22 August 2005

Alaska may mobilise America?

"Besides retreating glaciers, insect infestations and more intense forest fires, Alaska is experiencing melting permafrost, flooded villages, warming oceans, coastal erosion, shifts in bird and wildlife populations, and shorter seasons for ice roads. And there is more to come, as Alaska is heating up at twice the rate of the rest of the world."

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Visitors rush to glimpse vanishing glaciers:

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