A few, just a few of the slashdot comments are worth reading as well. (01)
On 9/16/05, John Sechrest <sechrest@jas.peak.org> wrote:
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> Slashdot is runing a note about global warming.
> Yet another datapoint indicating that we are at the tipping point.
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> Science: Global Warming Past The Point of No Return
> [ Science ]
> Posted by Zonk on Fri Sep 16, '05 09:28 AM
> from the more-swimming-opportunities dept.
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> mad_goldfish writes "The UK's Independent is running a front page story
> today on a scientific report claiming that global warming is now
> unstoppable, after measuring changes in the level of ice in the arctic."
> From the article: "The greatest fear is that the Arctic has reached a
> 'tipping point' beyond which nothing can reverse the continual loss of
> sea ice and with it the massive land glaciers of Greenland, which will
> raise sea levels dramatically. Satellites monitoring the Arctic have
> found that the extent of the sea ice this August has reached its lowest
> monthly point on record, dipping an unprecedented 18.2 per cent below
> the long-term average." Either way, someone wins a bet.
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> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article312997.ece
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/20/1845247&tid=126
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