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Climate change panel debates solutions, including divestment tactic

A panel of experts debates the best path forward.

Scholars from Harvard and beyond address "hard problems" in the social sciences

Scholars from Harvard and elsewhere name their fields' most pressing problems, and open a forum for public debate on the Web.

Can Plants Sequestering Carbon Slow Climate Change?

How long will the world’s forests impound carbon below ground?

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