Peter Clarke Quotations
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Analysis Quotes
This study supports what we've been learning about the Greenland ice sheet, which is that it will completely melt within 500 to 1,000 years. Our new analysis of the ancient Scandinavian Ice Sheet, like other studies, is showing how these events unfolded in the past, which will help us better understand what the future will hold.
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Became Quotes
This study clearly showed that when the climate was warming but still pretty cold, the ice sheet grew due to increased precipitation that fell as snow, and more than made up for any melting. But at some point the warming became more pronounced, did not offset any increases in snow, and the ice sheet disappeared fairly rapidly.
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Became Quotes
They talk the talk but they sure don't walk the walk. While blatant export subsidies were disciplined, so-called non-distorting domestic support proliferated and became very disruptive. Farmers who get their income primarily from the marketplace have suffered and their situation will not improve without major changes.
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Cause Quotes
The events that have happened so far are pretty small, compared to what we're concerned about. The real problem would occur if these smaller glacial breakups trigger larger ones, and rising sea levels by themselves might cause a feedback mechanism which would further speed up the process.
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Both Quotes
The first phase is to put in pipelines of varying sizes, both mains and distribution pipes. The second phase is to put in a holding tank, a storage reservoir with a capacity of 1.1 million litres (approximately 250,000 gallons). This phase also incorporates the installation of a pumping station.