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New Public Outreach Prize Goes to Earth Institute Climatologist
A major new international prize for public communication on climate-change issues has been awarded to Gavin Schmidt of the Earth Institute-affiliated NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. The $25,000 Climate Communications Prize was announced today by the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest organization of earth and space scientists. Schmidt, an influential climate modeler who has authored more than…
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Carbon Dioxide Already in Danger Zone, Warns Study
Revised Theory Says Levels in Air Must Decline, Not Just Stabilize
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New Study Finds World Temperatures Approaching Ancient Levels
A new study led by James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a part of The Earth Institute, finds that the world’s temperature is reaching a level that has not been seen in thousands of years. The study was published in the September 26, 2006 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy…
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