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Scientists were then able to infer the approximate sea level at the time the calcite was deposited, and estimate that some 81,000 years ago sea levels were about 1 m higher than they are now - which suggests that global temperatures were at least as high, or higher than they are now, even though CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere were much lower then. The study also indicates that the sea level was changing rapidly around this time period, rising as much as 1 m the century before, as ice melted, and then falling afterward at around the same speed...
...biggest gaps in climate science is our understanding of how the major ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica will respond to warming temperatures. The science is so foggy that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - which recently came under attack for hyping the impacts of global warming - has refrained from estimating how fast those ice sheets could melt and contribute to sea level rise. Dorale's paper suggests the possibility that ice sheets may respond much more dynamically to changes in temperature, forming and melting at rates that are quicker than previously thought. "There might be a feedback with regards...
Clinton, 63, has spent much of the past several weeks in Haiti as the U.N. special envoy to that country, contributing to the relief efforts there after the catastrophic January earthquake. The former President has maintained a rigorous schedule since his bypass surgery, giving speeches, working with his global charitable foundation and accompanying his wife on the campaign trail during her own bid for President...
...conglomerate of Swedish economic associations has awarded Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner the 2010 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research “for his pioneering research into venture capital (VC) and VC-backed entrepreneurship...
...president’s emphasis on education in the face of economic adversity is the correct approach. Strong schools are integral to a strong workforce and a strong economy, for education is a most potent mechanism for equipping American workers to compete in a global economy. We remain optimistic about actions at both the federal and state level that demonstrate our elected officials’ understanding of the primacy of education. Massachusetts, for example, recently passed a bill doubling the number of charter schools and expanding the powers of superintendents to overhaul failing schools. Even in the face of soaring...