Americans' 'SUV eating style' blamed for global warming

WASHINGTON: An US dietician says that has branded Americans food habits an "SUV eating style", which contributes to global warming more than the cars they drive, in her book.

Antarctic damage alarming: Monaco's Alarmist Prince

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile: Prince Albert of Monaco said on Thursday there were alarming signs of damage to the Antarctic environment and called for more scientific research into threats such as global warming.

The Prince, at the southern tip of Chile on a stop-over during a three-week series of visits to Antarctica lasting until Jan. 21, also told Reuters in an interview that he would pay to offset the greenhouse gas emissions from his own visit by investing in renewable energies.
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"In terms of marine ecosystems, there seems to be in most areas a shortage of krill," he said of the shrimp-like creatures that usually abound in the Southern Ocean. "Some of...the big whales have little to feed on, and the penguins as well. Some of their colonies are diminishing," Albert, 50, said.

"Then there's climate change. Certain indicators there are extremely worrisome." "Both poles are extremely sensitive and fragile areas," he added. "To better understand them we need better science and more science."

The UN Climate Panel says that greenhouse gases, mainly from burning fossil fuels, are raising world temperatures and could bring more floods, droughts, heatwaves and rising sea levels. Several ice shelves on the Antarctic peninsula snaking up towards South America have disintegrated in recent years, apparently because of a rapid rise in temperatures of 3 Celsius (5.4 Fahrenheit) in the past 50 years. But in most of Antarctica -- bigger than the United States -- there is no sign of a thaw.

Antarctica holds enough ice to raise world sea levels by about 57 metres (190 ft) if it all melted. "DANGER CORD" Albert said he hoped his trip would give him legitimacy to talk about Antarctica and "if need be, pull the danger cord and have everybody join the efforts to better protect the environment in this particular region".