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14th July 2010 Typhoon
Sink
James Liu at National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, and colleagues,
has highlighted the key role played by typhoons in delivering terrestrial
carbon to the deep ocean.
18th June 2010 Greenhouse
Feedbacks
Timothy Herbert and colleagues at Brown University in Rhode Island,
US, have suggested that changes in CO2 concentration
may explain global climate patterns dating back 2.7 million years.
17th June 2010 Mount
Albedo
Eduardo Gold, with funding from the World Bank, is attempting to
increase the albedo of Chalon Sombrero in Peru in order to lower
temperatures at the peak and reduce glacial melt.
17th June 2010 Iron
Rich Diet
Trish Lavery and colleagues at Flinders University, Australia, have
suggested that the iron excreted in sperm whale faeces acts to promote
algal growth and carbon sequestration.
9th June 2010 Frying
Pan and Fire
Luiz Arago, of the University of Exeter, UK, and colleagues have
reported an increase in the number of fires in areas of Amazonian
rainforest where deforestation has decreased.
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