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U.N. Panel Report: Some Climate-Change Effects May Be Irreversible

One of the most popular stops on an Alaskan cruise / Alaska vacation, Hubbard Glacier is a very active calving glacier. Unlike most glaciers, Hubbard is advancing vs. receding. Despite it's advancing status, this photo is often used to depict global warming and climate change as a massive piece of Hubbard glacier calves off into Disenchantment Bay

Rising seas, melting ice caps and other effects of a warming climate may be irreversible for centuries and are “unequivocally” driven by greenhouse-gas emissions from human activity, a scientific panel working under the auspices of the United Nations said Monday in a new report. Issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization of… Continue reading U.N. Panel Report: Some Climate-Change Effects May Be Irreversible