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Warming Trends: Heating Up the Summer Olympics, Seeing Earth in 3-D and Methane Emissions From ‘Tree Farts’

Inside Climate News

A column highlighting climate-related studies, innovations, books, cultural events and other developments from the global warming frontier. By Katelyn Weisbrod Greenhouse gas emissions from forests of dead trees—also known as “tree farts”—should be considered when calculating emissions from these forests, a new study has found. Stands of dead trees in coastal wetlands called “ghost forests” emit methane and other potent greenhouse gases fr.

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DNA: The Ultimate Data-Storage Solution

Scientific American

The double helix can archive a staggering amount of information in an almost inconceivably small volume. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Stunning Images from Chemistry, the Inscrutable Quantum Reality, and Other New Science Books

Scientific American

Recommendations from the editors of Scientific American. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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