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Greenland Ice Melt: ‘Scientists Say They’ve Never Seen Anything Like This Before’
NASA reported today some truly shocking findings on the melting of the Greenland ice sheet this summer:Satellites See Unprecedented Greenland Ice Sheet Surface MeltJuly 24, 2012: For several days this month, Greenland’s surface ice cover melted over a larger area than at any time in more than 30 years of satellite observations. Nearly...[read more]
What the insurance industry thinks about climate change and sea level rise, and it’s not pretty
WWF International and insurance giant Allianz have released a report called “Major Tipping Points in the Earth’s Climate System and Consequences for the Insurance Sector.” I find reports from the insurance industry quite informative because nobody knows risk better than the people who stand to lose a lot of money from those very risks....[read more]
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