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September 23, 2013

Arctic ice melt slows down: NASA
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2013
Arctic sea ice melted less this summer and continued to cover a greater expanse than last year's record minimum, NASA data shows. Following unusually cold summer temperatures in the northernmost latitudes, the US space agency said Friday that the sea ice extent shrunk to 1.97 million square miles (5.10 million square kilometers). The analysis was based on September 13 data by NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado in Boulder. On Se ... read more

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Carbon cleanup would save millions of lives: study Reducing fossil-fuel emissions to safer levels would save millions of lives annually by the end of the century, a study said on Sunday. ... more		Trail of melting Swiss glacier shows climate change in action The hour-long walk from the local railway station to the Morteratsch glacier is a winding trek through a valley littered with rocks that the retreating ice left behind. ... more		Fukushima town protests Abe's global promise on crippled plant: reports A Japanese town abandoned after the Fukushima nuclear accident has protested Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's global promise that the situation of the crippled plant was "under control", papers reported Saturday. ... more
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