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Scientists to track twisters in world’s largest tornado study
The collaborative international project, involving scientists from NCAR and other organizations, may ultimately improve tornado forecasting.
- Weather
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"Ten Most Wanted" plants inspected for clues to climate change
Students, gardeners, retirees, and other volunteers taking part in a nationwide initiative, Project BudBurst, are finding hints that certain plants are blooming unusually early.
- Education + Outreach,
- Climate
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"Missing" heat may affect future climate change
Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years.
- Climate
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Air pollution: It all depends on your perspective
There’s only so much air to go around. Since we inhale trillions of molecules with every breath, a few of them may have been exhaled by people who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago.
- Air Quality
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Wet, cool, and wild: The winter of 2009–2010
The downpours of March suggest that the most noteworthy aspect of the Northeast’s winter was the intense precipitation rather than unusually cold air.
- Climate