:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 5.28.2004 ::
:: The Day After ... ::
Arctic Getting Warmer Faster
Environment: In Brief
From Wired News
Global warming is hitting the Arctic more than twice as fast as the rest of the planet, scientists reported this week.
The Arctic is particularly sensitive because the ice normally reflects vast amounts of solar radiation. But when icecaps recede, much more sunlight is absorbed by the darker mass of ocean and land. All that additional heat melts even more ice in what becomes a feedback loop.
Some parts of Alaska have heated up 10 times more than the global average, Robert Corell, a chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, told Reuters.
"I think it (climate change) can be stopped," he said, "but we will need an aggressive response."
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Thirsty?: Paradoxically, as all that ice melts, the world faces a future with less fresh water, a new study released this week shows.
Read more here.
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