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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (77897)	9/1/2006 12:07:43 PM
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Global Warning: Devastation of an Atoll Peter Boehm, Independent/UK via Common Dreams Villagers on the South Pacific island of Tegua are packing up and leaving their homes for good - the first real victims of increasing sea levels caused by climate change ========== Global Warming Feedback Loop Caused by Methane, Scientists Say Elizabeth Svoboda, National Geographic News In the ongoing debate over global warming, climatologists usually peg carbon dioxide as the most dangerous of the atmosphere's heat- trapping gases. But methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide, might be even more problematic. ============== Caribbean 'faces stormier future' BBC Latin America and the Caribbean face a greater risk of more natural disasters because of environmental degradation and climate change, campaigners warn. ================ Global meltdown Fred Pearce, The Guardian Scientists fear that global warming will bring climatic turbulence, with changes coming in big jumps rather than gradually energybulletin.net