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| 06:03 |  | Rise in Bangalore's temperature attributed to high carbon emissions
The Hindu - States - Karnataka rise (P2, 3) temperature carbon (P3) emissions climate (P2) hotter (P2) change (P2) atmospheric (P2) oceanic (P2) fossil fuels (P3) emission (P3) environment (P4, 8) heat (P4) warming (P4, 6) solar (P5)
'If remedial measures are not taken, summers are going to be cruel'¶1 Bangalore, which was once known for its salubrious climate, is getting hotter by the day because of the rise in global and local pollution levels, according to J Srinivasan, Chairman of the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, and Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.¶2
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| 05:02 |  | Analysis: We must bypass national and corporate interests to save climate
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It is already too late to avoid significant adverse impacts from man-made global warming – but, it is not too late to minimise the risk of severe and dangerous global climate change.¶1 What is needed is a global emergency climate stabilization program which preserves the right of all people to reach a dignified [...]¶2 The impacts of global warming over the long term could be as disastrous as an asteroid hitting the earth [...]¶5
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| 04:41 | | Bangalore is getting hotter by the day
DNA India hotter (P1) increase (P1, 2) temperature (P1) climate (P1) change (P1) environment (P1, 5, 6) rise (P2) increasing (P4) solar (P5) fossil fuel (P5) reduce (P6)
Bangalore is getting hotter than ever. "The city has seen a two-degree increase in temperature in the last 100 years, which is one degree more than the global temperature," said J Srinivasan, chairman, Divecha Centre for Climate Change & professor of IISc, at the Annual Conference on Environment and Sustainability.¶1 [...] said: "The global levels have shown one degree increase in temperatures but, the city has seen a rise in two degrees, which is due to increase in concrete structures."¶2
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| 03:21 |  | Flood the Zone
The New York Times - Editorials & Opinion flood (P8, 9) reduce (P7) change (P7, 10) ecosystem (P7, 10) feedback (P8)
Every once in a while, the Obama administration will promulgate a policy that is truly demoralizing. A willingness to end [...]¶1 [...] no single magic lever to pull to significantly reduce poverty.¶7
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| 03:02 |  | BC wants clean energy to power gas exports to Asia
Recharge Magazine gas (P1, 2, 3, 4, 9) greenhouse (P2, 3) greenhouse gas (P2)
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark proposes to export the province's abundant natural gas supplies to Asia from terminals powered by clean energy [...]¶1 [...] BC's natural gas will help with the transition to a low-carbon global economy by displacing Asia's current reliance on other carbon-intensive fuels like coal and diesel," says Clark, a Liberal, in unveiling details of a new natural gas strategy. [...] plan to introduce more ambitious means of offsetting greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon capture and storage, while balancing [...]¶2
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| 00:42 | | Sea ice loss said driving European chill
UPI - Security & Terrorism ice (P1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) global warming (P1) warming (P1, 4) melting (P2, 5) warmer (P4)
LONDON, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Meteorologists say ice-free seas in the arctic caused by global warming could explain a chill wind covering much of Europe that [...]¶1 [...] believe complex wind patterns are being affected as melting arctic sea ice has exposes huge areas of normally frozen ocean to [...]¶2
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| 00:24 | | Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
SpaceWar.com ice (P1, 2, 5) gas (P5, 6) climate (P5) change (P5) atmosphere (P6) changes (P7) solar (P10)
A Russian team has succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a mythical subglacial Antarctic lake which [...]¶1 [...] for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life [...]¶2 Lesenkov said that analysis of the composition of gas bubbles discovered in the ice above the lake could help climate change research.¶5
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| 00:24 | | Land-cover changes do not impact glacier loss
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The glaciers in the Kilimanjaro area have been shrinking for many decade.¶1 The composition of land surface - such as vegetation type and land use - regulates the interaction of radiation, sensible heat and humidity between the land surface and the atmosphere and, thus, influences ground level climate directly. For the first time, the Innsbruck climate scientists quantitatively examined whether land-cover changes (LCC) may potentially affect glacier loss.¶2
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| 00:24 | | Electricity Access Still Insufficient in Developing Countries
