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Source: Reuters, Dec. 6, 2007
by Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent

INTERVIEW-Greenland ice could be next puzzle for U.N. panel

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BALI, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A thaw of Greenland ice that could raise world sea levels may be the next puzzle for the U.N. climate panel that won the Nobel Peace Prize, a senior member of the group said.

Source: National Post: Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Scientists urge climate summit to commit to deep emissions cuts

Greenhouse gases must be cut by at least 50% to stop rise in temperature

Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service

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Source: International Herald Tribune: November 17, 2007. Elisabeth Rosenthal reporting:

In advance of the Bali Climate Meeting, the Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki Moon, called on the US to take a lead in stopping greenhouse gas emissions:

Ban calls climate change 'defining challenge of our age'

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Source: CNN: November 17, 2007

In its final report of the year, the IPCC issued its clearest warning to date about the need for real action really soon:
U.N. report: Urgent action needed on 'severe' climate change

Here are some excerpts from the CNN report on the IPCC report:
"Climate change is "severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action" can head it off, a United Nations scientific panel said in a report on global warming issued Saturday.

Source: The Guardian (UK) November 12, 2007
Scientists strive for pinpoint warming forecasts
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"By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent
OSLO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Moving on from the risk of global warming, scientists are now looking for ways to pinpoint the areas set to be affected by climate change, to help countries plan everything from new crops to hydropower dams.

Source: BBC November 10, 2007

UN chief makes Antarctica visit

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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has visited Antarctica in an effort to highlight global warming.
Mr Ban - the first UN chief to visit the continent - wanted to see for himself the effects of climate change on the world's largest wilderness.
After flying over melting glaciers, he told reporters that what he had seen had been both "extraordinarily beautiful" and "disturbing".

In the Arctic, a shockingly sudden retreat of the ice is changing everything
Colin Woodard, Chronicle Foreign Service
Friday, October 19, 2007

The San Francisco Chronicle sent a science writer to Greenland from where he reports on The meltdown of Greenland's way of life

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"(10-19) 04:00 PDT Ilulissat, Greenland --
Seen from the air, Greenland's massive ice cap is clearly taking a beating.

Source: CNN: updated 9:36 a.m. EDT, Wed October 24, 200

CNN report on the Melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet

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"ILULISSAT, Greenland (CNN) -- From the air, Greenland's ice sheet, the second largest on Earth, appears to be perfectly still.
But below the surface, the ice sheet is in constant motion, as ice built up in the interior pushes toward the coast in the form of massive glaciers. During warmer months, ice from these glaciers melts into the ocean.

Source: Christian Science Monitor, October 18, 2007. Peter Spotts, staff writer.

Climate models can be more reliable than weather forecasts simply because the long term situation has less uncertainty than the fluctuations of weather patterns. How can you predict global warming if you can't predict rain? explains the increasing certainty that climate scientists expect from their models.
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Al Gore, whose work was inspirational for the lightblueline project, along with the IPCC, which has scientifically validated the potential effects of human-induced climate change, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As climate-change deniers get ever more shrill to try to stop efforts to educate the public on the science of climate change, former Vice President Gore has lead efforts that will bring governments, organizations, and people together to help maintain climate stability.