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The subject of global warming seems to be rarely out of the news these
days, with even George Bush - known to critics as the "Toxic
Texan" - talking of "the serious challenge of global climate
change" in his recent State of the Union address. One of many studies
on the issue is currently being prepared by Professor Sid Redner of Boston
University, who has been using data on record temperatures from Prague's
Clementinum weather station. I asked him why.
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Czech ScienceCzech scientists take part in International Polar Year in both Polar Regions
The North and South Poles are not exactly the world's most popular
destinations for tourists, but their rich mineral deposits and unspoiled
environments make them a godsend for scientists. A number of Czech
researchers will be going to these remote outposts in the coming months as
part of the International Polar Year, which is dedicated to coordinated
polar research. This project will actually last a full two years starting
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Talking PointCzech firms benefit from carbon trading scheme, but climate change seems here to stay
Years from now, 2006 may be remembered as the year the world started to get
really scared about global warming. Al Gore's film "An Inconvenient
Truth", was a hit, and here in the Czech Republic, record breaking
temperatures in summer and autumn got people murmuring that climate change
is already here.
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SpotlightHradec Kralove Solar and Ozone Observatory
This week I've come to the east Bohemian town of Hradec Kralove, to the
Czech Republic's only solar and ozone observatory, which was established
over half a century ago, in 1951. My guide is a physicist named Karel
Vanicek, who has been working here since the mid 1970s. Of course ozone
depletion is now a well-known problem and I asked Mr Vanicek when he and
his colleagues in Hradec first began to notice that the ozone layer was
starting to disappear.
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