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Arctic sea ice at second lowest extent ever recorded
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by LotusFlower | September 18, 2008 at 10:53 am
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More alarming news on the global warming front as Arctic sea ice reaches the second lowest extent ever recorded. This comes at a time when some high profile politicians such as Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and others imply that this is just a natural cycle and has nothing to do with human industrial actions. Whatever the reason, natural or human, many feel it needs carefully monitoring and investigating so that steps can be taken globally if need be to stop and reverse the trend.
Arctic sea ice has reached the second lowest extent ever recorded, according to the US national snow and ice centre, and a new map shows how far the 2008 melt has receded compared to the historical average.
The map, produced by Collins, illustrates that the area of ice that is at least five years old has fallen by more than half since 1985. It comes as the Northwest Passage, above north America, and the Northeast Passage, over the top of Russia, are both free of ice for the first time.
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at 12:21 on September 18th, 2008
The North Magnetic Pole is shifting rapidly toward Russia. This is a fact, but some might still say it's global warming, which is a theory easily disproven. Sarah Palin is one of the smartest politicians out there, finally questioning the (evil) motivations of global warming advocates. She also wants to drill for oil in Alaska, and Obama makes (silly) excuses why it's not a good idea.
at 09:02 on September 19th, 2008
The magnetic pole would not have anything to do with climate change. Climate change will be when the polar ice cap is back in India or Africa or Brazil.