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Study: 97 percent Agreement on Manmade Global Warming

Published: May 16th, 2013

Smaller Glaciers Boost Sea Level as Much as the Giants

Published: May 16th, 2013, Last Updated: May 17th, 2013

Carbon Dioxide Passes 400 PPM Milestone, NOAA Finds

Published: May 10th, 2013

The Last Time CO2 Was This High, Humans Didn’t Exist

Published: May 3rd, 2013, Last Updated: May 2nd, 2013

Watch 62 Years of Global Warming in 13 Seconds

Published: May 2nd, 2013

Meet GROVER: NASA’s New Ice-Loving, Roving Robot

Published: May 1st, 2013, Last Updated: May 1st, 2013

Global CO2 Levels Set to Pass 400 ppm Milestone

Published: May 1st, 2013

IMF Rejects Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Calls for Reform

Published: April 21st, 2013

Scientists Raise Questions on Drought and Climate

Published: April 17th, 2013

Interactive: Short-Lived Pollutants and Sea Level Rise

Published: April 14th, 2013

Andes’ Tropical Glaciers Going Fast, May Soon Be Gone

Published: April 14th, 2013

Six to See: Slideshow of Week’s Top Climate News

Published: April 13th, 2013

Margaret Thatcher’s Strong Stance on Climate Change

Published: April 8th, 2013

Six to See: Slideshow on Week’s Top Climate News

Published: March 30th, 2013

Why the Globe Hasn’t Warmed Much for the Past Decade

Published: March 27th, 2013

If You Thought 2012 Was Hot, Just Wait a Few Years

Published: March 20th, 2013

What the 2013 Tornado Season Has in Store for the U.S.

Published: March 18th, 2013

February Keeps the Planet’s Warm Streak Alive: NOAA

Published: March 14th, 2013

Volcanic Eruptions May be Masking ‘Lost’ Warming

Published: March 11th, 2013

Climate to Warm Beyond Levels Seen for 11,300 Years

Published: March 7th, 2013

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May 20th, 2013 - Tornadoes Rake Okla., Kansas as Storm Threat Continues
May 20th, 2013 - Warming Causing Rockies, Everest to Lose Ice and Snow
May 19th, 2013 - Study Projects Steep Increase in NYC Heat-Related Deaths
May 19th, 2013 - Rising Temperatures in Europe Leave Ducks Grounded
May 18th, 2013 - Clouds ‘Cool Earth Less Than Once Thought’

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CO2 Capture

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