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At least 2.7 billion people, and possibly more than 3 billion, lack access to modern fuels for cooking and heating.¶1 [...] Modern energy sources provide people with lighting, heating, refrigeration, cooking, water pumping, and other services that are essential for reducing poverty, improving health and education, and increasing incomes," write report authors Michael Renner and Matthew Lucky [...]¶5 [...] lack access to modern fuels for cooking and heating.¶7
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| 00:14 | | Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
TerraDaily.com ice (P1, 2, 5) gas (P5, 6) climate (P5) change (P5) atmosphere (P6) changes (P7) solar (P10)
A Russian team has succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a mythical subglacial Antarctic lake which [...]¶1 [...] for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life [...]¶2 Lesenkov said that analysis of the composition of gas bubbles discovered in the ice above the lake could help climate change research.¶5
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| 00:14 | | Land-cover changes do not impact glacier loss
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The glaciers in the Kilimanjaro area have been shrinking for many decade.¶1 The composition of land surface - such as vegetation type and land use - regulates the interaction of radiation, sensible heat and humidity between the land surface and the atmosphere and, thus, influences ground level climate directly. For the first time, the Innsbruck climate scientists quantitatively examined whether land-cover changes (LCC) may potentially affect glacier loss.¶2
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| 23:35 06.02.12 |  | CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Teetering on an Arctic tipping point
Business Spectator - Spectators tipping point climate (P1, 2, 7) climate change (P1, 2) change (P1, 2, 7) tipping points (P2, 6) changes (P3) warming (P4, 9, 10) ice (P4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10) melted (P4) oceanic (P6) carbon (P6) melting (P6, 10) permafrost (P6) methane (P6, 10) warmer (P8) gas (P8, 10) reducing (P9) atmosphere (P10) melts (P10) solar (P10) heat (P10) ocean (P10)
We are seeing the first signs of dangerous climate change in the Arctic. This is our warning [...]¶1 The Arctic region is fast approaching a series of 'tipping points' that could trigger an abrupt domino effect of large-scale climate change across the entire planet.¶2
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| 23:25 06.02.12 | | Don't panic?
BBC - Science/Environment climate (P1, 5) change (P1) global warming (P2) warming (P2, 3, 7, 8) gas (P7) emissions (P7) changes (P8) ocean (P8)
Is there or isn't there a scientific consensus on climate change?¶1 What's brought me here now is the letter published in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) about 10 days ago, in which a group of 16 scientists declared there was "no need to panic on global warming".¶2 [...] do not agree that drastic actions on global warming are needed," it says.¶3
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| 23:12 06.02.12 | | Is Climate Change Bringing the Arctic to Europe?
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[T]he probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. [...] have decrypted a mechanism in which a shrinking summertime sea ice cover changes the air pressure zones in the Arctic [...]¶1 [...] of heat released by the declining Arctic sea ice cover.¶2
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| 22:48 06.02.12 | | Companies Get a Boost in Stock from Reporting Greenhouse Gas Info
GreenBiz - News greenhouse gas
Shareholder groups that pressure companies to release greenhouse gas emission data could have more strength behind their [...]¶1
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| 22:33 06.02.12 | | Carbon Source or Carbon Sink: Greenhouse Gases in the Tropics
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The lush vegetation wrapping the center of the globe is one of the most important features for [...]¶1 [...] equates to a larger capacity to absorb and retain greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere.¶2 [...] important in order for tropical countries to meet greenhouse gas reporting requirements under the United Nations Framework Convention on [...]¶4
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| 22:28 06.02.12 | | Why Biodiversity Loss Deserves as Much Attention as Climate Change
ENN - Agriculture climate (P3, 6) climate change (P3)
Biodiversity loss matters, and communication is crucial.¶1 Biodiversity loss matters, communication is crucial.¶2 Biodiversity loss is probably a challenge that is often ignored as climate change looms.¶3
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| 22:21 06.02.12 | | Peter Hoffmann Responds to Your Questions About Fuel Cells
The New York Times: Wheels (Weblog) - Technology ice (P3) warm (P4) atmosphere (P4, 7) warming (P7, 10) emissions (P7) carbon (P7) reduction (P7, 10) CO2 (P7, 9, 10) gas (P9) burn (P9) emission (P10) solar (P10)
Though there are a number of potential impediments to the broad adoption of hydrogen fuel cells in passenger [...]¶1 [...] problem in very cold temperatures, with puddles of ice laying around at stop lights and stop signs?– jny [...]¶3 Fuel cell cars emit warm water vapor rather than liquid water, so it just dissipates into the atmosphere, like other exhausts.¶4
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| 22:00 06.02.12 |  | Water management in India – is it your problem?
