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Boehner: Pass the budget or don’t get paid

The House will continue to focus on fiscal responsibility instead of immigration and climate change as Obama said at inauguration.

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February 18, 2012
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NASA map sees Earth’s trees in a new light

A NASA-led science team has created an accurate, high-resolution map of the height of Earth’s forests. The map will help scientists better understand the role forests play in climate change and how their heights influence wildlife habitats within them, while … Continue reading →

February 7, 2012
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Patterns in sand dunes explained

In a study of the harsh but beautiful White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain dune patterns. The new work represents a contribution to basic science, but the findings may also hold … Continue reading →

January 18, 2012
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Evidence of past Southern hemisphere rainfall cycles related to Antarctic temperatures

Geoscientists have published the first evidence that warm-cold climate oscillations well known in the Northern Hemisphere over the most recent glacial period also appear as tropical rainfall variations in the Amazon Basin of South America. It is the first clear … Continue reading →

December 19, 2011
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Climate change may bring big ecosystem shifts, NASA says

By 2100, global climate change will modify plant communities covering almost half of Earth’s land surface and will drive the conversion of nearly 40 percent of land-based ecosystems from one major ecological community type — such as forest, grassland or … Continue reading →

December 6, 2011
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Global warming ‘not slowing down,’ say researchers

Researchers have added further clarity to the global climate trend, proving that global warming is showing no signs of slowing down and that further increases are to be expected in the next few decades.

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