Thursday, June 7, 2007

Thunders heard - the sound of Greenland melting

Thunder? It's the sound of Greenland melting (Reuters)

Icebergs crowd around the mouth of the Jakobshavn fjord near Ilulissat in this May 15, 2007 file photo. As politicians squabble over how to act on climate change, Greenland's ice cap is melting, and faster than scientists had thought possible. (Bob Strong/Reuters)Reuters - Atop Greenland's Suicide Cliff, from where old Inuit women used to hurl themselves when they felt they had become a burden to their community, a crack and a thud like thunder pierce the air.


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