1. Aedes aegypti mosquito biting a human

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    A small but active group of discipline-crossing specialists are analyzing the response of disease transmission to temperature, moisture, and other atmospheric variables.

    • Climate

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  2. Ice sheets and climate change during the late Pleistocene

    New research that involves NCAR's Bette Otto-Bliesner questions conventional wisdom with regard to massive iceberg discharges in the North Atlantic Ocean during the last glacial period, pointing toward climate rather than ice sheet instability as a cause.

    • Climate

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  3. Chunks of sea ice and open water

    Arctic ice melt could pause in near future, then resume again

    Sea ice could stabilize or even expand for periods of several years, but it will ultimately melt as the climate warms.

    • Climate

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  4. NASA SDO satellite image: AIA 171 on 2011-07-26 at 22:45:01 UT

    Wave power can drive Sun’s intense heat

    Alfvén waves contain enough energy to heat the corona and drive the solar wind.

    • Sun + Space Weather

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