Enough member states in the European Union have already individually ratified the agreement to meet the emissions requirement for the agreement to go into force.
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Cubans, Americans Bridge a Scientific Rift
Two scientific communities that evolved separately for more than 50 years reunited last week to share their findings and plan a more unified future.
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Developments in Ice Core Research on Past Climate Change
IPICS 2016 Open Science Conference; Hobart, Australia, 7–11 March 2016
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Seismic Wave Videos Combine Sight and Sound
Researchers convert seismic data into sounds and animations, providing scientists with a new way to view what happens to Earth during earthquakes.
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Call for Comments: Responsibilities and Rights of Scientists
The American Geophysical Union urges members to comment soon on the organization's new draft position statement about scientists' responsibilities and rights and the integrity of the scientific process.
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Eliminating Uncertainty One Cloud at a Time
The impact of clouds on climate change has been a scientific mystery for decades. Now researchers are fighting to gain the upper hand.
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Rosetta Spacecraft Death-Dives into Comet Companion—On Purpose
On the way to its demise, the probe intimately viewed a dust-spewing pit and measured close up the gravity field, temperature, and other features of the comet.
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Switching to Drought-Tolerant Plants Could Alter Urban Climates
In Los Angeles, replacing lawns with native plants that need less water could lead to hotter days and cooler nights.
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Mars’s Climate May Have Been Wet Much Later Than Thought
Water-carved valleys may be relatively young, challenging assumptions about the history of the Red Planet's climate.
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Climate Change, Groundwater Management, and California's Future
Conference on Climate Change and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act; University of California, Davis, California, 4–5 April 2016