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Breaking the Ice
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| Topic: Climate |
09/23/04 |
| When the vast Larsen B ice shelf broke off the Antarctic Peninsula, no one knew what would happen next to the nearby glacier flows. Would they accelerate and would sea level rise from global temperature changes? |
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Surfing the Wave
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| Topic: Climate |
09/13/04 |
| A tsunami, a series of large waves caused by the disruption of seawater, is one of the many hazards of living on Earth. Bill McGuire, Director of the Benfield Hazard Research Centre, says that a mega-tsunami could cause death and destruction to both the eastern and western Atlantic coasts. |
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Ozone: State of the World
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| Topic: Climate |
09/04/04 |
| The annual opening of an ozone hole over the South Pole is being watched from orbit. The European Envisat mission sees the thinning from September to December typically. |
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ozone
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| Topic: Climate |
07/11/04 |
| This week NASA will add to its tools for tracking changes in the global climate with the launch of the Aura spacecraft. Primarily geared to imaging atmospheric changes, Aura will answer questions about ozone: the good, the bad and what makes Earth unique among the other nine planets. |
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Unfolding Planet Earth, Version Three
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| Topic: Climate |
06/25/04 |
| Modelling the earth's climate requires consideration of changes in land, sea and air. A new simulation enhances the ability to mesh the competing influences to show both climate history and our collective future. |
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Titanic Primordial Pull
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| Topic: Climate |
06/05/04 |
| How the Earth's early climate changed has much to do with the fate of its greenhouses gases, carbon dioxide and methane. A conjecture to test revolves around the continents absorbing carbon dioxide. Akin to what happens today on Saturn's moon Titan also is the change of methane to a smoggy haze of aerosols. |
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Reflecting on Climate Change
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| Topic: Climate |
06/02/04 |
| Earthshine, or the terrestrial light reflected back to us off the moon's darkside, gives a unique mirror to what is happening with our own climate. |
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Killer Lakes: Part II
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| Topic: Climate |
05/06/04 |
| Defusing Africa's killer lakes in a remote region of Cameroon, an international team of scientists takes extraordinary steps to prevent the recurrence of a deadly natural disaster. This three part excerpt gives a first-hand account of global climate change by award-winning science journalist, Kevin Krajick. |
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Killer Lakes: Part III
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| Topic: Climate |
05/06/04 |
| Defusing Africa's killer lakes in a remote region of Cameroon, an international team of scientists takes extraordinary steps to prevent the recurrence of a deadly natural disaster. This three part excerpt gives a first-hand account of global climate change by award-winning science journalist, Kevin Krajick. |
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Killer Lakes: Part I
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| Topic: Climate |
05/05/04 |
| Defusing Africa's killer lakes in a remote region of Cameroon, an international team of scientists takes extraordinary steps to prevent the recurrence of a deadly natural disaster. This three part excerpt gives a first-hand account of global climate change by award-winning science journalist, Kevin Krajick. |
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