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Academy scientists take a closer look at the news and stories surrounding the hot topic of climate change.
December 8, 2009
Peter Roopnarine
The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has just announced that this past decade has been the warmest on record in the 160 years for which we've been keeping records. BBC has a very nice...
November 26, 2009
Peter Roopnarine
There have been several positive announcements, in the past two days, from the world's largest emitters of carbon dioxide, namely the United States and China.
October 6, 2009
Peter Roopnarine
In the previous post I promised to explain the lengthy answer to the Kevin Bacon riddle posed in the first post. Here's a start...