Australian scientists: World warming faster than UN predicted

An enormous iceberg (R) breaks off the Knox Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, Jan. 11, 2008. Australia's CSIRO's atmospheric research unit has found the world is warming faster than predicted by the United Nations' top climate change body, with harmful emissions exceeding worst-case estimates. Picture taken Jan. 11, 2008.

Giant tabular icebergs surrounded by ice floe drift in Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory Jan. 11, 2008. Australia's CSIRO's atmospheric research unit has found the world is warming faster than predicted by the United Nations' top climate change body, with harmful emissions exceeding worst-case estimates. Picture taken Jan. 11, 2008.

A deep crevasse forms in the iceshelf as an enormous iceberg (L) breaks off the Knox Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory on Jan. 11, 2008. Australia's CSIRO's atmospheric research unit has found the world is warming faster than predicted by the United Nations' top climate change body, with harmful emissions exceeding worst-case estimates. Picture taken Jan. 11, 2008.

Retreating snow cover exposes barren rock near Cape Folger on the Budd Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, Jan. 11, 2008.

A turquoise lake (C) forms from melting snow near Cape Folger on the Budd Coast in the Australian Antarctic Territory, Jan. 11, 2008.

Giant tabular icebergs surrounded by ice floe drift in Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory Jan. 11, 2008.

The retreating Knox Coast iceshelf exposes the barren Windmill Islands of Vincennes Bay in the Australian Antarctic Territory on Jan. 11, 2008