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A big surprise, because the reserves are so vast that theyll help solve Americas Energy needs for the next century. [ticking] if you were waiting for the day Global Warming would change the world, that day is here. Its happening far from civilizations notice in a place about as remote as you can get. Welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. Im steve kroft. We live on an increasingly endangered planet, from the glaciers of antarctica to the rich prairie lands of canada. And the ultimate disaster may be financial as well as environmental. Later in this episode, scott pelley reports from antarctica on the ...

One of Mount Everest's deadliest passages, the Khumbu Icefall, delayed this year's climbing season by nearly 2 weeks and will only get worse.

You wake up to a dark, dreary, glum-feeling, Monday-type of morning. For the 547th consecutive day. Just 18 months prior, you were a hard-working farmer gearing up for another bountiful crop season. But then the skies went dark. And they stayed dark -- day after day, month after month -- from early 536 to 537. Across much of eastern Europe and throughout Asia, spring turned into summer and fall gave way to winter without a day of sunshine. Like a blackout curtain over the sun, millions of people

Abrupt climate change is most evident in hindsight. Planetary change may be outpacing scientific understanding and political will.

Recent news coverage of the planet's record-breaking heat wave relied on the online climate visualization tool developed Sean Birkel, who is also the state climatologist.