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Rewriting the history of global climate change

[29 Jun 2009 | 1 Comments]

For thousands of years, humans have been changing global climate, maybe even helping us avert the next ice age, all long before the Industrial Revolution. Interested? Then you should read Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by Paleoclimatologist Bill Ruddi... [More]

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Kindle DX: Not ready for Academic users

[15 Jun 2009 | 8 Comments]

I 'm a professor of environmental science at UMBC and have been experimenting with Amazon’s Kindle DX since Friday (June 12, 2009). When the Kindle DX was first announced in May, I was very excited by the possibility of reading journal articles and other materials in Adobe Acro... [More]

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