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… about how global warming works but were afraid to ask For the next few blog posts, I thought it would be interesting to cover some of the basic science behind global warming. At one level, it’s a pretty simple concept: The Earth is getting warmer because more greenhouse gases are insulating it. It’s like […]

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Climate change, despite its outsized impact on the planet, is still an abstract concept to many of us. That needs to change. My hope is that readers of this blog will develop a better understanding of...