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Climate, Controversy And Strangers On A Plane

March 29, 2012 • On a recent flight, commentator Adam Frank sat next to a man who wanted to talk about the "controversy" surrounding climate science. Frank and his new friend spent the rest of their time together in a friendly give-and-take over the realities of the science and politics of global warming.

Methane, Soot Are Targets Of New U.S. Climate Initiative

A new program led by the U.S. seeks to limit amounts of soot, hydrofluorocarbons and methane released into the atmosphere. In this file photo from 2009, a researcher ignites trapped methane from under a pond's ice cap in Alaska. Todd Paris/AP hide caption

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Methane, Soot Are Targets Of New U.S. Climate Initiative

February 16, 2012 • The United States and five other nations are embarking on a new program to limit pollutants connected to global warming. But they're not targeting carbon dioxide with this effort — instead, they're looking at methane gas, and soot.

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Steroids, Baseball And Climate Change

February 13, 2012 • Why some people call carbon dioxide (and the other greenhouse gases) the steroids of the climate system.

Gardening Map Of Warming U.S. Has Plant Zones Moving North

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Gardening Map Of Warming U.S. Has Plant Zones Moving North

January 26, 2012 • Gardeners: Take heed. An updated plant map shows that the United States is getting warmer. That means spring planting may come earlier and some plants can tolerate new northern latitudes.

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Why Should You Care About Science?

January 25, 2012 • As science advances, it becomes more abstract and distant from people's everyday reality. How do we bridge the gap so that society as a whole can engage in the questions of the day, from global warming to the debate on evolution?

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January 24th: What's On Today's Show

January 24, 2012 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, how the Catholic church has changed over the past decade, and preventing further damage to the climate. In the second hour, runaway kids, and examining the question, Is Turkey the new normal?

Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks

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Geoengineered Food? Climate Fix Could Boost Crop Yields, But With Risks

January 23, 2012 • Climate simulations show that massive technological interventions, known as "geoengineering," could protect food crops from some of the damaging effects of global warming. But researchers say local effects are hard to predict, so geoengineering may not be worth the risk.

Feeding The World Gets Short Shrift In Climate Change Debate

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December 6, 2011 • Just as we starting to find new worlds beyond our own, we have also developed a new and highly sophisticated understanding of how Earth and its life evolve together. Astrophysicist and commentator Adam Frank says this is no coincidence.

Hotter Hot Days, And More Of Them, 'Virtually Certain'

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Hotter Hot Days, And More Of Them, 'Virtually Certain'

November 18, 2011 • The U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change also warns of extreme rainfall, more droughts and more intense storms. And it says it is "likely" that human contributions to greenhouse gases are a cause of climate change.

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Global Warming vs. Climate Change: Does It Make a Difference?

November 17, 2011 • A listener says using the term "climate change" sounds like an Orwellian attempt to duck the consequences of "global warming." He's right that NPR and the media are saying "climate change" more, but the terms have different meanings. There is, moreover, little scientific doubt about either.

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