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  • Added Oct 10, 2008
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Mar 21
From Wishful Thinking to Real-World Action on Climate : Moving from wishful thinking on warming to real-world actions that might blunt risk....
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Mar 19
Could Icelandic Whale Make Its Way Into Danish Pork? : Exports of ground whale parts from Iceland to Denmark stir concerns....
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Mar 18
A Turkish Builder on Istanbul's Deadly Buildings : A Turkish builder argues for rebuilding a megacity facing an inevitable disaster....
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Mar 17
Your Dot: Climate Concerns : Readers weigh in on arguments for human-driven warming and the hurdles to addressing the issue....
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Mar 16
Postcard from the Arctic Sea Ice : A geophysics class from Virginia learns about Arctic sea ice up close....
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Mar 15
Scientists Defend Climate Panel and Seek Changes : Scientists sign up to defend and nudge the intergovernmental climate panel....
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Mar 15
Postcard from a Guangzhou Traffic Jam : A veteran of New York's traffic wars reports from the new congestion frontier in one of China's biggest cities....
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Mar 12
Your Dot: A Bison Encounter : A reader's account of a powerful bison encounter....
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Mar 11
New U.N. Climate Change Group is All Male : A group of women are upset that a new United Nations climate change financing group has 19 members, but no women....
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Mar 11
A New Unit for (Saved) Energy : A pioneer in energy efficiency is poised to have an energy unit named for him....
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Mar 11
Arguments Against Dolphin Slaughter : An Oscar-winning filmmaker describes his goals in revealing details of the ongoing dolphin slaughter in a Japanese town....
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Mar 10
Science Academies to Assess Climate Assessors : Two decades after it was created, the institution created to assess climate trends, causes and responses is getting a checkup....
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Mar 9
On the Causes of Climate Deadlock : Is the deadlock on climate policy a result of failed communications or failed policy making and politics?...
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Mar 9
Whale Meat on the Menu, in California? : Authorities and activists say they found whale meat at a California sushi bar....
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Mar 8
Building Safer, but Cheaply, in Quake Zones : A deadly earthquake in Turkey illustrates the importance of teaching quake-resistant construction in rural, as well as urban, seismic zones....
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Mar 8
Should Scientists Fight Heat or Stick to Data? : Researchers and communications experts debate how to fight attacks on climate science....
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Mar 7
The Message from Planet Jim : The man who created Avatar says the on-screen battle is a reflection of the rift within people over how to deal with the Earth around us....
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Mar 6
The 'Real' Take on Methane and Warming : Scientists reach out to remind the public that carbon dioxide, despite methane rumbles in the Arctic, is the most important factor in gauging warming prospects....
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Mar 5
The Heat Over Bubbling Arctic Methane : Amid heated headlines over Arctic methane bubbles, scant evidence for scary outcomes....
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Mar 4
The Classroom as Science Hot Zone : Teachers and students are asked to weigh in on classroom struggles over climate change....
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Mar 4
Can Wild Bison Repopulate the Plains? : A new, but challenging, plan emerges to restore wild bison to western prairies....
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Mar 2
Fuel Taxes Must Rise, Harvard Researchers Say : Harvard researchers find that fuel taxes may need to go up in order to meet the Obama administration's greenhouse gas emission targets....
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Mar 2
Being Ready, in Quake Zones or Snow Zones : A little preparation and training can go a long when when disaster strikes, at any scale....
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Feb 28
Chilean Quake a Warning to U.S. Northwest : The Chilean disaster holds lessons for the Pacific Northwest, where a similar sub-sea fault is a ticking seismic bomb....
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Feb 25
Snow Days : A snowy winter holds lessons for climate scientists in the spotlight....
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Feb 24
A Megacity Girds for a Major Quake : One of the world's great cities works to cut losses from an inevitable disaster before the ground shakes....
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Feb 24
Signs of Life, and Change, in Climate Inquiry : Some signs that climate science, recently bruised, is emerging stronger for its battles....
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Feb 23
Back to Basics on Climate and Energy : An effort to cut through the heat and find points of agreement on climate and energy....
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Feb 22
Whaling Compromise Proposed, and Panned : A proposal is made to resume some controlled commercial whaling in return for reducing uncontrolled whale hunts....
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