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Origin of the name White Earth: The Inuit
(indigenous people inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Alaska and
Greenland) name for Greenland is Kalallit Nunaat which translates to white
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not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
- Haida outlook on life and Earth |
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MISSION |
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley |
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WhiteEarth’s mission is to educate people about the importance of
reflecting sunlight back away from earth. Since human activities have
greatly impacted the subtle balance of the planet's Albedo (reflectivity
index of the planet itself), and little or nothing is done by governments
about it, we strongly believe a citizen’s approach is the right course and
the time to act is now. Many theories are out there about Global-Warming,
most agree it's here to stay, it’s getting worse increasingly fast and
it's real. Unfortunately by the time our governments implement meaningful
laws and enforce them on a global scale as to generate measurable
improvements, it will most certainly be too little, too late for our
civilization to continue existing the way we do now. However, there are
actions that each and everyone of us can take today to offset the negative
impact we have already had on our planet. The aim of this organization is
to make all the information available to everyone, get the conversation
going with the experts, share the outcome with everyone, pressure our
government officials to act, and with the right knowledge, get each and
everyone of us involved with making small incremental changes of our own.
All these small changes made by a lot of people will have a spectacular
impact in slowing down, maybe even reversing Global-Warming. Let’s make the
right decisions now, let’s “paint the earth white”
and save money in the process, and future generations
will get to enjoy the same quality of life on earth as we do today.
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VISION |
| Averaged over the last 30 years, we have lost
62,000 square kilometers of Arctic ice PER YEAR, just
Arctic ice (There is a lot of ice elsewhere that is melting too). That's
667,362,420,000 square feet
of white earth, ice if you will, that is not reflecting sunlight back into the atmosphere any more!
If we want to offset this disappearance, each human being, EACH YEAR has
to cover the earth with 103 square feet
of "mat white paint something". Otherwise, the earth gets warmer. That's a
fact. That is just Arctic ice "replacement". What about Antarctic Ice?
What about glaciers? Even if human activities
are not causing global warming, we are deforesting, we are taking over the
land, farming, urbanizing, building all sorts of structures, roads and
parking everywhere (black asphalt), etc...World air and ocean temperatures
are rising, sea levels are
rising, the weather is more extreme, the signs are here. Let's start
painting! Not every person on earth has the means to get it done
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SCIENCE |
Visual proofs of climate change/global warming |
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Fact: glaciers store 80 percent of the world's
freshwater in their ice.
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Fact: according to researchers at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska may be losing anywhere from 15 to 31 cubic miles
of ice a year.
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reflects solar radiation back into space and therefore helps to prevent
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Fact: Peru, which boasts three-quarters of the planet's
tropical glaciers is seeing a melting of its Andean snowfields.
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cap has shriveled by more than 80 percent since 1912. |
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95% of the glaciers in the world are retreating or shrinking, and
that's outside of Antarctica. |
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is especially sensitive to global warming |
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permafrost puts additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, further
accelerating global warming |
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Fact: glaciers in the Andes have dwindled by as much as
25 percent in recent decades.
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Recent global temperatures demonstrate
human-induced warming: Over the past 25 years temperatures
have increased at a rate of 0.19°C per decade, in very good agreement with
predictions based on greenhouse gas increases. Even over the past ten
years, despite a decrease in solar forcing, the trend continues to be one
of warming. Natural, short-term fluctuations are occurring as usual, but
there have been no significant changes in the underlying warming trend.
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Fact: Glacier National Park in Montana has gone from
150 glaciers a century ago to 35 today.
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Acceleration of melting of ice-sheets, glaciers
and ice-caps: A wide array of satellite and ice measurements now
demonstrate beyond doubt that both the Greenland and Antarctic ice-sheets
are losing mass at an increasing rate. Melting of glaciers and ice-caps in
other parts of the world has also accelerated since 1990.
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Rapid Arctic sea-ice decline:
Summer-time melting of Arctic sea-ice has accelerated far beyond the
expectations of climate models. The area of sea-ice melt during 2007-2009
was about 40% greater than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate
models.
