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Rachel Pike: The science behind a climate headline (at TED)

In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team — one of thousands who contributed — taking a risky flight over the rainforest in pursuit of data on a key molecule.

Rachel Pike knows the intricacies of climate research — the laborious, exacting and subtle techniques behind findings that end up in IPCC reports and, later, news headlines.

published November 13th, 2009
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