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WWF calls for Kyoto sign-up in response to Antarctic collapse.

The World Wide Fund for Nature has said that the break up of a second Antarctic ice shelf places additional pressure on countries around the world to ratify the Kyoto Treaty. The collapse of Larsen B shelf, covering an area of more than 3,000 sq km, is one of the largest changes on the topography

of the Antarctic in recent years, Dr Lara Hansen a climate scientist at WWF called it a "stunning development" which made it essential to take concerted action against global warming.

Copyright UK Environment News Ltd - Vol 6, Issue 2, Apr 2002. Tel 020 7351 3954. UK Environment News cannot accept any incidental or consequential liability for information carried in this article.

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