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Ice: canary in the global coal mine

14 09 2009

An intended pun from James Balog in another classic TED talk. If you thought climate change was merely a prediction from mathematical models, think again. The biodiversity implications are staggering.

“We have a problem of perception… Not enough people really get it yet.” J. Balog

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Tags: biodiversity, climate change, conservation, James Balog, science
Categories : Arctic, biodiversity, climate change, climate shift, conservation, environmental policy, environmental science


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