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Changes In Solar Activity Affect Local ClimateLund, Sweden (SPX) Dec 10, 2010 Raimund Muscheler is a researcher at the Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences at Lund University in Sweden. In the latest issue of the journal Science, he and his colleagues have described how the surface water temperature in the tropical parts of the eastern Pacific varied with the sun's activity between 7 000 and 11 000 years ago (early Holocene). Contrary to what one might intuitively believe, high solar activity had a cooling effect in this region. "It is perhaps a similar phenomen ... read more |
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  Chinese web users use photos of empty chairs to mark Nobel In a defiant nod to jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, Chinese Twitter users on Friday posted photos of empty chairs - the way the Nobel committee plans to highlight the winner's absence. ... more | .. |
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 Widespread Suffering If Further Climate Change Not Forestalled One of the world's foremost experts on climate change is warning that if humans don't moderate their use of fossil fuels, there is a real possibility that we will face the environmental, societal an ... more | .. |
 Nobel jury tries to abate Chinese fury at peace pick Nobel organisers tried Thursday to dampen growing anger in Beijing on the eve of a controversial peace prize ceremony for jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, insisting the honour was not targeted against China. ... more | .. |
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 Mountainfolk make climate plea as UN talks approach climax Mountain communities and the UN on Thursday joined hands to warn of the "devastating" impact of global warming in mountain areas, as climate change talks draw to a close in Cancun. ... more |
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