A volunteer project enlists citizen scientists to transcribe climate observations buried in historic logbooks of U.S. ships that spent time in the Arctic.
Volunteers use historic U.S. ship logbooks to uncover Arctic climate data
March 28, 2013
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International study: Where there’s smoke or smog, there’s climate change
January 15, 2013
A new international assessment found that soot, or black carbon, is a major contributor to global warming — second only to carbon dioxide.
In rain and snow at home, Seahawks much more likely to win
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The Seahawks win four times as many home games as they lose when the weather is inclement, compared to less than two to one when it’s not.
New research to help scientists better predict underwater volcanic eruptions
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Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano, gave warning signals hours before its eruption, scientists say in three papers published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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