Storms of 21st Century

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Potent Greenhouse Gas More Widespread than Thought

Gas used in manufacture of computer displays 17,000 times stronger than carbon dioxide

Gas used in manufacture of computer displays 17,000 times stronger than carbon dioxide

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Gray Whale Season Surfaces at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Winter 2008-09 season features daily whale-watching cruises, excursions to Baja lagoons

Winter 2008-09 season features daily whale-watching cruises, excursions to Baja lagoons

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Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks of First Life

Researchers reanalyze classic Miller experiment to uncover role of volcanoes in early life on Earth

Researchers reanalyze classic Miller experiment to uncover role of volcanoes in early life on Earth

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Rising Tide

Rising Tide
It is not the extra few feet of water that make sea level rise so dangerous. It is the extra few feet during a storm during El Nino during high tide, say researchers.

Buried at Sea

Buried at Sea
Scripps researchers are studying CO2 sequestration to determine if it is a viable solution to combat global warming

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