Tag: acceleration

Glacier melt is speeding up, raising seas: global study

by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) — Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing pace, contributing to more than a fifth of global sea level rise this century, according to unprecedented research released Wednesday. Glaciers — vast bodies of frozen water that sit above ground — have been melting fast since the middle of the 20th century, but until now the full extent of ice loss had only been […]

Arroyo: Gov’t “doing what it can” to address inflation in the country

(Eagle News) — Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday, Sept. 5, said the government was “doing what it can” to address inflation in the country. Arroyo, who is also an economist, made the statement following the Philippine Statistics Authority’s report inflation had accelerated to 6.4 percent in August. “I’m sure the government is taking steps to address the situation. When I called them up today, they were meeting so I’m sure that they’re looking at it,” […]