Simmering Planet Keeps Heating

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Simmering Planet Keeps Heating

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Dec 4, 2011

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Despite decades of warnings, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, warming the world. Can such pollution peak this decade? David Biello asks

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Dec 4, 2011

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