{"id":11719,"date":"2013-07-15T12:41:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2013-07-15T12:41:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:41:30","slug":"clim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=11719","title":{"rendered":"One Climate Carousel is Not Stoppable"},"content":{"rendered":"

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