2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (468+ words) Our relatively stable global climate is governed by an incredibly complex set of factors, all interacting with each other in dynamic and changeable ways – but there are a couple of really big, key players in that system....

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1+ week, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) We've made some drastic changes to ocean ecosystems in the past century....

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