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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Fact checking cow farts (Credit Washington Times)Let’s clear the air about cow farts. In the climate change debate, some policymakers seem to be bovine flatulence deniers....The Associated Press surveyed global experts on global warming on this question, as well as an author who wrote the definitive science book on gassy animals, which comes with funny pictures… Politicians and other nonscientists who reject mainstream climate science cite cow farts and airplane travel as “a go-to rhetorical weapon they use against having a serious discussion” about how climate change is already causing dramatic and deadly changes, such as the extreme weather of 2018, Georgia Tech climate scientist Kim Cobb said. Cobb is a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
