Artic ice break raises global warming fears (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Researchers have confirmed that an enormous ice shelf broke away from Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic last year and they warn it could be another symptom of global warming. [News Source]

Climate change seen as giant ice shelf snaps free (Coos Bay World Link) TORONTO - A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a “major” reason for the event. [News Source]

Two more global warming false alarms (High Plains Journal) The global warming debate has developed a pattern: In part A, a scientist makes a scary claim and gets headlines for himself, and his funding source, across the known world. In part B, a few months later new evidence blows the scary claim away--but with no press coverage of its demise. [News Source]

Climate Change Cited in Loss of Arctic Ice Shelf (LinuxInsider.com) A giant ice shelf has snapped free from an island south of the North Pole, scientists said Thursday, citing climate change as a "major" reason for the event. The Ayles Ice Shelf -- all 41 square miles of it -- broke clear 16 months ago from the coast of Ellesmere Island, about 500 miles south of the North Pole in the Canadian Arctic. [News Source]

Hackett Environmentalist Joins Gore In Global Warming Fight (The Morning News) FORT SMITH -- Robert McAfee of Hackett joined forces with Al Gore in the former vice president's initiative to raise awareness about -- and action to slow -- global warming. [News Source]