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How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

11 December 2019

New Scientist was well ahead of the curve in 1979 when we warned that the 'so-called carbon dioxide greenhouse effect' threatened long-term climate change
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Refreezing the Arctic: How to bring the ice back with geoengineering

28 August 2019

The Arctic is heating up faster than anywhere else on Earth and the only way to save the ice may be to intervene directly. We look at the three ambitious projects that aim to do just that

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