(Test) The U.N.Secretary-General says he is "optimistic" a climate-change agreement can be reached in Copenhagen that will include specific recommendations on key elements that will take effect immediately.

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And if combined with a number of palaeo-wind records gathered from around the continent, it could provide a useful tool to test climate computer models, they believe.

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The University of Missouri researchers now aim to use their findings to test various climate-change models.

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Its three scientific instruments would probe cosmic rays and clouds to test current models of climate change.

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