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FROM VOLUME 10, NUMBER 4, APRIL 1997
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Item #d97apr47
 Ice shelf rift:
Cracks were discovered in the Larsen B Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula by researchers
with the environmentalist group Greenpeace. Temperatures have been rising in that part of
Antarctica. (See New Scientist, p. 11, Feb. 15, 1997; Nature, p. 566, Feb.
13; and articles on Antarctic ice sheet stability in PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS and
PERIODICALS, this Global Climate Change Digest issue--Apr. 1997.)
Item #d97apr48
Green taxes work
is the conclusion of a detailed evaluation of Sweden's environmental taxes, which were
phased in from 1984 onwards. The key to success is that the government used revenues to
subsidize green investments. (See New Scientist, p. 6, Apr. 5, 1997.)
Item #d97apr49
Climate
protection institute: Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Columbia University,
with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have created a new
international research institute to provide early warning of El Niņo and other types of
climate variability that influence destructive weather patterns. It will gather a diverse
group of natural and social scientists to translate climatological research into
beneficial socio-economic strategies, and distribute climate predictions several months to
a year in advance, to a global network of agencies and policymakers. For details see the
April 1, 1997, Columbia University news release at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/19074.html.
Item #d97apr50
Human dimensions
research center: The National Science Foundation has selected the Department of
Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University from among 52 applicants, to
create and coordinate a new International Center for the Integrated Study of the Human
Dimensions of Global Change. The center will collaborate with a number of other groups in
the U.S. and abroad. Contact the Department at Pittsburgh PA 15213 (tel: 412 268 2670;
fax: 412 268 3757; http://www.epp.cmu.edu/).
Item #d97apr51
U.S. Research
priorities for the 21st century are the topic of a reader poll being conducted by Environmental
Science & Technology. (See related article in PERIODICALS/GENERAL INTEREST, this
Global Climate Change Digest issue--Apr. 1997.)
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