Satellite shows 'ominous' polar melting

Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle by David Perlman | Sep. 24, 2009 (News Report)
A NASA satellite has revealed more accurately than ever that polar ice in Antarctica and Greenland is melting .

A NASA satellite has revealed more accurately than ever that polar ice in Antarctica and Greenland is melting from glaciers and ice sheets far faster than scientists had previously thought, a discovery that one UC Berkeley climate expert calls "ominous and distressing." Full Story »

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Subjects: Sci/Tech, World, Politics
Topics: Climate Change, Global Warming
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 24, 2009 - 1:39 PM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 24, 2009 - 1:41 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 24, 2009

The effects of climate change are shown to be happening faster than pessimists predicted. The satellite technique and the dire threat are briefly sketched.

Important, as politicians are wed to oil and coal money, rather than following the science of climate change.

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