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Gravity Surprise May Affect Search For Habitable Planets

Posted 02.12.2012

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By: Charles Q. Choi, Astrobiology Magazine Contributor Published: 02/11/2012 02:00 PM EST on SPACE.com Alien planets might experience tidal for...

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Global Warming: Fox News Separates Fact From Fiction

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.11.2011

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Fox News called the three-and-a-half-minute segment "Climate Change Myths: Separating Fact From Fiction" -- an apt name because as far as the science is concerned, there's very little that could be characterized as fact, and a whole lot that could pass for fiction.

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Fox's Latest Assault on Climate Science: Attack SpongeBob

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 10.03.2011

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Apparently, using cartoons to teach children about important science issues of the day raises hackles at Fox, especially when those issues are at odds with their political perspectives.

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Svante Arrhenius: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chemistry, Panspermia, Sweden, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Andy Revkin, Climate Science, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Science, Arrhenius Equation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Svante Arrhenius, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Green News

The greenhouse effect and climate change have been front-page, headline-grabbing stuff for decades now. But scientists have been studying the phenomenon for more than a century, Arrhenius included.

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An Open Letter to Congress From Climate Scientists

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Already, there is far more carbon in the air than at any time in human history, with more being generated every day. Climate change is underway and the severity of the risks we face is compounded by delay.

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2010 Hottest Year on Record: The Graph That Should Be on the Front Page of Every Newspaper

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

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The planet has a fever and it's getting worse.

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DIY Ecology: 4 Ways To Engineer A New Earth

Web Ecoist | Posted 05.25.2011

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The planet has a fever and how we cool it down is the challenge of the century. How do we start? According to advocates of a branch of scientific tec...

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India Emissions 'Triple By 2030'

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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India's greenhouse gas emissions will more than triple over the next two decades, a report has projected. But the document, compiled by experts for t...

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Arctic 'Warmest In 2,000 Years'

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of coolin...

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Save the Planet: Have Fewer Kids

LiveScience.Com | Posted 05.25.2011

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For people who are looking for ways to reduce their "carbon footprint," here's one radical idea that could have a big long-term impact, some scientist...

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Obama's New California-Based Climate Policy: Six Key Things To Know

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama announced Tuesday that he is making California's standard for greater vehicle fuel efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions the new national standard.

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When A Tree Falls Illegally In The Forest

Jonathan Lash | Posted 05.25.2011

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The amended Lacey Act makes the United States the first country in the world to place an outright ban on illegally harvested wood products.

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Obama, Arnold, And The Renewed Climate Change Fight

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Westly, Solar, Tony Blair, United Nations, Wind, Renewable Energy, Copenhagen, European Union, Kyoto, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John MCain, Brazil, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Greenhouse Effect, California, John White, Indonesia, Mike Huckabee, Climate Change, Jerry Brown, Obama Transition, San Francisco, Hillary Clinton, Fran Pavley, Fabian Nunez, Oregon, Politics News

Despite many rumors, don't look for Schwarzenegger in the Obama administration, at least not now, though candidate Obama mentioned him several times as someone he'd like to appoint.

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Permafrost Threatened by Rapid Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice

Janet Ritz | Posted 05.25.2011

A new study warns that the integrity of carbon and methane sequestering permafrost is threatened by the rapid retreat of Arctic Sea Ice, and this summer may see the first ice-free North Pole for the first time in recorded history.

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Could Kangaroos Stop Greenhouse Gas?

thedailygreen.com | Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

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Australian scientists have recently isolated methane-mitigating microbes in the intestinal lining of kangaroos. If replicated in cattle, the bacteria ...

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