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Climate scientist Gordon Hamilton, 50, dies in accident in Antarctica

By Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post October 25, 2016
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Gordon Hamilton, a prominent climate scientist who studied Earth’s melting ice sheets, died Saturday, when his snowmobile went into a crevasse in Antarctica, according to the National Science Foundation. He was 50 years old.

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