Keelings Measure Earth's Every Breath

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SAN DIEGO - When father-son scientists Dave and Ralph Keeling sit down at the piano and violin, they merge their minds in the flowing warmth of a Brahms sonata, or the energy of a Beethoven.

When they go their separate ways to their labs, it's the rhythm of the planet they feel.

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Keelings Measure Earth's Every Breath

"The Earth is doing a beautiful, simple dance for us," says Ralph, fingers tracing waves in the air. "And we're watching."

What they've watched and sampled, and measured out in undulating graphs of enduring scientific importance, is nothing less than how the Earth breathes, a key to understanding the global climate that has nurtured civilization but that may now...

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