Al Gore calls for prompt action on melting ice

Al Gore said Tuesday the world must act quickly to slow the melting of the world's polar ice packs and glaciers before it reaches a critical rate for global warming.

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Co-host Russ Mitchell introduced Palmer's report by fretting: "Scientists report today that the Arctic is melting so fast, the North Pole could be ice free during the summer within the next decade or two." Meanwhile, in the New York Times story, Andrew Revkin explained: " …

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To avoid catastrophic climate change, the world will need to emit less than one trillion metric tons of carbon between now and 2050, according to two new papers published in Nature today.

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Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2013.

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Derek Mueller, a researcher at Trent University, was careful not to blame global warming, but said the event was consistent with the theory that the current Arctic climate isn't rebuilding ice sheets.

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A four-square-kilometre chunk has broken off Ward Hunt Ice Shelf - the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic - threatening the future of the giant frozen mass that northern explorers have used for years as the starting point for their treks.

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Why Polar Bears?

Polar bears are now a "threatened species" according to the Interior Department. The Associated Press reports, "This is the first time that the Endangered Species Act has been used to protect a species threatened by the impacts of global warming."

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The science of melting ice just became a little more solid.

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# Disappearing sea ice in a "death spiral," one scientist says # Walruses, seals, polar bears depend on the ice for survival # Ice melt affects walruses' food sources; forces them to spend more time on land # Government may soon list polar bears as "threatened" because of ice …

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Global warming may not be the only thing melting Greenland. Scientists have found at least one natural magma hotspot under the Arctic island that could be pitching in.

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Watching the North Pole Melt on the Net

Several stories last week on how shocked the folks at the Univ. of Ill. were when the melt season at the pole got rolling. And it's rollin' alright. Here's the seed that Red Wolf did from the Australia Broadcasting Network Arctic sea ice 'lowest in recorded history'

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You would think that someone would notice a missing chunk of ice 30 metres thick and larger than Manhattan island.

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Experts are urging the federal government to act quickly to enhance Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic before melting ice encourages more foreign vessels to use the Northwest Passage.

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