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HysteryDiagnosis

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Thu Jul-14-11 05:12 AM
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When earth passes gas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110713131423.htm

ScienceDaily (July 13, 2011) — More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil to release the potent greenhouse gases methane and nitrous oxide, new research published in this week's edition of Nature reveals. "This feedback to our changing atmosphere means that nature is not as efficient in slowing global warming as we previously thought," said Dr Kees Jan van Groenigen, Research Fellow at the Botany department at the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, and lead author of the study.

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The Midway Rebel

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Thu Jul-14-11 07:07 AM
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1. It is later thatn we think.

k&r

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Javaman

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Thu Jul-14-11 08:12 AM
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2. I'm waiting for the full on thaw of Siberia.

chock full of methyl hydrates.

Once that goes, the game is essentially over.

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