Think We're Headed for a New Ice Age? You're Wrong [Science]
Jamie Condliffe
Read some reports of our changing climate today, and you might be convinced that we're about to enter a mini Ice Age, with decades of plummeting temperatures ahead. Here's why that's a lot of hot air. More »


source: gizmodo.com
30 Jan 2012
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