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2007 Ranks Among the Warmest Years on Record
2007 was either the second-warmest or fifth-warmest year on record for the globe, depending on which group of researchers you listen to. The Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS), a part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, claims that 2007 ties with 1998 as the second-warmest year on record, but the National Climatic Data […]
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New Antarctic Ice Core to Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet
Scientists on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have closed out the inaugural season of an unprecedented, multiyear effort to retrieve the largest, most detailed record of greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere over the last 100,000 years.
After three weeks of round-the-clock drilling for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) West Antarctic Ice Sheet Divide (WAIS Divide) […]
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Grants Will Protect Thousands of Acres of Coastal Wetlands
Department of the Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced on Wednesday that twenty-nine conservation projects encompassing nearly 10,000 acres of coastal wetlands will be funded with $20.5 million from 2008 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grants.
The grants will be used to acquire, restore or enhance coastal wetlands to provide long-term conservation benefits to fish, wildlife and habitat. […]
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