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Looking for signs of global warming? It's all around you

By: By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Dateline: GOTHIC, Colo.

Date: June 24, 2018

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GOTHIC, Colo. (AP) - David Inouye is an accidental climate scientist. More than 40 years ago, the University of Maryland biologist started studying when wildflowers, birds, bees and butterflies first appeared each spring on this mountain. These days, plants and animals are arriving at Rocky Mountain

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