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  2. Tipping points in the climate system - Wikipedia

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    Examples of tipping points include thawing permafrost, which will release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, or melting ice sheets and glaciers reducing Earth's albedo, which would warm the planet faster. Thawing permafrost is a threat multiplier because it holds roughly twice as much carbon as the amount currently circulating in the atmosphere.

  3. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world (Chinese proverb) [5] To the victor go the spoils; To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive; Tomorrow is another day; Tomorrow never comes; Too many cooks spoil the broth; Too little, too late; Too much of a good thing; Truth is stranger than fiction

  4. 'Doomsday' glacier could melt faster than previously thought

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    One of the most closely watched glaciers in the world could soon melt faster than expected, a shift that could lead to sudden rises in sea levels. 'Doomsday' glacier could melt faster than ...

  5. Glacial motion - Wikipedia

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    Most lakes in the world occupy basins scoured out by glaciers. Glacial motion can be fast (up to 30 metres per day (98 ft/d), observed on Jakobshavn Isbræ in Greenland ) [ 1 ] or slow (0.5 metres per year (20 in/year) on small glaciers or in the center of ice sheets), but is typically around 25 centimetres per day (9.8 in/d).

  6. California's snowpack is melting faster than ever before ...

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    That in effect shifts the "melt season" into the middle of winter, said Benjamin Hatchett, an assistant research professor at the Desert Research Institute and one of the study's lead authors.

  7. A few acres of snow - Wikipedia

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    Voltaire at the residence of Frederick II in Potsdam, Prussia.Partial view of an engraving by Pierre Charles Baquoy, after N. A. Monsiau. "A few acres of snow" (in the original French, "quelques arpents [a] de neige", French pronunciation: [kɛlkə.z‿aʁpɑ̃dəˈnɛːʒ], with "vers le Canada") is one of several quotations from 18th-century writer French Voltaire, indicative of his sneering ...

  8. Leaving the world a better place - Wikipedia

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    This ethic was articulated by Bessie Anderson Stanley in 1911 (in a quote often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson): "To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

  9. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    Here are 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly. ... In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment. Variety. NBC, Macy’s srike 10-year deal to keep Thanksgiving parade marching.