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Sea level to rise, say scientists. Climate change is turning Antarctica’s ice into one of the biggest risks for coming centuries. Even a tiny melt could drive up sea levels. ‚ÄúIf you’re going to have even a few metres it will change the geography of the planet,” Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said of the more extreme scenarios of fast ocean rise. [IOL]
How will the earth look in the the future? Google Earth is launching a series of layers, ahead of the Climate Change Convention in Copenhagen, that allows one to look at possible furture climate scenarios, depending on our actions now. [ecogeek.org] Watch Google Earth’s climate introductory tour, called Confronting Climate Change, with Al Gore narrating. [youtube] (takes a while to download)
How is this for innovative? Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed is to host an underwater cabinet meeting on October 24 to draw attention to the impact of
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