100 years ahead of schedule?
Time to get out of the car and walk.
New satellite data indicates that the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are melting much faster than anyone expected. As measured by 50 million laser readings from a NASA satellite, the rate of thinning in some areas of Antarctica is 50 percent faster than just a decade ago. Some experts believe the ice sheets may be melting 100 years ahead of schedule.
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Tags: environment·global warming
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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