By Matt Williams, Press Association | The Independent | 8 February 2010 The scientist at the centre of the "climategate" row contemplated suicide after hackers leaked his emails suggesting that he was selectively releasing information to fit his theories of climate change. Professor Phil Jones, head of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, said that it had been his "David Kelly moment" – a reference to the scientist who killed himself in the after... [Read Post]
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Rhett A. Butler | mongabay.com | February 07, 2010 Google has taken a step towards boosting the deforestation monitoring capabilities the Google Earth Engine by contracting Massachusetts-based Clark Labs to develop an online version of its Land Change Modeler application. Clark Labs' Land Change...
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