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Climate science in 2008

In the latest issue of Nature Reports Climate Change, we have a round-up by Amanda Leigh Mascarelli of some of the major breakthroughs in climate science in 2008. This is a just a pick of the top five; there are of course others we could have mentioned. Also listed are those issues where large gaps remain in our knowledge, such as how fast Greenland is melting, or on which agreement has yet to be reached, such as where to stabilize atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

All illustrated with a cartoon by Marc Roberts:

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Please share others with us in the comments.

Posted by Olive Heffernan on December 23, 2008
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I just noticed this post on Rick Weiss's Science Progress blog, where he lists the top eight science policy stories of '08: http://www.scienceprogress.org/2008/12/the-top-eight-science-policy-news-stories-of-2008.

Arctic sea ice also gets a mention here, as does the increasing weight of evidence suggesting that biofuels are not a sustainable alternative energy.

Olive

Posted by: Olive Heffernan | December 23, 2008 05:52 PM

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