[lbo-talk] Re:why doesn't anyone talk about_______

[frank scott]

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>"And as bad as what's going on in Colombia is, Iraq is always going to 
>attract more attention. It's one of the most important things 
>happening in the world right now. When time and attention are 
>limited, some things are going to get overlooked."
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>Doug
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indeed...like this:

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,1546824,00.html>

Ian Sample, science correspondent
Thursday August 11, 2005

Guardian

A vast expanse of western Sibera is undergoing an unprecedented thaw that
could dramatically increase the rate of global warming, climate scientists
warn today.
Researchers who have recently returned from the region found that an area
of permafrost spanning a million square kilometres - the size of France and
Germany combined - has started to melt for the first time since it formed
11,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age.

The area, which covers the entire sub-Arctic region of western Siberia, is
the world's largest frozen peat bog and scientists fear that as it thaws,
it will release billions of tonnes of methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times
more potent than carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere.