Tuesday, January 10, 2006

The Polar Ice Cap Is Melting

Here's an article sure to upset anyone living near any coast on the planet:

Polar Ice Cap Melting

The melting of the polar ice cap has accelerated over the last few years, and scienetists are rightly concerned about what this means for us.

"Even if temperatures and conditions went flat from this point forward, we anticipate that Arctic ice would eventually disappear," Scambos said.

What this means is hard to say exactly, except that the polar ice cap is melting, and will completely melt regardless of what we do going forward.

It's not clear how much the sea level will rise, but some experts think it could rise 23 feet by the end of this century. I won't be around for the big day, but my great grandchildren will, and I'm sorry we're saddling them with this fiasco.

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