----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: ice shelf collapses
> [Just had James Heartfield on the radio, and he
told us global
> warming was no big deal. James?]
>
> Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses
> Tue Mar 19, 6:31 PM ET
>
> By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, AP Science Writer
>
> An enormous floating ice shelf in Antarctica
that has existed since
> the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago collapsed this
month with
> staggering speed during one of the warmest
summers on record there,
> scientists say.
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Damn Penguins, if only they'd stop all that hopping-sliding onto the ice from the ocean...............
Ian