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NASA satellites captured a glacier in Greenland losing a mile of ice overnight.
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Welcome to Planet 100 for July 14, 2010. Here's what we're covering today.
WATCH VIDEO: Another Vanishing Glacier
Vanishing Glacier
An iceberg twice the size of New York's Central Park has broken off Greenland’s Jacobshavn glacier causing it to retreat one mile inland.
Most strikingly the event took place in just one night, that's equal to the average ice loss for nearly two years. Thomas Wagner, cryospheric program scientist at NASA, believes climate change and the warming of the oceans may be responsible for the ice loss observed throughout Greenland and Antarctica.
Via: TreeHugger
Diesel Chevy Metro
BITW has shocked the automotive world with its modest Chevy Metro conversion that is now the last diesel standing in the XPrize 100 MPG competition. Damien Somerset interviews contestant George Voll.
Via: ShiftLogic
IKEA's Bright Idea
IKEA—home of the stylish, affordable yet infuriatingly hard to put together DIY furniture—will start phasing out those old fashioned incandescent bulbs in the U.S. this summer, replacing them with new LED’s & CFL’s. What a bright idea!
Via: TreeHugger
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Jacobshavn iceberg ©Getty Images
Icebergs ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock
North sea ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock
BITW Chevy Metro from ShiftLogic
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LED light bulb ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock
