Bill McKibben – Environment: race against time

As Earth becomes hotter and public awareness rises, scientists have dismissed “out-of-date” prior predictions for climate change. Though last month’s G8 summit of the world’s most advanced nations addressed the issue and saw groundbreaking plans made, questions rise as to how long we have left. Former New Yorker writer Bill McKibben describes the difficulties of mobilising so many countries against a ticking clock

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But two years ago, almost to the week, scientists noticed that the Arctic was losing ice at an almost unbelievable pace, outstripping the climate models by decades. Clearly we