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Louis Gray at the Telegraph (UK) reports on recent findings from scientists studying Greenland. Ice sheet in Greenland melting at record rate

Here is an excerpt from the report:

"The Greenland ice sheet is melting at a record rate due to global warming, according to a British-led expedition currently taking measurements from the treacherous glaciers.

NOAA has released the "State of the Climate" report for 2009. It was a warm year.
State of the Climate
Here is the beginning of the abstract:

The National Academy of Sciences has begun to issue reports on national priorities in response to global climate change. These reports are housed on a new website called America's Climate Choices .
May 19, 2010

STRONG EVIDENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNDERSCORES NEED
FOR ACTIONS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS AND BEGIN ADAPTING TO IMPACTS

The Los Angeles Times (March 12, 2009, Margot Roosevelt reporting)

The initial results of the Governor's project to inform coastal areas about potential vulnerability to sea-level rise are beginning to arrive.

Here is an excerpt from the LA Times article:

"California's interagency Climate Action Team on Wednesday issued the first of 40 reports on impacts and adaptation, outlining what the state's residents must do to deal with the floods, erosion and other effects expected from rising sea levels.

The New York Times (March 13, 2009) reports from Climatewire (JEAN-MARIE MACABREY reporting) the results of the special IPCC meeting in Copenhagen.

Here is an excerpt:

"Scientists are gloomy; economists are more upbeat. Such was the bottom line of an epic, three-day international congress of climate change experts that ended here yesterday.

This speech marks the beginning of a new era in US federal support in stopping climate change.

National Geographic reports that the sea level rise in this century will be somewhere between two and a half and six and a half feet. Of course, looking at the next five-hundred years (which is what lightblueline suggests we do, since we do that anyhow for floods and earthquakes) this would translate into a rise between twelve and a half and thirty-two and a half feet. Split the difference and you have about the seven meter rise lightblueline has always been focused on.

Source:New York Times Magazine, July 26, 2008. by Stephan Faris
This story notes that Greenland may hold great mineral wealth under its ice sheet, and mining companies are lining up!

Read it HERE:
Ice Free

Here is an excerpt:

A story in the Washington Post (July 18, 2008) describes the EPA's findings on the health dangers of anticipated global warming. Much of the story is about how difficult it was for the EPA to do its work under the current administration. It is sad reading. You can read the whole article here:

Warming Is Major Threat To Humans, EPA Warns

Excerpts below:

Source: Ventura County Star, June 27, 2008. by Zeke Barlow:

Here is some press for the SLAP action this weekend, with quotes from Alec. Check out the article:Teens' warning on global warming will be overhead

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