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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:46:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wet weather could have delivered clean Olympic Games</title>
<description>The UK&apos;s appalling summer weather could have had an unexpected benefit for  Olympic athletes and spectators.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2012/21-olympic.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:10:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcement of Opportunity for use of the ARSF in the 2013 flying season</title>
<description>Eligible persons wishing to use the Airborne Research and Survey Facility in the 2013 Flying Season are invited to submit detailed proposals, including a supporting scientific case.</description>
<link>http://arsf.nerc.ac.uk/news.asp</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Flying research laboratory to appear at Royal International Air Tattoo</title>
<description>The NERC / Met Office Atmospheric Research Aircraft makes its first ever appearance at the Royal International Air Tattoo this weekend.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/briefings/2012/10-riat.asp</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:14:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Violent storms provide testing conditions for research scientists</title>
<description>A team of researchers has been flying a research aircraft into the powerful storms battering Britain to obtain the data needed to help predict extremely stormy weather.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2011/32-storms.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Update on the SPICE project</title>
<description>The technology test for the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project, originally planned for October, is being postponed.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/briefings/2011/05-spice.asp</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:48:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The SPICE project: a geoengineering feasibility study</title>
<description>Preparations are underway for a unique test of engineering technology that could, if needed in the future, open up new ways to reduce atmospheric temperatures caused by climate change.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2011/22-spice.asp</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Wildfires hold key to improving air pollution forecasts</title>
<description>Researchers are setting off for Canada this weekend in a bid to understand how emissions from wildfires affect pollution levels in the atmosphere.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2011/19-wildfires.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcement of Opportunity: Observations and Modelling of the Tropical Tropopause Layer</title>
<description>NERC, STFC and NASA invite applications for a consortium project to undertake an experimental programme of dynamical and chemical modelling associated with the upper troposphere lower stratosphere processes.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/tropopause/events/ao.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>APPRAISE annual science meeting</title>
<description>The annual science meeting for the APPRAISE programme will be held at the University of Exeter on 9-10 March 2011.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/appraise/events/110309/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:43:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Falkland Islands radar to monitor activity that creates the &apos;Southern Lights&apos;</title>
<description>Scientists have recycled equipment to help us understand solar winds and other atmospheric activity.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2010/40-falkland.asp</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcement of Opportunity: Aerosols and Clouds</title>
<description>Consortium proposals are invited to deliver the Aerosols and Clouds research programme.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/aerosols/events/ao.asp</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:25:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Volcanic ash impacts: research and collaboration continues</title>
<description>The eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull is providing NERC with a unique opportunity to carry out some valuable research.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2010/19-volcanicash.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 09:44:32 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ozone hole healing could cause further climate warming</title>
<description>The hole in the ozone layer is now steadily closing, but its repair could increase warming in the southern hemisphere, according to scientists at the University of Leeds.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2010/03-ozone.asp</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:34:59 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 per cent since 2000</title>
<description>The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world&apos;s natural &apos;sinks&apos; to absorb carbon.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2009/27-emissions.asp</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Announcement of Opportunity: Urban Atmospheric Science</title>
<description>NERC invited proposals for a new research programme on Urban Atmospheric Science that include innovative environmental science with strong links to health research and plans for supporting infrastructure investments.</description>
<link>http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/uas/events/ao.asp</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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