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To: Land Shark who wrote (155630)	2/25/2009 7:34:29 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

sweet more food and water for ME

To: Land Shark who wrote (155630)	2/25/2009 7:40:36 PM
From: SeachRE	Respond to of 173976

Scary...this scientist, at least, has the direction right. China will soon be the major contributor to global warming, IMO.

To: Land Shark who wrote (155630)	2/25/2009 7:55:55 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

...Some 90% of all the ice on the globe is locked into Antarctica. If all of it melted, the oceans would rise by 70m (230ft). That might not be on the cards, but fundamental things are changing here. Troll research station sits between an enormous wave of ice and a mountain. It is run by the Norwegians and is full of scientists watching the skies, the ice and the temperature. What they have seen recently has made them concerned. For years it looked like Antarctica had escaped global warming. Not anymore. "We know the Antarctic peninsula has been warming," Jan-Gunnar Winther, the director, says. It has brought us face to face with the kinds of consequences humanity could face if we don't do something about climate "Now the latest research suggests wider areas are getting warmer." If polar ice caps melt, sea levels everywhere could rise.... news.bbc.co.uk