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Shrinking Ice Shelf
The Antarctic Peninsula 1986-2002
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European Space Agency
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In a Melting Trend, Less Arctic Ice to Go Around
New York Times, September 29, 2005, by ANDREW C. REVKIN
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Rita and Climate Change
The Independent/UK, 9-23-05, by Michael McCarthy
Sir John Lawton, a leading British scientist and chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, sees hurricanes that recently hit the United States as the "smoking gun" of global warming.
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Wave of Destruction: On Asia's Coasts, Progress Destroys Natural Defenses
The Wall Street Journal, 12-31-04, by Andrew Browne
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Asian Tsunami Hails Ecological Collapse
Earth Meanders, 11-28-04
Rising seas, coastal development, over-population and loss of mangroves and coral reefs make such natural disasters more likely and deadly.
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Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming, Survey Finds
New York Times: 10-30-04, by Andrew C. Revkin
The Arctic Council’s four-year study, involving nearly 300 scientists, is completed. Some charge that Bush administration tried to delay the release until after the election. “The findings support the broad but politically controversial scientific consensus that global warming is caused mainly by rising atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, and that the Arctic is the first region to feel its effects.”
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Bush Trying to Stifle Scientific Evidence of Global Warming: NASA scientist
Associated Press, 10, 28, 2004
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