http://www.smh.com.au/environment/earth-hour/the--ice-caps-are--in--trouble-20090324-983y.html
Polar ice is melting at such an alarming rate the rest of the world can't help but feel the heat, reports Marian Wilkinson.
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Before the summer heatwave hit Australia in January, climate scientists around the world were already turning their attention in our direction.
The popular belief that Antarctica might be resistant to global warming was punctured with new research based on data from satellites and weather stations, confirming that for the past 50 years, much of the continent has been warming at the same rate as the rest of the planet.
