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7 Nov 2009
Top Story: Earth's History: Freeze and Fry
By Sam Fowler
Today’s rapid climate change is undoubtedly the result of greenhouse gases produced by humans. But extraordinary swings in our planet’s past climate have been caused by changes in its interior and influences from deep space. In the...
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> Uncovering an asteroid
> Global Warming - A Chilling Possibility
> Extinction!
> Great Volcano Eruptions in Earth History
Today’s rapid climate change is undoubtedly the result of greenhouse gases produced by humans. But extraordinary swings in our planet’s past climate have been caused by changes in its interior and influences from deep space. In the...
> Read this article
> Uncovering an asteroid
> Global Warming - A Chilling Possibility
> Extinction!
> Great Volcano Eruptions in Earth History
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Interview: James Lovelock on Climate Change
The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released a...
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Going Green: On Earth and Beyond
Scientists are now looking at how research into space can help the Earth – and vice...
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Scientists are now looking at how research into space can help the Earth – and vice...
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Featured Poem
Break, Break, Break
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
Break, break, break,On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!And I would that my tongue could utterThe thoughts that arise in...
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Break, Break, Break
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
Break, break, break,On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!And I would that my tongue could utterThe thoughts that arise in...
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Facts
La Paz, the capital city of Bolivia, is the highest capital in the world. Ski resorts there operate only on weekends during the South American Summer (November to March). At an elevation of over 17,000 feet it is too cold to operate during the South American winter.> More facts
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A Warmer World
Photo courtesy of Barbara Summey, NASA Goddard Visualization Analysis Lab, based upon...
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