Articles by Doyle Rice - USA Today
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Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Continue to Soar, at Highest Point in 800,000 Years
Doyle Rice - USA Today,
7 May 2018
4 May 2018 – Carbon dioxide — the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming — reached its highest level in recorded history last month, at 410 parts per million. This amount is highest in at least the past 800,000 years, according to the Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
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Creating Clouds to Stop Global Warming Could Wreak Havoc
Doyle Rice - USA TODAY,
29 Jan 2018
22 Jan 2018 – To counteract global warming, humans may someday consider spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to form clouds — and artificially cool the Earth. The idea is known as geoengineering. However, suddenly stopping that spraying would have a “devastating” global impact on animals and plants, potentially even leading to extinction.
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Doyle Rice - USA TODAY,
6 Nov 2017
30 Oct 2017 – The U.S. federal government should adopt a strategy to manage climate change risks, as their cost to the government may rise as much as $35 billion per year by mid-century, a congressional watchdog office report released today said.
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