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Expense. >> it doesn't get much more remote than this. and with the high altitude, the science that is being done here at summit station requires enormous resources and sheer physical effort. but this place is uniquely positioned to answer a crucial question. has the arctic reached a tipping point? engineer zoe korville explains that its isolation is, in fact, its greatest asset. >> it's a very pristine site. and it's free from local influences of pollution. >> reporter: do you think summit is important to the study of climate change, specifically? >> we've been making measurements since 1980 ...

Antarctica. here's the story. >> sea levels are rising around the world. current thinking is part of that sea level rise comes from melting ice in antarctica. one recent study from nasa scientists says that may not be the case. antarctica is a big place, roughly the size of the u.s. and mexico combined. so as you might expect, changes in its ice are not uniform across the entire continent. nearly all scientists agree that ice is being lost from the western part of antarctica and along its peninsula. on the eastern side, ice is actually being gained. but where the study is different is they mea...

From ice core samples. as you take a look at the maps, a unique perspective across the planet. one of the more spectacular meteor showers taking place. we're talking about being able to see on the order of 15 to 30 meteors per hour. they're streaking across at about 130 miles per hour. if you have an opportunity to get outside, the clear parts of the united states, you can see this. and we'll leave you with this. an update on hurricane patricia. it's sitting off a popular beach destination in mexico. it could be a category two as it make land fall friday morning and afternoon. something we're ...

Exaggerating, about the quote underlying data the epa uses for job killing regulations. the epa is our best shot for regulating carbon and it's pretty damned important considering the milestone we're approaching. we learned recently we're about to pass 400 parts per million in the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. that may not mean anything to you. it certainly didn't mean anything to me. here's the context for it. the last time we had 400 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere wasn't a century ago or 1,000 years ago, it was 800,000 years ago according to records of ice core data. tha...

Epa to first answer more than 1,000 questions, not exaggerating, about the quote underlying data the epa uses for job killing regulations. the epa is our best shot for regulating carbon and it's pretty damned important considering the milestone we're approaching. we learned recently we're about to pass 400 parts per million in the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. that may not mean anything to you. it certainly didn't mean anything to me. here's the context for it. the last time we had 400 parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere wasn't a century ago or 1,000 years ago, it was 800,000 y...