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Paper archives reveal pollution's history
Description: A new source of climate records is as close as the nearest university library: Back issues of magazines reveal the rise in atmospheric CO2 from burning fossil fuels. By analyzing the carbon isotopes in bits of paper clipped from old magazines, a scientist has traced the rising effects of atmospheric pollution from burning fossil fuel going back to beginnings of the industrial revolution. [Source: Physorg.com]
URL: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-02-paper-archives-reveal-pollution-history.html
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Source: Physorg.com
Publish Date: 2/8/2011
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