Author: By SETH BORENSTEIN , AP Science Writer
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Looking for signs of global warming? They’re all around you
GOTHIC, Colo. — David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist.More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appeared each spring on this mountain. These days, plants and animals are arriving at Rocky Mountain Biological Lab a week or two earlier than they were 30…
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Antarctica melting at rapid speed, raising sea levels
WASHINGTON — The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an alarming rate, with about 3 trillion tons of ice disappearing since 1992, an international team of ice experts said in a new study. In the last quarter century, the southern-most continent’s ice sheet — a key indicator of climate change — melted into enough water…
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Study finds false stories travel way faster than the truth
WASHINGTON — Twitter loves lies. A new study finds that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches far more people. And you can’t blame bots; it’s us, say the authors of the largest study of online misinformation. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at…