Cellist Converts Climate Data To Song

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Cellist Converts Climate Data To Song

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Aug 25, 2013

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University of Minnesota undergraduate Daniel Crawford studies geography and environmental science. He's also a cellist. He converted more than a century of global temperature data to create A Song of Our Warming Planet. Mark Fischetti reports.

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Aug 25, 2013

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Cellist Converts Climate Data To Song

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