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Podcast: What To Do With CO2

Published: March 1st, 2011
Last revised: March 1st, 2011

Podcast: Grappling with America’s Difficult Climate Choices

Published: July 29th, 2010
Last revised: July 29th, 2010

Scientists project earlier spring snowmelt in Washington State

Published: September 3rd, 2009
Last revised: July 19th, 2010

Scientists project the annual area wildfires burn in Washington State to double or more

Published: September 3rd, 2009
Last revised: July 18th, 2010

Scientists project sharply increasing wildfires in the American West

Published: September 2nd, 2009
Last revised: July 18th, 2010

The planet could warm 7Ã‚Â°F this century if current trends continue

Published: May 19th, 2009
Last revised: July 18th, 2010

The US could warm 9Ã‚Â°F this century if current trends continue

Published: May 19th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

Farming fuel crops may drive far-off deforestation and CO2 release

Published: January 28th, 2009
Last revised: July 17th, 2010

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May 25th, 2013 - Tornadoes, Heat-Related Deaths, and Hurricanes
May 25th, 2013 - Congo Waits on Funding for Largest Hydropower Project
May 24th, 2013 - Weather Satellite Outage Points to Larger Problems
May 23rd, 2013 - Optimism for Crops in Midwest; Dire Straits in the West
May 23rd, 2013 - 2013 Hurricane Season Could Be Extremely Active: NOAA

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CO2 Injection

CO2 captured from coal-fired electric power plants may be injected for storage into porous layers of rock and sand