Smell ice, can ya?
"Giant iceberg may pose threat to shipping" by Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg News | August 12, 2010
LONDON — The ice is the largest to detach from an Arctic glacier since 1962 and follows the six warmest months on record. Glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than predicted, accelerating their march to the sea and adding to the rising ocean levels that threaten coastal communities worldwide, according to many scientific studies.
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I'm smelling something, dear readers.
“So far, 2010 has been the hottest year on record, and scientists agree Arctic ice is a canary in a coal mine that provides clear warnings on climate,’’ US Representative Edward Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, said on the panel’s website....
Okay, Ed.
