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Nature 454, 368 (24 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454368a; Published online 23 July 2008

Mind the gaps

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The incoming US administration can and should reverse the neglect of Earth observations.

At many places around the world, it is possible to feel the climate changing: the ice cracking, the soil waking earlier in the spring. Perhaps such feelings are merely rooted in a heightened awareness of global warming.