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When science is undone by fiction

Submitted by kieronb on Thu, 2011-06-30 12:02

When science is undone by fiction "The hastening retreats of the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers have been closely monitored by scientists for decades. Their collapse is a nightmare cited as one of the tipping-point scenarios scientists most fear."

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