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Obama Left With Little Time to Curb Global Warming

A protester stands behind a painting during a demonstration rally in Poznan in this December 6, 2008 file photo. (Reuters/Tobias Schwarz)

WASHINGTON  - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.

Since Clinton's inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since Clinton's second inauguration. Global warming is accelerating. Time is close to running out, and Obama knows it.