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CO2 AND THE POLES

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming Heats Up | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

It's at the North and South poles that those steambath conditions are felt particularly acutely, with glaciers and ice caps crumbling to slush. Once the thaw begins, a number of mechanisms kick in to keep it going. Greenland is a vivid example. Late last year, glaciologist Eric Rignot of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming Heats Up | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

One of the reasons the loss of the planet's ice cover is accelerating is that as the poles' bright white surface shrinks, it changes the relationship of Earth and the sun. Polar ice is so reflective that 90% of the sunlight that strikes it simply bounces back into space...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming Heats Up | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

One result of all that is warmer oceans, and a result of warmer oceans can be, paradoxically, colder continents within a hotter globe. Ocean currents running between warm and cold regions serve as natural thermoregulators, distributing heat from the equator toward the poles. The Gulf Stream, carrying warmth up from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming Heats Up | 3/26/2006 | See Source »

Free trade?which is at the heart of globalization?has never been uncontroversial, even if economists regard its tenets as revealed truth. Those who gain from trade?the great undifferentiated mass of consumers who enjoy a range of products from around the world sold at prices that reflect intense competition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Backlash Against Globalization? | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

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