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| Fact: 90 to 95
percent of scientists believe climate change is real and it has a human
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sea ice reflects sunlight, keeping
the polar regions cool and moderating global climate. According to
scientific measurements, Arctic sea ice has declined dramatically over at
least the past thirty years, with the most extreme decline seen in the
summer melt season. |
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glaciers will raise sea levels dramatically by 2050 |
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of the ice caps speeds up global warming |
| Fact: The Polar
Regions are amongst the fastest warming places on Earth and predictions
suggest that in the future we'll see warming sea surface temperatures,
rising ocean acidification and decreasing winter sea ice -- all of which
have a direct effect on marine life. |
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since 1998 from Antarctatica Wilkins Ice Shelf alone totals more than
4,000 square kilometers, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. |
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Alaska Goyot Glacier 1930 |
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Argentina Upsala Glacier Disappearing Fast |
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Oregon Mount Hood Glaciers Disappearing Fast |
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It is estimated that it will take 100 years before
any substantial CO2 reduction. Reflection of sunlight can not only STOP
climate change, it can do it OVERNIGHT. It can get the global temperature
back to the level it was at before. Since the industrial revolution, the
heat started by human activity doesn’t even amount to 30,700 sq. km, or
less than 1/10,000 of the heat that the earth receives from the sun. The
earth receives an amount of energy from the sun equivalent to the global
oil reserves every 36 hours. REFLECTING just a few percent more of
this energy will have OVERNIGHT effect. The albedo of an object
is the extent to which it diffusely reflects light from the sun. This
solution is not going to be remotely as expensive as what the politicians
are suggesting we do. Now imagine our world with REFLECTION in
mind? Every buildings, houses, structures, cars, trucks, SUV's,
etc...white and turning into reflective "units"! The latest scientific
estimates say that 60,000 sq. km (an area just slightly bigger than
Denmark) of REFLECTIVE materials is all it would take to STOP CLIMATE
CHANGE! More and more scientists agree that we will pass the tipping point
no matter how many CO2 reductions we make. Population is rising 220,000
people per day (optimumpopulation.org)…we cannot sustain such a
demographic increase, we have to level off. The tipping point is too close
to rely on slow narrow minded political solutions. Keep reducing CO2
emissions and START REFLECTING! Yes, please do
raise your voice, but also change climate change by raising your
consciousness as well. Know that 10 sq. meter of mirror/mat white paint
will offset 1 ton of CO2 (Berkeley National Laboratory).
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ice sheet was formed over thousands of years by snow accumulation. As the
snow compacts to ice and moves to the coast, it floats out on the ocean,
forming massive ledges known as ice shelves. Seven ice shelves have
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We humans have
experienced an unusually temperate climate. But we have to be very
careful, otherwise, our comfortable environment could come to an
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NEWS |
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2010 Mar 4: Methane
bubbles in Arctic seas stir warming fears |
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2010 Feb 26: Giant Antarctic iceberg could affect global ocean circulation |
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2010 Feb 22:
Ice Shelves Disappearing on Antarctic Peninsula |
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2010 Feb 21: Global warming is still here, sorry politicians |
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2010 Feb 18: Understanding Global Climate Change Through New Breakthroughs
in Polar Research |
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2010 Feb 16:
NASA Finds Warmer Ocean Speeding Greenland Glacier Melt |
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2010 Feb 16: Subtropical Waters Reach Greenland |
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2010 Feb 16: No doubt, Himalayan glaciers are melting fast: Pachauri |
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2010 Feb 15: Fjords Contribute to Melting of Glaciers |
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2010
Feb 13: Greenland Ice Sheet Melting - Video |
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2010 Feb 11: The Glaciers Are Still Melting |
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2010 Feb 11: Polar explorer sees economic opportunity as driving force on
global warming |
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2010 Feb 10:
Snowstorm: East Coast Blizzard Tied to Climate Change |
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2010 Feb 10: Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top
Forecaster |
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2010 Feb 9: Climate Science
2009. 2009 was the year the scientific literature caught up with what top
scientists... |
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2010 Feb 8: Historic Alaskan Glacier Melt Less Than Previously
Thought...But Recent Retreat is Double the Average |
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2010 Feb 8: As G7 ministers meet in Arctic capital, the place keeps on
melting… |
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2010 Feb 8: Climate scientists hit out at 'sloppy' melting glaciers error |
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2010 Feb 6: Arctic sea ice vanishing faster than 'our most pessimistic
models': researcher |
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2010 Feb 5: Int'l study finds Arctic sea ice melting; changing weather,
threatening mammals |
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2010 Feb 5:
