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Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses

"A huge chunk of ice measuring 13,680 square kilometers or about seven times the size of Manhattan island has begun to collapse because of climate change in the fast-warming region of Antarctica." http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200803261011.htm

The latest news about climate change is so alarming (the right wing would say alarmist) as to make many people want to plant their aching heads in the sand. Some scientists using advanced computer models now argue that if we want to stop the Earth from warming, the amount of carbon we should be emitting is ... none. None? As in, zero? As in, shutting down the global industrial economy? After all, global energy demand is expected to accelerate until at least 2020. Yet attempts even to slow the rate of increase of carbon emissions have paralyzed world politics for more than a decade.

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