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Earth's Warming-Cooling Cycle: From Alligators to Icicles

Air/Publish Date: 04/15/2009
Event Date: 09/2006-02/2008

The icy Arctic was once tropical. What causes Earth to cycle from a greenhouse world to an ice-house world? Greenhouse gases. (Excerpt, "Future Earth: Journey to the End of the World" MSNBC)

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High Tech Truck Collects Emissions Data from Passing Cars

Air/Publish Date: 09/28/2009
Event Date: 09/28/2009

A Mobile Emissions Detecting Unit uses sensors to collect vehicle emissions data--and license plate numbers--from passing cars on heavily-trafficked roadways near the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.

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Obama's Climate Speech at UN Disappoints Many

Air/Publish Date: 09/22/2009
Event Date: 09/22/2009

President Barack Obama's climate change speech at the United Nations does not live up to expectations of environmentalists and world leaders who'd hoped he would set specific emissions cuts and energy goals.

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'09 Study: Arctic Temperatures Warmest in 2000 Years

Air/Publish Date: 09/03/2009
Event Date: 09/03/2009

A study published in the journal Science in September of 2009 reports Arctic temperatures are the warmest in 2000 years, and should be colder than usual because Earth's orbit is changing sunlight received.

Plugged-In: Chinese Car-Maker to Mass-Produce All-Electric Car

Air/Publish Date: 05/18/2009
Event Date: 05/18/2009

In May of 2009, Chinese automaker BYD Auto unveils its all-electric plug-in hybrid car, the E6, which it will mass-produce and take to market later in the year, ahead of General Motors or Toyota. ...

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Changes in Wilkins Ice Bridge, Antarctic Summer, 2009 (Google Earth)

Air/Publish Date: 04/28/2009
Event Date: 04/28/2009

This time-lapse sequence of Google Earth satellite images shows changes in the Wilkins Ice Bridge during the Antarctic summer of 2009, from February 3 to April 10 (including shelf break-off on ...

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Changes in Arctic Ice Cap, 1979-2008 (Google Earth)

Air/Publish Date: 04/28/2009
Event Date: 04/28/2009

This time-lapse sequence of Google Earth satellite images shows annual changes in the Arctic Ice Cap between 1979 and 2008.

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Hot Topic: Ice Melting at Both North and South Poles

Air/Publish Date: 04/06/2009
Event Date: 04/06/2009

In April of 2009, the collapse of an ice bridge at the South Pole and record thinning of Arctic ice at the North Pole, indicate the global climate is warming faster than thought, and prompts international calls for action.

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Obama Reverses Bush, Moves Toward CO2 Emission Limits

Air/Publish Date: 01/26/2009
Event Date: 01/26/2009

As one of his first acts in office, President Barack Obama orders the EPA to reconsider California's request to limit vehicle emissions of carbon dioxide "greenhouse gases."

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Environmental Activist, Aged 12, Fights Global Warming

Air/Publish Date: 01/04/2009
Event Date: 01/04/2009

A Connecticut 12-year-old, alerted to global warming on a trip to the Galapagos Islands when he was 10, persuades businesses and residents in his home town to conserve energy, reduce carbon footprint.

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Report from Mt. Kilimanjaro: Glaciers Melting, Water Sources Drying Up

Air/Publish Date: 11/19/2008
Event Date: 11/19/2008

On her climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro, Today show correspondent Ann Curry reports, by satellite phone, on the effects of climate change on glaciers, and water supplies for tribes that live at the foot ...

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Northwest Passage, Long Ice-Bound, is Open for Second Year

Air/Publish Date: 11/16/2008
Event Date: 11/16/2008

NBC's Peter Alexander travels through the Northwest Passage, which for the second straight year is ice-free and passable. The melting of the polar ice cap threatens the arctic ecosystem.

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