Arctic climate changing faster than expected |
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2010 Feb 4: Don’t confuse weather, climate |
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2010 Feb 3: Economist
Defends Global Warming Statistics |
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2010 Feb 1: Pentagon to Include Climate Change in Major New Defense Review |
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2010 Jan 31: Mt. Rainier's melting glaciers create hazard |
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2010 Jan 28: Computer model demonstrates that white roofs
may successfully cool cities |
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2010 Jan 28: The National Geographic archives: Global warming -
Video |
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2010 Jan 28: Melting Arctic Ice: What Satellite Images Don't See |
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2010 Jan 25: The National Geographic archives: Antarctica's glacial melt -
Video |
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2010 Jan 25: The National Geographic archives: The world's melting
glaciers - Video |
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2010 Jan 25: World's glaciers continue to melt at historic rates |
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2010 Jan 24: NASA's Prophet
Will Give You Nightmares. Ignore James Hansen's climate predictions at
your peril. |
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2010 Jan 22: Scientist Discusses Latest Report of Rising Global
Temperatures |
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2010 Jan 22: Global warming is real, and we should be worried |
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2010 Jan 21: How Fast Are Himalayan Glaciers Melting? |
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2010 Jan 20: World's glaciers melting at accelerated pace, leading
scientists say |
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2010 Jan 19: Book Review: The Climate Crisis — A Fresh New Look |
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2010 Jan 18: Regional Arctic scenario experiments with RCAO. The Arctic
sea ice extent has been very low... |
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2010 Jan 18: Tipping Point? West Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Become Unstable
as World Warms |
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2010 Jan 17: Glaciers Melting in the Himalayas |
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2010 Jan 17: Polar
Bear Living on the Edge of Extinction |
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2010 Jan 15: Get ready for seven-foot sea level rise as climate change
melts ice sheets |
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2010 Jan 14: Meltdown in Antarctica. Climate changes are melting large ice
sheets in areas of Antarctica - Video |
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2010 Jan 15:
CLIMATE SCIENCE LINKS — 2009 - Video |
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2010 Jan 14: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Earlier, May Worsen Global Warming |
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2010 Jan 7: Climate change, no hiding place? The betting is that 2010 will
be the hottest year on record |
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2010 Jan 7: Doubt global warming? The planet won't tell a lie |
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2010 Jan 6: Experts:
Despite cold snap, earth still warming. Scientists not connecting recent
blast of cold weather... |
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2010 Jan 6: Canadian Arctic ice outpacing global melt average: study |
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2010 Jan 4: The year climate science caught up with what top scientists
have been saying privately for years |
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2010 Jan 4: C.I.A. Is Sharing Data With Climate Scientists |
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2010 Jan 3: The Rising Sea - Video |
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2010 Jan 1: New signs of climate change: shifting seasons, warmer
Antarctica |
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2009 Dec 31: 7 glaciers
melting |
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2009 Dec 31: Melting glaciers feed marine life with ancient carbon |
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2009 Dec 30: Charting the Course of Arctic Warmth…and Oceanography |
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2009 Dec 25: Updating the
Climate Science What Path is the Real World Following? |
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2009 Dec
23: Ice Melting Faster Everywhere |
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2009 Dec 22: Waging a global war on climate change. OUR OPINION:
Copenhagen Accord sets world on path to... |
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2009 Dec 19: Bolivian Glaciers Melting Fast - Video |
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2009 Dec 19: Something's rotten under the Arctic cap |
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2009 Dec 18: Melting Glaciers Are Evidence of Global Warming. Melting Ice
and Sea Level Rise Linked to climate... |
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2009 Dec 18:
The Greenland Ice Sheet in a Changing Climate (GRIS) |
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2009 Dec 16: The Trickle Down Effect Film about melting glaciers in
Greenland shows cause for concern |
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2009 Dec 16: I Saw Greenland Melting |
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2009 Dec 16: Double Trouble for Polar Bears: Melting Arctic Sea Ice and
Offshore Oil Development |
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2009 Dec 15: Sub-continental Smut: Is Soot the Culprit Behind Melting
Himalayan Glaciers? |
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2009 Dec 15: The Melting Accelerates |
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2009 Dec 14: Scientists Say Ice
Shelves Melting Rapidly; Coral Reefs will disappear by middle of century: |
