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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:58:14 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Field Project Seeks Clues to Climate Change in Remote Atmospheric Region
Field Project Seeks Clues to Climate Change in Remote Atmospheric Region
Scientists are deploying an advanced research aircraft to study a region of the atmosphere that influences climate change by affecting the amount of solar heat that reaches Earth's surface.
Findings from the project, based at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., will be used by researchers worldwide to improve computer models of global climate in preparation for the next report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The project, ...
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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:44:27 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, and No One Is Around to Hear It, Does Climate Change?
There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming.
In a review paper appearing in this week's Forest Ecology special issue of Science, atmospheric scientist Gordon Bonan of the Natinoal Science Foundation's National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., ...
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