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[grinninfoole]

Of course, for evidence that, as a species, we're still in big trouble, there are the following three stories right next to the orange peel one

Artic Rivers are flowing faster because of human-induced climate change:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4190997.stm

Antarctic ice melt has left an iceberg the size of Luxembourg floating around causing trouble:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4191023.stm

And dolphins are killing porpoises in unprecedented numbers off the Welsh coast.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4187551.stm