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Global Cooling is Bunk, Draft NASA Study Finds
DAILY CLIMATE - Global warming has neither stopped nor slowed in the past decade, according to a draft analysis of temperature data by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Study: Can Hurricanes Cause Climate Change?
TIME - Scientists have long suspected that global warming could make hurricanes more intense in some way, but a new study in Nature suggests the effect works both ways: tropical cyclones could help drive up temperatures in response.
Fuel from Tobacco?
CLIMATE CENTRAL - Scientists think tobacco may provide a missing link for biofuels.
Ethanol’s Contrasting Carbon Footprints
DAILY CLIMATE - Feds conclude corn-based biofuels help reduce emissions, in contrast to California regulators, who said they don't. Who's right? Oddly enough, both may be.
Studies Predict Fewer But Stronger Hurricanes
TIME - The relationship between climate change and hurricanes is anything but settled.
Climate Change: How Fast Is the Earth Shifting?
CLIMATE CENTRAL - A new study calculates the physical velocity of climate change.
Predictions of Sea Level Rise Are Increasing
CLIMATE CENTRAL - A new study in Nature suggests that the conventional wisdom on long-term sea-level rise in a warmer world is too low.
Solar Power from Space: Moving Beyond Science Fiction
YALE E360 - For more than 40 years, scientists have dreamed of collecting the sun’s energy in space and beaming it back to Earth. Now, a host of technological advances, coupled with interest from the U.S. military, may be bringing that vision close to reality.
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