Thursday, January 24, 2008

Arctic ice-cap loss twice the size of France: research - Yahoo! News

Arctic ice-cap loss twice the size of France: research - Yahoo! News: "The Arctic ice cap has shrunk by an area twice the size of France's land mass over the last two years, the Paris-based National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said Wednesday.

'The year 2008 promises to be a critical year on every level,' said Jean-Claude Gascard, the body's research director and coordinator of European scientific mission Damocles, which is monitoring the effects of climate change across the Arctic."

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