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The 79°N glacier in Greenland. Credit: Stephen Krisch
May 27, 2021
Written by Tim Conway, Amelia Shevenell and Brad Rosenheim
Melting polar ice sheets play a pivotal role in changing global sea levels, and are expected to contribute to a six-inch rise in Florida sea level by 2030. But melting ice also provides an important and changing supply of nutrients to the oceans around Greenland and Antarctica. The Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica, also plays a vital global role in regulating heat, salt, carbon, and nutrient transfer between the oceans and atmosphere (taking up much of the global carbon emissions),
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CITY of York Council leader Keith Aspden faced calls for a vote of no confidence at an extraordinary council meeting tonight (Tuesday). And a former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life also posed questions about accountability and leadership at the council. The meeting was called to discuss a damning public interest report by independent auditors into the council s handling of a £404,000 payout to the former chief executive. York Labour councillors planned to propose a vote of no confidence in the leader of the council, which would only be permitted if councillors agreed to suspend normal procedural rules. A leaflet shared by York Conservatives said Liberal Democrat Cllr Aspden would face a vote of no confidence and called for him to step down ahead of the meeting.
Electoral Commission launched probe into funding of PM s flat refurbishment
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds may have to hand over personal emails
The Commission can demand documents and interview witnesses under caution
Fears raised of a paper trail that could be damaging to the PM s position
Dominic Cummings says he warned Mr Johnson and ready to speak to watchdog
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds may have to hand over personal emails and phone messages to an official inquiry.
In a bombshell move, the Electoral Commission yesterday opened a formal investigation into the funding of the lavish refurbishment of the couple s official flat. We are now satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred, announced the watchdog.
It has sweeping powers to demand documents and interview witnesses under caution. Failure to comply or tell the truth is a criminal offence.
Boris Johnson (pictured) and Carrie Symonds may have to hand over personal emails and phone messages to an official inquiry