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Tuesday, 06 January 2009

2 trillion tonnes of ice gone since ’03

Text: WASHINGTON: More than 2 trillion tons of land ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted since 2003, according to new Nasa satellite data that show the latest signs of what scientists say is global warming. More than half of the loss of landlocked ice in the past five years has occurred in Greenland, based on measurements...

Full Story: The Times of India

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Scientists find hole in Earth's magnetic field MSNBC

BEACH - SEA SIDE - ENVIRONMENT - CLIMATE CHANGE - PHILIPPINES - TOURISM

EDITORIAL: Curbing climate change Asahi News

Low tide at a beach in Samal Island, Philippines

Climate change: 2008 is world's 10th hottest year The Australian

An explorer looks on, in the Pastoruri glacier in Huaraz, Nov. 4, 2006. Peru´s "White Mountain Range" may soon have to change its name. The ice atop the Cordillera Blanca, the largest glacier chain in the tropics, is melting fast because

The big melt: More than 2 trillion tons of ice gone Omaha World-Herald

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Desertification is Crisis, Says FG All Africa

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Arctic melt passes the point of no return The Independent

Scientists have found the first unequivocal evidence that the Arctic region is warming at a faster rate than the rest of the world at least a decade before it was predicted to happen. Climate-change researchers have found that air temperatures in the region are higher than would be normally expected...

Just how does Santa get round Earth in one night? By exploiting the space-time continuum The Daily Mail

It's a question that has puzzled children for decades. Just how does Father Christmas travel around the world in just one night delivering millions of presents on his reindeer-pulled sleigh? The answer is surprisingly scientific - he exploits the space-time continuum. 'He understands that space...

Cool approach to driving Sydney Morning Herald

SUMMER is here and the car windows have been rolled up. Walk or cycle past any line of vehicles on a hot day in Sydney and you will hear the click and hum of car engines racing as they drive energy-sapping air conditioners. Calculating the effect of running a car's climate-control system on its fuel...

On worm farms and zealotry Sydney Morning Herald

WHAT does a year as the Eco editor do to a person, I wondered? Have I morphed into an eco zealot, boring friends senseless with advice about getting the most out of their worm farms? Or have I just quietly learnt to live more gently on the planet, eschewing bad habits and embracing goodness (excuse...

Eagle ready for take off Sydney Morning Herald

AFTER three months of rehearsing around the back streets of Mosman, Nonami the wedge-tailed eagle is almost ready for stardom. "Some people still think eagles are a problem," Matthew Kettle, the supervisor of Taronga Zoo's bird show, said yesterday. "We...

New ways for old traditions Sydney Morning Herald

From the chopping down of trees to the stringing up of power-hungry lights and the giving of plastic-wrapped toys, Christmas is the season to be wasteful. Making an Australian Christmas green, it seems, is about as likely as making it white. But while festivities may demand disposable party plates...

Protests increase over polluters' discount Sydney Morning Herald

THE Climate Change Minister, Penny Wong, says the Government's decision to grant extra free carbon trading permits to major polluters is a good thing, despite groups of protesters around the country continuing their campaign against greenhouse gas targets. "All those firms who pollute will be...

Households need pricing buffer: Wong Sydney Morning Herald

THE Federal Government has defended its decision to give some households more help than they need to meet rising costs incurred by the emissions trading scheme. Under a $9.9 billion two-year program some low-income households will receive up to 20 per cent more than the estimated rise in the cost of...

PM gives green light to irrigation plan Sydney Morning Herald

THE second stage of the Ord River scheme in Australia's north-west is set to go ahead after funding commitments totalling almost $400 million by the federal and West Australian...

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, and former Vice President Al Gore wave to the audience at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Monday, June 16, 2008. Gore announced his endorsement of

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