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2009
Dec 14: Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years |
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2009 Dec 10: Bolivia's glacier: a vanishing future - Video |
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2009 Dec 9: Sea Levels May Rise 3 Times Faster Than IPCC Estimated, Could
Hit 6 Feet By 2100 |
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2009 Dec 8: World Meteorological Organization 2000-2009 Warmest Hottest
Decade On Record |
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2009 Dec 7: U.S. Scientists: Warming Arctic Not a Pretty Picture. Experts:
Arctic warming may be irreversible |
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2009 Dec 7: EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the
Environment / Science overwhelmingly... |
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2009 Dec 7: Low ice extent in
Barents Sea and Hudson Bay |
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2009 Dec 7: Earth sensitive to C02 changes; Study that looks back three
million years sounds new warning... |
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2009 Dec 5: Climate might be right for a deal |
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2009 Dec 4: MELTING
MOUNTAIN GLACIERS: THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAIN GLACIERS ARE MELTING - Video |
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2009 Dec 2: We used to say "Let's go up to the ice cap"… now it's 100
meters below us - Video |
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2009 Dec 2: Big Freeze: Earth Could Plunge into Sudden Ice Age |
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2009 Dec 2: Antarctic ice melt may push seas up |
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2009 Dec 1: Himalaya Glaciers Melting At Unprecedented Rate -
Video |
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2009 Dec 1: A Farewell to Old Sea Ice - Video |
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2009 Dec
1: UAF chooses shipyard to build Alaska Region Research Vessel |
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2009 Dec 1: The Lancet medical journal: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions
has major direct health benefits |
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2009 Nov 30: Big Freeze Plunged Europe Into Ice Age in Months |
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2009
Nov 30: Nepal's government to meet on Mt Everest |
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2009 Nov 28: Nature: The Final Frontier of Politics |
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2009 Nov 25: New Report Provides Update on Recent Climate Changes
Full report |
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2009 Nov 24: Global Warming Report Finds Time Running Out |
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2009 Nov 24: Swedish EU Presidency: Emissions from transport and
destruction of the rainforests must be cut now |
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2009 Nov
24: The Copenhagen Diagnosis Updating The World on the Latest Climate
Science |
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2009 Nov 23: Staggering Global Warming Statistics Emerge As UN Meeting
Looms |
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2009 Nov 23: NZ's glaciers melting away - scientists - Video |
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2009 Nov 23: NZ's glaciers melting away - scientists |
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2009 Nov 23: CO2 levels
keep rising as key climate talks loom |
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2009 Nov
22: East Antarctic ice sheet may be losing mass |
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2009
Nov 22: Beyond Copenhagen there's more than just cutting CO2 |
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2009 Nov 20: On Thinner Ice,
melting glaciers on the roof of the world - Video |
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2009 Nov 19: Food-climate theorist Brown to lecture at Colorado State |
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2009 Nov 18:
Dalai Lama Appeals to China About Drying Tibet Rivers |
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2009 Nov 15: Peak Carbon Is History — The U.S. Has Entered a New Energy
Era |
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2009 Nov 14: DFID
announces £50m grant to Nepal on climate change |
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2009 Nov 14: Lakes formed by glacier melt, threatening valleys |
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2009 Nov 13: A Warming Arctic Greenland's Ice Sheet Melting Faster than
Ever |
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2009 Nov 13: UK aid to fight climate change |
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2009 Nov 12: A Brief
Statement on Global Warming |
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2009 Nov 9: Changing Arctic Affecting Air, Ocean, And Everything In
Between |
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2009 Nov 9: India 'arrogant' to deny global warming link to melting
glaciers |
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2009 Nov 8: Vanishing glaciers jolt smokestack China |
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2009 Nov 7: Efforts to Stem Global Warming Moving at Glacial Pace
US lawmakers working on legislation... |
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2009 Nov 5: Climate migration will grow as changes take hold - experts |
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2009 Nov 5: Arctic Sea Ice Extent Way Below 20 year average
They say a picture is worth a thousand words |
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2009 Nov 3: Kilimanjaro snows melt away in dramatic evidence of climate
change |
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2009 Nov 3: Chili's South is Home
to 3,700 Glaciers, most of them slowly melting |
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2009 Nov 3:
Religions Take a Bold Step Towards a Low-Carbon Future |
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2009 Nov 2:
Goodbye, Snows of Kilimanjaro |
