ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Antarctica's Cooling Temperatures.

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--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2002

TOPIC: A study, conducted by an assistant professor at the University of
Illinois at Chicago, found that sections of ice in Antarctica are growing
thicker and the continent's average temperature has cooled by 0.7 degrees per
decade from 1986 to 2000, according to an article by The Christian Science
Monitor. This study tends to confirm the findings of a previous study,
conducted by Josephino Comiso appearing last year in the Journal Climate, that
noted Antarctica's temperature dropped by 0.4 degrees per decade from 1979 to
1999. Some experts believe the cooler temperatures may only be a brief break
from the long-term warming trend, the article says. It is expected that
politicians who oppose the Kyoto Protocol, which would limit activity that
causes global warming, will use the studies to support their argument. EXPERTS:
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Professor Chris Fox, environmental sciences professor at The Community College of Baltimore County, is an expert in the fields of global warming and environmental technologies. 410/455-4538, [e-mail]; PR: Bonnie Stecker ([e-mail], 410/869-7153).

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