Will the U.S. solve the climate change problem? Blogs Scientific American Community Annotated by dbiello Mar 29, 2008 Either the ingenuity unleashed by the United States own special mix of free markets and government regulation will solve the climate change crisis or the rest of the world, having witnessed an American government content to stick [...]

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Tree-Bound Pterodactyl: Scientific American Annotated FROM TREE-DWELLING TO TERRIFYING: The discovery of a bat-size, branch-hopping pterodactyl helps round out the origins of the far larger variety that would dominate the skies millions of years later, according to a new report. Among the smallest pterodactyls yet discovered, Nemicolopterus crypticus was (at least in its juvenile form) [...]

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Scientific American: Plants Don’t Like Greenhouse Effect Annotated Fossil remains indicate that insects actually eat more plant material when the planet is warmer. Karen Hopkin reports. According to a new study, published in the February 12 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences… plants, too, are likely to face problems as the [...]

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