Wednesday, May 16, 2007

California-Sized Area of Ice Melts in Antarctica - Yahoo! News

California-Sized Area of Ice Melts in Antarctica - Yahoo! News: "Warm temperatures melted an area of western Antarctica that adds up to the size of California in January 2005, scientists report.
“Antarctica has shown little to no warming in the recent past with the exception of the Antarctic Peninsula,” said Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado, Boulder. “But now large regions are showing the first signs of the impacts of warming as interpreted by this satellite analysis.” "

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