The Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica is in the final stages of collapse and scientists are concerned the event shows climate change is happening faster than previously thought.
Events on the Antarctic peninsula have prompted the US Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, to release a statement saying it "demonstrates once again the profound effects our planet is already experiencing, more rapidly than previously thought, as a consequence of climate change".
[Federal Climate Change Minister Penny Wong] "We have a great many people still who are in denial on this issue - this is a stark reminder of why we must act."
"We're going to have to ... break our addiction to coal and we're going to have to move to a new green economy based on renewables."
The greatest change we could make today is to begin phasing out DIRTY COAL and reducing consumption.
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