July 9, 1999
NASA Satellites May 'Revolutionize' Earth Sciences
They will collect information about the climatic system in greater detail and more comprehensively than ever before
Most climatologists would agree that the earth has warmed sharply during the past century, and that human activity is responsible at least in part.
But ask them how rapidly carbon dioxide and other gases responsible for the "greenhouse effect" will accumulate in the future, how much those gases will raise global
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