This summer, the Arctic ice cap shrank—melted– to an all-time tiny size. Half what it was in 1980. The planet is changing.“The apparent low point for 2012 was reached Sunday, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which said that sea ice that day covered about 1.32 million square miles, or 24 percent, of the surface of the Arctic Ocean. The previous low, set in 2007, was 29 percent.”-nyt
“That difference between the previous record and this year’s is larger than the entire state of California, and almost as large as the state of Texas. An ice-free summer in the Arctic, once projected to be more than a century away, now looks possible decades from now. Some say that it looks likely in just the next few years.”-Scientific American
A link to the broadcast, Greenpeace video from the Arctic, etc. at A New Low For Arctic Ice | On Point with Tom Ashbrook
It seems that although the signs or climate change are very clear and easy to point out, many people still seem in denial about climate change or global warming. Do they just not want to think about it? Or maybe they don't care because they don't think it will directly affect them in their lifetime and it seems most people are pretty self concerned..
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