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Question: |
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Why
are... |
massive
ice shelves 10
times the size of Manhattan and the
size of Scotland collapsing, breaking
off and falling into the sea ? |
| 2. |
Why
are... |
glaciers
melting literally all over the world
in such places as:
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| 3. |
Why
is... |
the
Portage Glacier in Alaska no longer visible
from the $8 million visitor center that was built
right next to that glacier back in 1986
? |
| 4. |
Why
are... |
investors
demanding corporations
supply info on financial risks of global warming
? |
| 5. |
Why
are... |
the
nation's
largest pension fund officials pressing wall
street and regulators to pay more attention
to financial risks due to global warming
? |
| 6. |
Why
are... |
large
lakes and rivers shrinking, drying up and some
becoming deserts in such places as:
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| 7. |
Why
is... |
Antarctica
becoming too hot for penguins ? |
| 8. |
Why
is... |
the
sixth largest insurance company in the
world warning property damage due to global warming
could bankrupt the world by 2065
? |
| 9. |
Why
are... |
1/2
of all plant species on earth under threat of
extinction this century ? |
| 10. |
Why
are... |
1/4
of all mammals on earth under threat of extinction
this century ? |
| 11. |
Why
are... |
the
Inuit
Indians suing Bush claiming they face extinction
from global warming
? |
| 12. |
Why
are... |
the
Inuit
Indians in Alaska abandoning their town
? |
| 13. |
Why
is... |
the
tiny island country of Tuvalu
threatened to sue the US and Australia
claiming that global
warming is sinking their island and
forcing
them to abandon it ?
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| 14. |
Why
are... |
lower
altitude ski resorts in Switzerland having trouble
getting bank loans ? |
| 15. |
Why
is... |
a
Russian village entombed in 3 million tons of
ice & mud from a melted glacier
? |
| 16. |
Why
are... |
ship
owners talking about opening
up a new trade route called the Polar
Passage, through the ice-bound Arctic Ocean, claiming
that it will be navigable all year
? |
| 17. |
Why
is... |
the
Antarctic Ozone Hole the largest it has
ever been (2003) ? |
| 18. |
Why
did... |
France
record 11,435
more deaths than usual during just the first 2
weeks of the record-setting heat wave in August,
2003 ? |
| 19. |
Why
did... |
rescuers
perform the biggest
mass rescue in mountaineering history on the Matterhorn,
Switzerland, as the permafrost melted causing
rock slides ? |
| 20. |
Why
are... |
scientists
estimating that Glacier
National Park in Montana, which had 150 glaciers
in 1850, has only 26 now, but will have no glaciers
left in 30 years ? |
| 21. |
Why
are... |
scientists
saying that we are currently in the 6th
largest massive wave of
extinction of life in the history of the earth
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What can we
do about these problems ?
Consider
what Ross Gelbspan has to say...
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