Several new findings on the drivers of global climate change on ScienceNOW. These short articles ask some serious questions about how this very comple...

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Several new findings on the drivers of global climate change on ScienceNOW. These short articles ask some serious questions about how this very complex process works. First, new research confirms that CO2 is a major driver in global warming.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/greenhouse-gas-is-no-weakling.html?ref=em

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