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Professor honored for work on climate change consensus

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Harvard Professor of the History of Science Naomi Oreskes will be awarded the sixth annual Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication, Climate One at the Commonwealth Club announced today. The award is given to a natural or...

Gore sees progress on climate change

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In Harvard visit, cites momentum in technology, demand By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer Al Gore brought a dose of climate-change optimism to Harvard, puncturing the typical gloom-and-doom narrative with the view that things are finally changing for...

Earlier warnings for heat waves

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Sea temperature patterns predict extreme temperatures By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communications On May 17, 2012, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center forecast a 33 to 40 percent chance of above-normal temperatures for the Southeast with...

$1M in grants to support 10 climate research projects

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Six Harvard Schools gain support from Climate Change Solutions Fund By Kate Kondyen Belching smokestacks and idling cars may be the typical scapegoats for climate change, but millions of other factors contribute — sometimes ones we never think twice about...

Today’s farming practices can cool temps

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Summer peak temperatures falling over regions with intense farming Interview with Nathan Mueller By Peter Reuell In the past, crops such as corn were planted in precisely spaced, perfectly parallel rows, with each stalk a foot or more apart to allow the...

At last, global fretting on climate change...

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Paris agreement greatly expands international commitment to reduce damage, Stavins says. By Alvin Powell, Harvard Staff Writer As negotiators make their way back to their home countries from the Paris climate talks, the world is taking stock of the...