On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 22:13:07 -0700, Bruce Raup
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I just discovered the article at
>http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-77417,00.html, entitled "Antarctic
>glacier is losing 4ft of ice each year".  The entire article uses only
>imperial units (obvious direct conversions from the original metric used
>by the scientists), with no metric in site.

For contrast see:

http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4129285,00.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/Environment/2001-02/glacier020201.shtml

-- 
Chris KEENAN
UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
UK Correspondent, US Metric Association

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