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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Melting

Bringing infinite attention to global warming is imperative.

This article comes from the Guardian UK:

Climate change: scientists warn it may be too late to save the ice caps David Adam, environment correspondent Monday February 19, 2007 Guardian

Can you imagine the impact of the ice sheets melting? Its hard to comprehend.

excerpt 1:"New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have forced a UN expert panel to conclude there is a 50% chance that widespread ice sheet loss "may no longer be avoided" because of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Such melting would raise sea levels by four to six metres, the scientists say. It would cause "major changes in coastline and inundation of low-lying areas" and require "costly and challenging" efforts to move millions of people and infrastructure from vulnerable areas."

excerpts 2:"According to a report by Christian Aid, only 16 of Britain's top 100 listed companies are meeting the government's most elementary reporting guidelines on greenhouse gas emissions. As a result, almost 200m tonnes of damaging CO2 is estimated to be missing from the annual reports of FTSE 100 companies."

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