Environment
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Collapse of ancient Ellesmere ice shelf stuns scientists (Margaret Munro)
This NASA image shows the section of the Ward Hunt ice shelf which recently broke off. (IMAGE/NASA) "The ice seems to be fracturing all over the Arctic once again” Aug. 26, 2010 -- (Post Media News) ...
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Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)
Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High ...
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Greenland Ice Sheet Faces 'Tipping Point in 10 Years'; (Suzanne Goldenberg)
Scientists warn that temperature rise of between 2C and 7C would cause ice to melt, resulting in 23ft rise in sea level Aug. 11, 2010 -- WASHINGTON (Guardian) -- The entire ice mass of Greenland ...
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A critical examination of Matt Simmons’ claims on the Deepwater spill (Robert Rapier)
Matt Simmons July 29, 2010 (The Oil Drum) -- Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, has long been one of the most famous and influential voices on the subject of peak oil. After the release ...
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Phytoplankton worldwide have been shrinking for 100 years, study shows (Amina Khan)
Combining historical records and modern satellite data, scientists reveal a disturbing trend for the microscopic algae, the first link in the marine food chain. July 29, 2010 (Los Angeles Times) -- ...
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Thinking in Straight Lines (Dimitry Orlov)
July 17, 2010 (ClubOrlov) -- Let’s face it, we, the civilized, educated, enlightened part of humanity like things to be straight. Let primitive tribesmen live in picturesque and practical round huts ...
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Calling All Future-Eaters (Chris Hedges)
July 19, 2010 -- The human species during its brief time on Earth has exhibited a remarkable capacity to kill itself off. The Cro-Magnons dispatched the gentler Neanderthals. The conquistadors, with ...
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Revolution: The Wrong Kind And The Right Kind (Carolyn Baker)
July 15, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- Lately I've been encountering articles and news stories touting the need for revolution in the wake of a gansterized U.S. financial system and a government that ...
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From Despair To Impassioned Inspiration (Carolyn Baker)
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty ...
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Understanding the BP Oil Tragedy: Time Blindness (Joel S. Hirschhorn)
Joel S. Hirshhorn Joel S. Hirschhorn -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- A loss expected to happen next year looks smaller than that same loss happening next week. Worse yet, a loss or catastrophe ...
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Waltzing At The Doomsday Ball -- Joe Bageant
Predator drone firing a hellfire missile. (Public domain)Capitalism is dead, but we still dance with the corpse Joe Bageant -- World News Trust July 6, 2010 -- AJIJIC, JALISCO, Mexico -- As an ...
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