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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Climate Less Sensitive to Greenhouse Gases Than Predicted, Study Says


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New Zealand's Franz Josef glacier is one of the areas scientists studied to measure how sensitive Earth's climate is to greenhouse gases. The researchers found that the climate may not be as sensitive as some scientists predicted.

Photograph courtesy Gabriele Hegerl/Nature