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2009 Nov 2: Why
Are the Himalayan Glaciers Melting? |
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2009 Oct 31:
Himalayan glaciers melting fast. Scientists: Bangladesh to face
catastrophe |
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2009 Oct 30: Melting Mountains |
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2009 Oct 29: 2009 Sea Ice Update |
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2009 Oct 29:
Disappearing glaciers |
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2009 Oct 28:
Melting Kyrgyz Glaciers Pose Threat |
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2009 Oct 27: A
lonely struggle for the iceman |
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2009 Oct 26:
World-leading climate scientists to discuss implications of new estimates |
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2009 Oct 23: Himalayan glaciers' melting poses threat to not only Bhutan,
but entire South Asia |
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2009 Oct 22: Arctic Code Red: Could Become an Overwhelming Source of
Greenhouse Gas |
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2009 Oct
21: U.N. Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 |
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2009 Oct 19:
Arctic ocean to be ice-free in summer |
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2009 Oct 19: Dressing for Copenhagen |
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2009 Oct 18: Science CO2 Levels Haven't Been This High For 15 Million
Years |
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2009 Oct 15: Arctic
Ice Cap To Vanish During Summers |
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2009 Oct 14:
Arctic Now Traps 25 Percent of World’s Carbon -- But That Could Change |
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2009 Oct 10: Melting Swiss Alp
Glaciers are most impacted by climate change |
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2009 Oct 6: NASA |
Arctic Sea Ice 101 by Tom Wagner, Cryosphere Program Manager NASA -
Video |
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2009 Oct 6: Fight climate change by ending war |
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2009 Oct 6:
Arctic sea ice extent remains low; 2009 sees third-lowest mark |
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2009 Oct 5:
Apple, citing climate, tells U.S. Chamber iQuit |
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2009 Oct 4: Soot
Clouds Pose Threat to Himalayan Glaciers |
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2009 Oct 1: Who
turned out the lights |
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2009 Oct 1:
Glaciers melting in Kashmir |
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2009 Oct 1: Why are glaciers melting? True facts |
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2009 Sep 28: 4C Temperature Rise 'Extreme but Plausible' |
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2009 Sep 25: NASA Satellite Laser Images Reveal Extreme Polar
Melting After analyzing 50 million
laser... |
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2009
Sep 25: U.N.: Climate Change Surpasses Worst-Case Scenarios
Droughts, acidic oceans and melting... |
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2009 Sep 24: Ancient Glaciers Are Disappearing Faster Than Ever |
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2009 Sep 24: Glaciers Melting Faster Than Expected |
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2009 Sep 24: Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster Than Previously Thought
According to a study that might help... |
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2009 Sep 24: Global Collapse, Human Survival and the Planet's Boundaries |
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2009 Sep 23:
Greenland Glaciers Melting At Unprecedented Rates - Video |
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2009 Sep 23: Study: ‘Runaway’ melt on Antarctica, Greenland. Experts find
more ‘pervasive, enduring’ thinning… |
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2009 Sep 22: World Leaders Call for Action at U.N. Summit, Offer Few
Commitments |
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2009 Sep 22: U.N. Chief Praises World Unity in Fight Against Climate
Change |
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2009 Sep 22: U.N. climate summit leaves large carbon footprint |
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2009 Sep 22: Decoupling China in the climate debate |
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2009 Sep 22: Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at U.N. HQ |
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2009 Sep 20: South Asia: Disunity hovers over a region battling climate
change |
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2009 Sep 18: Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Minimum Extent For 2009, Third Lowest
Ever Recorded |
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2009 Sep 18: Time to go easy on Mother Earth |
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2009 Sep 14: $1.1 Trillion to Cut Carbon Emissions in India |
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2009 Sep 13: Climate change homework |
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2009 Sep 10: Glaciers and climate change |
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2009 Sep 9:
Which is more important, global-warming or ObamaCare? |
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2009 Sep 9: 90
reasons to care about Copenhagen |
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2009 Sep 9: Glaciers melting
in Greenland - Video
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2009 Sep 9:
Alaskan winters are 10 degrees warmer now than in 1937 |
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2009 Sep 8: WWF Fears on Arctic Melt |
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2009 Sep 2: Greenland glaciers melting faster than ever |
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2009 Sep 1: The
Age of Stupid - Video |
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2009 Sep 1: issue of Health magazine,
Thinner you = healthier planet.
