Is Global Warming Causing Suicides?


	Is Global Warming Causing Suicides?

thisnamecantbetaken

5-4-2007 2:41 AM

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suicide, culture, climate change, global warming, arctic, parasites, ecology

thisnamecantbetaken says:

Wow... the effects of climate change. Poor Mother Earth is struggling to keep up and so are people. Not only are animals dying, but cultures too. So sad...

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