FoodNavigator - Asia climate (P1, 2, 9) climate change (P1, 2)
The report – Water and Climate Change: an Integrated Approach to Adaptation Challenges – is based on a three year research project [...]¶1 [...] basin that will be caused by the forecast climate change over the coming decades.¶2 [...] adopt a multi-level approach to the problem of climate change and water management We need to look at [...]¶9
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| 21:50 06.02.12 | | Hey, I can see my snow-covered house from here! | Bad Astronomy
Discover Magazine - Space warmer (P2) global warming (P2) warming (P2)
That's an image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on February 5, 2012. I live in Boulder, to the northwest [...]¶1 Warmer weather means more evaporation, so more moisture in the air.¶2
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| 21:38 06.02.12 |  | China bars airlines from EU emissions scheme
Gulf Times - Finance & Business climate (P1, 2) climate change (P1, 2)
Air China planes pass each other on the tarmac and runway at Beijing International Airport yesterday. China [...] [...] mainstay of the EU’s efforts to tackle climate change, would survive.¶1
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| 21:24 06.02.12 | | Early Ice Ages
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New research led by scientists from Oxford University and Exeter University has shown that the invasion of the land by plants in the Ordovician Period (488-443 million years ago) cooled the climate and may have triggered a series of ice ages. During this period sea levels are very high and at the end of the period there was a mass extinction [...] [...] the period, around 480 million years ago, the climate was very hot due to high levels of CO2, which gave a strong greenhouse effect.¶1
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| 21:13 06.02.12 | | How does the rebound effect fit into the big picture on climate change?
Grist Magazine - Climate & Energy climate change (P1, 2) climate (P1, 2, 3, 6)
How does the rebound effect fit into the big picture on climate change?¶1 In my last two [...] [...] for our larger understanding of the fight against climate change.¶2
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| 21:03 06.02.12 | | Dot Earth Blog: What's a Science Teacher to Do?
The New York Times - Science News climate (P1, 2, 7, 8, 10) heat (P1) carbon (P1) CO2 (P1) gases (P1) rise (P1) change (P2) warming (P3, 4, 5, 6, 7) warmer (P5)
It used to be sex ed that got science teachers into challenging situations once in awhile. Evolution [...] Increasingly, the "C" word, climate, is creating challenges for educators trying to explore the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide and the implications for climate as concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases rise.¶1
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| 20:59 06.02.12 | | Hey, I can see my snow-covered house from here!
Discover Magazine - Bad Astronomy warmer (P2) global warming (P2) warming (P2)
That's an image taken by NASA's Aqua satellite on February 5, 2012. I live in Boulder, to the northwest [...]¶1 Warmer weather means more evaporation, so more moisture in the air.¶2
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| 20:49 06.02.12 | | What's a Science Teacher to Do?
The New York Times: Dot Earth (Weblog) - Technology climate (P1, 2, 7, 8, 10) heat (P1) carbon (P1) CO2 (P1) gases (P1) rise (P1) change (P2) warming (P3, 4, 5, 6, 7) warmer (P5)
It used to be sex ed that got science teachers into challenging situations once in awhile. Evolution [...] Increasingly, the "C" word, climate, is creating challenges for educators trying to explore the heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide and the implications for climate as concentrations of CO2 and other greenhouse gases rise.¶1
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| 20:20 06.02.12 | | Landfill biggest climate polluter; New wells to ...
Waste Management World Magazine climate (P1, 3, 5, 6, 9) methane (P1, 3, 7, 8, 9) climate change (P1, 3) change (P1, 3, 5, 6, 9) gases (P1) carbon (P3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10) gas (P3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) burn (P7, 9) burning (P10) heat (P10)
The Franklin County landfill leaked 11,900 tons of methane in 2010, making it the top industrial source of climate-change gases in central Ohio, according to a first-ever federal inventory [...]¶1 [...] Ohio emitted a total of 1.45 million tons of carbon dioxide, a climate-change gas. Methane is 22 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, so the EPA describes the Franklin County landfill as emitting 262,582 tons of "carbon-dioxide equivalents."¶3
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| 19:56 06.02.12 | | ICLEI Statement Following New York Times …
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Explore news, videos and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your [...]¶1 [...] and objectives to protect clean air and water, increase energy independence, prepare for a changing climate, and become more economically competitive in the process.¶4
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| 19:51 06.02.12 | | ICLEI Statement Following New York Times Article On Sustainability And Tea Party Protests
The Street - Markets increase (P3) changing (P3) climate (P3, 9) weather (P5, 6) droughts (P6) floods (P6) gas (P9) emissions (P9)
Attacks on common-sense local planning must not deter cities and counties from efforts to improve health [...]¶1 [...] and objectives to protect clean air and water, increase energy independence, prepare for a changing climate, and become more economically competitive in the process.¶3 [...] economic crisis and a record-breaking year of extreme weather that cost us tens of billions of dollars, we [...]¶5
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| 19:38 06.02.12 | | ICLEI Statement Following New York Times Article on Sustainability and Tea Party Protests
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Attacks on common-sense local planning must not deter cities and counties from efforts to improve health [...]¶1 [...] and objectives to protect clean air and water, increase energy independence, prepare for a changing climate, and become more economically competitive in the process.¶3 [...] economic crisis and a record-breaking year of extreme weather that cost us tens of billions of dollars, we [...]¶5
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| 19:36 06.02.12 | | Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
The Asian Age - International ice (P1, 2, 5) gas (P5, 6) climate (P5) change (P5) atmosphere (P6) changes (P7) solar (P10)
A Russian team has succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a mythical subglacial Antarctic lake which [...]¶1 [...] for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life [...]¶2 Lesenkov said that analysis of the composition of gas bubbles discovered in the ice above the lake could help climate change research.¶5
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| 19:22 06.02.12 | | Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
The West Australian - World ice (P1, 2, 5) gas (P5, 6) climate (P5) change (P5) atmosphere (P6) changes (P7) solar (P10)
MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian team has succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a mythical subglacial Antarctic lake which [...]¶1 [...] for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life [...]¶2 Lesenkov said that analysis of the composition of gas bubbles discovered in the ice above the lake could help climate change research.¶5
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| 19:22 06.02.12 | | Will global warming ruin football in the South?
