Factoid/2012/06/05
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North Carolina Bill Would Dictate Head-in-the-Sand Science
- "Faced with predictions that sea levels in the coastal areas of North Carolina will rise by a meter in the next century, legislators are considering bold action: making those predictions illegal. A bill being circulated in the Tarheel state would force scientists to estimate future sea levels on a linear path based on trends since 1900 — in other words, based on the simple assumption that trends always move in a straight line, no matter what." - excerpt from article at io9.com.
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