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Article: Global warming 'past the point of no return'.(WORLD NOTES)
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- Catholic New Times
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- October 9, 2005
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Scientists warn that the northern hemisphere may have crossed a critical threshold beyond which the climate may never recover, after a record loss of sea ice in the Arctic this summer.
Fearing the Arctic has now entered an "irreversible phase," scientists say global warming is increasingly melting the polar sea ice, which has kept the climate stable for thousands of years. In an article published in the Independent, experts claim that such a loss of Arctic ice in summer has not occurred in hundreds and possibly thousands of years. It is the fourth year in a row that the sea ice in August has fallen below the monthly downward trend--a clear sign that melting has ...