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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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Keystone Press/Alamy Later in his career, Porter moved to Imperial College London , where he had access to more advanced lasers and was eventually able to capture events in the femtosecond range—12 orders of magnitude faster than during his doctoral studies at Cambridge. He also worked with BBC television to broadcast the Christmas Lectures.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Jacobson first showed in 2000 that black carbon was the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide in terms of radiative forcing and, in 2002, that its control would be the most effective method of slowing warming. Emissions from ocean-going ships which burn minimally refined bunker fuel are primary sources of black carbon.

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