Reversing the damage of global warming won't be easy, but we all can help
just by losing a little weight. Researchers at the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that the heavier we are, the more
greenhouse gases we produce. Here's how it works., according to their
research. If you eat more, it takes more energy to produce your food; if
you gain weight, you're more likely to drive a car than walk (using more
energy), and the car you drive is likely to be a larger car (which is less
fuel-efficient). Mother Nature would really like us to get on a diet! |
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2009 Aug 27:
Energy Projects in Central Denmark Region |
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2009 Aug 17: So many amplifying methane feedbacks, so little time to stop
them all |
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2009 Aug
13: Antarctic glacier 'thinning fast' - Video |
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2009 Aug 9: Vast Expanses of Arctic Ice Melt in Summer Heat |
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2009
Aug 8: Major meltdown is under way |
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2009 Aug 7: Three "benchmark glaciers" rapidly retreating |
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2009 Aug 6: Washington State South Cascade glacier shows alarming rate of
melt - Video |
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2009 Jul 30: Climate change expected to sharply increase Western wildfire
burn area; as much as 175% by 2050s |
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2009 Jul 30:
The technology of recovery: White roofs reflect a cooler future |
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2009 Jul 20: Arctic Melt Caught on Video |
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2009 Jul 14: High Water: Greenland ice sheet melting faster than expected
and could raise East Coast sea levels... |
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2009 Jul 13: Chilean Glaciers Melting At Unprecedented Rates |
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2009 Jul 1: Talks Stewart Brand Proclaims 4 Environmental 'heresies'
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Video |
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2009 Jul 1: White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters |
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2009 Jun 15: Our hellish future: Definitive NOAA-led report on U.S.
climate impacts warns of scorching 9 to 11°F... |
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2009 Jun 13: Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster Than Expected; Larger
Contributor To Sea-Level Rise Than... |
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2009 Jun 5:
Home,
a film by French Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand was released.
