Our Heat is Turning the Arctic into an Alien Landscape

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	Our Heat is Turning the Arctic into an Alien Landscape

papananook

9-14-2009 2:43 AM

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papananook says:

The time for that pressure is now. The Arctic was a canary in the coal mine. The canary is half-dead. It's time to shout.

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in solid ice since our ancestors were swinging from the trees is
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predictions. Robert Corell, one of America's leading climate
scientists, warns: "If you want to see what will happen to the rest of
the world, look to the Arctic. It happens there first." </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/09/13-3"><P>Our <A target="undefined" id="KonaLink1" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-our-heat-is-turning-the-arctic-into-an-alien-landscape-1786127.html#">heat</A>
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