UN says 2001 temperature likely second highest on record
UN weather agency World Meteorological Organization reports 2001 global average surface temperature near 58.0 F, the second warmest since records began 140 years ago. Officials attribute most warming to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and note rising storms and droughts.
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Small nuclear warheads proposed to destroy deeply buried weapons
Defense officials consider a low yield nuclear device to target deeply buried chemical and biological weapons stockpiles. Congress would need to lift a 1994 ban on designing new warheads as a report notes conventional arms lack reach for the deepest facilities.
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