F I V E S T A R S |
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2009 May 27:
Photos Document Melting Glaciers of Alaska, Switzerland |
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2009 May 20: M.I.T. doubles its 2095 warming projection to 10°F — with 866
ppm and Arctic warming of 20°F |
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2009 May
14: M.I.T. Technology Review, Q & A: U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu |
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2009 Apr 23: The Melting of Antarctica - Video |
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2009 Apr 11: Arctic Ice is Melting. The 30-year decline is accelerating,
new data show |
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2009 Apr 4: Wilkins Ice Shelf Fracturing |
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2009 Apr 1: UK Scientist Warns
of Impacts by Climate Change in China |
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2009 Mar 25: Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity |
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2009 Mar 17: U.S. media largely ignores latest warning from climate
scientists: “Recent observations confirm … |
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2009 Mar 16: Climate-related changes on the Antarctic peninsula |
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2009 Mar 5: Must see video of
Greenland melting - Video |
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2009 Feb 25: Antarctic Glaciers Melting Faster Than Thought Geneva - Glaciers in Antarctica are melting faster... |
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2009 Feb 17: So much for geoengineering, Ocean dead zones to expand,
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2009 Feb 13: World carbon dioxide levels jump 2.3 ppm in 2008 to highest
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2009 Feb 10: HD:
Arctic Melt Time Lapse - Nature's Great Events: The Great Melt - BBC One -
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2009 Feb 5: Antarctic ice sheet collapse may swamp U.S. coasts |
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2009 Jan 30: World's Glaciers shrink for 18th Year |
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2009 Jan 26: NOAA stunner: Climate change “largely irreversible for 1000
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2009 Jan 23: Science: Global warming is killing U.S. trees, a dangerous
carbon-cycle feedback |
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2009 Jan 21: Antarctica Has Warmed Significantly Over Past 50 Years
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2009 Jan 19: Everest's Melting Glaciers
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2009 Jan 8: Half
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2009 Jan 1: Climate
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2008 Nov 3: Arctic Sea Ice Is Suddenly Getting Thinner As Well As Receding |
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2008 Oct 31: Warmer Antarctica Shows Climate Changing on Every Continent |
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2008 Oct 26: Study: Water-vapor feedback is “strong and positive” so we
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2008 Oct 6: Most Alaskan Glaciers Retreating, Thinning, Or Stagnating |
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2008 Oct 3: Summer Sea Ice - InMER 2007 Arctic Reconnaissance -
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2008 Sep 15: The Real Issue of Climate Change |
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2008 Aug 1:
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2008 Jul 16: Albedo Measurements- Part 1 - Video |
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2008 Jul 16:
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2008 Apr 9: Why Is Arctic Sea Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted? NOAA
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2008 Mar 26: Major chunk of
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2008 Mar 18: CNN Planet Peril : Greenland Melting Ice - Video |
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2008 Mar 12: Melting Glacier
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2008 Mar 4:
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2008 Mar 2: Albedo from Global Warming History
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2008 Feb 4: Ice Melt Accelerates Around the World
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2008 Jan 14: Increasing Amounts Of Ice Mass Have Been Lost From West
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2008 Jan 16: Record Warm Summers Cause Extreme Ice Melt In Greenland |
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2007 Oct 12: Climate Change Research Recognized In 2007 Nobel Peace Prize |
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2007 Oct 2: Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts |
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2007 Aug 17: The 11th Hour, a feature film
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2007 Aug 15: Scientists warn Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest rate
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2007 Jul 16: Meltdown - Bolivia - Video |
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2007 Jun 14: Global Warming Fast Facts |
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2007 Jun 8: The Most
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2007 May 15: Vast Regions Of West Antarctica Melted In Recent Past, NASA
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2007 May 1: Interview
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2007 Jan 3: Huge ice shelf breaks off in the Arctic
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2007 Jan 1:
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2006 Oct
30: The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, most
comprehensive review ever carried out |
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2006 Mar 21: Radar Altimetry Confirms Global Warming Is Affecting Polar
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2006 Mar 2: Antarctic Ice Sheet Losing Mass, Says University Of Colorado
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2005 Feb 24: Ice Melting Everywhere |
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2005 Feb 18: New proof that man has caused global warming |
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2004 Jan 1: The Skeptics vs. the Ozone Hole by Jeffrey Masters Ph.D. |
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2002
Jul 1: The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and
Our Future |
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2002 Jan 1: Ice Melting Everywhere |
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2001 Feb 18:
ICE CAPS IN AFRICA, TROPICAL SOUTH AMERICA LIKELY TO DISAPPEAR WITHIN 15
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December 15th 2009, former Vice President
Al Gore addressed the largest international climate meeting in history,
currently underway in Copenhagen, Denmark. Interrupted often with
outbursts of applause and ending with a standing ovation, Vice President
Gore made clear what's at stake during the U.N. Conference this week:
nothing short of the future of human civilization as we know it.
Watch the
speech: http://repoweramerica.org/wall/#/view/44235
Calling for swift action on a global scale this year, particularly in the
United States, Vice President Gore reminded negotiators in attendance that
“we are all in this together,” and that failure in Copenhagen is not an
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