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Swiftly Melting Planet 2007
Friday, October 19th, 2007
Does a global sea-level rise of 10 to 20 feet sound to you like a matter of national security?
Scientists are stunned at the unprecedented speed at which the Arctic ice cap is melting, and fear it may all be gone by 2030, The Guardian (UK) reports. In 2007 the ice melted 24 percent more than it did in 2005. An area almost twice the size of Great Britain disappeared in a single week in September. (The Washington Post’s Oct. 22 report—buried inside on page A10—appears here.)
