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Global Warming Contributes To Weather Extremes (215)

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — This winter’s severe weather actually could be a sign of global warming, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville climatologist said Friday.  Dr. Kenneth Orvis said record-low temperatures and other extreme weather around the world fit global warming and ozone depletion patterns anticipated by scientists.  “People say there’s no global warming because the atmosphere is

UT Health Care Researcher Recognized

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Sandra L. Putnam, director of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Community Health Research Group, has been named one of the nation’s top 1,500 health care researchers.  Putnam was recognized in “Health Care 1500–A Guide to the Most Influential Health Policy-makers, Industry Leaders, Researchers, Academics, and Organizations in the United States.”  The guide