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Dates: during 2010-2019
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...pressure on the IPCC to be flawless will only increase as the political climate on climate change heats up. And yet, it's much harder to predict the future impact of global warming accurately, especially at the local and regional level, than it is to build the broader case that more carbon dioxide means higher temperatures. But that's exactly the sort of information policymakers will need to prepare for climate change going forward, and it's exactly the sort of information most at risk of being hyped...
...that is broadly recognized is the need to increase our ability to project changes on a local and regional scale, says Frumhoff. The state of that science is still preliminary...
...Local residents can’t do it alone, much more needs to be done at the state level,” Decker said. “I believe I can do more to make a difference for all of us in the State Senate. I’m ready...
...expect local businesses to get a boost in January if teams as large as Harvard and Radcliffe keep coming back...
...There are measures in place to prevent election fraud. Rohana Hettiarachchi, executive director of People's Action for Free and Fair Elections, says his group has already allocated additional local and international election monitors to sensitive polling districts. Sri Lanka has a well-established, compulsory national identity-card system used to verify voter rolls, and each candidate is allowed four representatives at each counting station. Hettiarachchi has appealed to the police and armed forces to uphold the law and maintain order, no matter what the result. "It is a crucial election, and their impartiality will matter a lot," he says...