Grist Magazine - Climate & Energy global warming warming (P3, 6) climate (P1, 2, 5, 10) climate change (P1, 2) hotter (P3)
Back in November, GE's TXCHNOLOGIST blog pointed out that climate change "could ruin Texas football," indeed all southern U.S¶1 The effects of climate change, so far, have been most noticeable in Texas, where a terrible drought has dried up [...] But climate change will have a terrible effect on communities throughout the cradle of football in the Southern and plains [...]¶2
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| 19:14 06.02.12 |  | Russia 'drills into' Antarctic subglacial lake
Xtra ice (P1, 2, 5, 9) gas (P5, 6) climate (P5) change (P5) atmosphere (P6) changes (P7) weather (P10)
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian researchers said Monday that they had succeeded in drilling through four kilometres (2.5 miles) of ice to the surface of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake which [...]¶1 [...] for hundreds of thousands of years under the ice in the hope of finding previously unknown microbiological life [...]¶2 Lesenkov said that analysis of the composition of gas bubbles discovered in the ice above the lake could help climate change research.¶5
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| 19:01 06.02.12 | | OMB Misses Greenhouse Pollution Rule Deadline
ThingProgress.org (Weblog) greenhouse (P1) greenhouse gas (P1) gas (P1)
OMB Misses Greenhouse Pollution Rule Deadline | The White House Office of Management and Budget has missed its Friday deadline to review the EPA's proposed rule for greenhouse gas pollution from new and modified power plants, sent to [...] [...] refineries; Congress has banned regulation of industrial agriculture greenhouse pollution.¶1
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| 18:57 06.02.12 | | Calif., two other states tell insurers to disclose climate change responses
MercuryNews.com, California - Real Estate climate change (P1) climate (P1, 4, 5, 8, 9)
Insurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington state will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate change, California's commissioner said last week.¶1 [...] respond to the business liability presented by a changing climate. [...] industry's role in mediating the country's response to climate change.¶4
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| 18:42 06.02.12 | | New fuel rules may create jobs in Ohio
Dayton Daily News, Ohio greenhouse (P2, 4) greenhouse gas (P2) gas (P2, 4, 9)
Critics say the higher efficiency standards will make cars too expensive.¶1 File photos of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze [...] [...] 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.¶2
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| 18:36 06.02.12 | | Politics may be real climate hazard - experts
Trust.org - AlertNet - Climate climate (P1, 2, 4, 6, 9) climate change (P1, 2)
LONDON (AlertNet) - Climate change impacts – from worsening droughts to new pots of climate-related cash for fragile states – may turn out to [...] [...] governance could be as important in heading off climate crises as breeding drought-resistant crops or protecting forests, climate security experts said at a recent meeting in London.¶1 Growing climate change-related tensions "are not simply about climate change but about the weak social contract between government and [...]¶2
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| 18:28 06.02.12 | | An Open Letter to President Faust
The Harvard Crimson climate change (P3) climate (P3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10)
In 2008, at an inspiring rally with Vice President Albert A Gore '69, you challenged the Harvard community [...]¶1 [...] the planet really noticed? On the macro scale climate change is continuing to get worse.¶3
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| 18:28 06.02.12 | | How much money is your business losing from wasting energy?
BusinessGreen.com - Blog climate (P1) reducing (P2) reduce (P2) environment (P2, 5) heating (P3, 5) changes (P4) carbon (P5) gases (P5)
In the current economic climate business owners should be welcoming methods to cut business energy costs with open arms [...]¶1 [...] methods and devices are seen as key to reducing household bills and helping reduce waste in the environment.¶2 [...] the windows open when the air conditioning or heating is on.¶3
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| 18:08 06.02.12 | | Comment: Durban Platform at stake in airline levy row
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China's refusal to pay the EU's new airline emissions levy has come as no surprise.¶1 They have [...]¶2
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