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WXshift Weather Website Predicts Your Local Climate Change

Mila Luleva — Wed, 16 Sep 2015 15:46:58 +0000

WXshift is the latest weather website, which not only gives you the weekly forecast, but it also tells you how climate change will affect your neighborhood. Everyone has their favorite weather forecast websites, which they check, if not religiously every morning (like I do), then at least when they get to travel to places. I […]

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Plants Absorb More CO2 Than Models Predicted, A Study

Mila Luleva — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 12:52:15 +0000

Scientists from University of Texas, Austin and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory claim that plants absorb much larger quantities of carbon dioxide than models have previously predicted. By studying the exact process, through which the gas moves within the plant leaves, the team established a 16% increase in absorption rate. The study was based on […]

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Atmospheric Humidity Measurements Improve Prediction of Climatological Models

Mila Luleva — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:22:45 +0000

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007 calculated a range between 2 and 4.5 °C of temperature rise given that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere doubles. Scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, however managed to narrow the range down by bringing the lower limit up to 2.5 […]

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