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Greenhouse forecasting still cloudy

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An Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) report on evidence of human influence on global warming has been exaggerated by the media. As nations prepare for international climate treaty negotiations, IPPC scientists warn than computer climate models are not yet very reliable.

Author: Kerr, Richard A.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1997
Models, Forecasts and trends, Global warming, Environmental policy, Climatology, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United States. National Center for Atmospheric Research

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Volcanoes may warm locally while cooling globally

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The Jun 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubu may have had acted to raise temperatures in the northern continents rather than lowering them as expected. A growing body of research suggests that large volcanoes disrupt surface weather patterns through a series of processes.

Author: Kerr, Richard A.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1993
Causes of, Environmental aspects, Volcanoes, Global temperature changes, Mount Pinatubo

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Martian rocks tell divergent stories

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British researchers have found additional evidence of ancient life on meteorites from Mars. However, another study presents the theory that the signs of life are really caused by terrestrial contamination.

Author: Kerr, Richard A.
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Publication Name: Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8075
Year: 1996
Research, Mars (Planet), Natural history, Life on other planets, Extraterrestrial life, Meteorites

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