Sunday, October 18, 2009
Clearest message that climate change is occurring
The Arctic is sending us perhaps the clearest message that climate change is occurring much more rapidly than scientists previously thought. In the summer of 2007, sea ice was roughly 39% below the summer average for 1979-2000, a loss of area equal to nearly five United Kingdoms. Many scientists now believe the Arctic will be completely ice free in the summertime between 2011 and 2015, some 80 years ahead of what scientists had predicted just a few years ago.
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Wow, when I look at images like this I am truly astonished. I can't help wondering whats going to happen another 30 years from now. What will this glacier image look like then. For me, its a scarry thought!
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