February 7, 2013

Debunking the Myth of "Saudi America"

Raymond Pierrehumbert, Slate Magazine


AP

Like swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano, every December some 20,000 geoscientists flock to San Francisco for the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Slate readers have already heard about a presentation with a particularly eye-catching title. . .

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