World's largest ice sheet melting faster than expected

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guardian.co.uk — The East Antarctic ice sheet, which makes up three-quarters of the continent's 14,000 sq km, is losing around 57bn tonnes of ice a year into surrounding waters, according to a satellite survey of the region. Scientists had thought the ice sheet was....

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  1. That's no good, no good at all.

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  2. Now that is amazing and we haven't had any warming for the last ten years. I vote for a natural phenomenon. What makes anybody think that it isn't suppose to melt? There have been times in Earth's existance, that Antarctica was free of ice, so why not now?
    The climate change fairy took a hit this week, so you might want to come up with a better answer than global warming.

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    1. @grannysright Most of this global warming is just another scare tactic and a way to manipulate the masses, the government has a control agenda to give an excuse to tax and fine us. I believe the facts are manipulated, yes we need to be aware of wast but the government with all it's plans, put tons of emissions in the sky, Al Gore takes his jet here and there, to spread his message but doesn't give a second thought about how much his jet pollutes, ironic isn't it, but you and I are the ones... View more

      @grannysright Most of this global warming is just another scare tactic and a way to manipulate the masses, the government has a control agenda to give an excuse to tax and fine us. I believe the facts are manipulated, yes we need to be aware of wast but the government with all it's plans, put tons of emissions in the sky, Al Gore takes his jet here and there, to spread his message but doesn't give a second thought about how much his jet pollutes, ironic isn't it, but you and I are the ones they will want to punish, if some of their new green bills go through.

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  3. Any similar news about the west end?

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  5. I own property one parcel from the shore, about 5 feet above sea level. Looks like my property values will be going up.

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  6. this proves global warming and we have got to find some way to stop it

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    1. @ironnick Tell Al gore to turn off his lights .. and stop flying all over .. an probably if we put a sock in that hot air hole he calls a mouth .. An when Obama is not on TV he is Jet setting all over the world .. we probably could add a few more million cars

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      1. @ndeepnow You got that right!!!! Well said

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  7. Is this story from those climate change scientists in England???

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  8. Hurry and get some of it, before it melts. The beer's getting warm.

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