Arctic Melting Far Faster than Expected
Yesterday we reported on a developing antarcticcatastrophe–rapid warming of the area that was setting thestage for mass extinction.
Now it appears that the arctic is melting so fast thatcoastal areas of the United States are liable to becompletely under water by the end of the century, and tosuffer serious and ongoing tidal damage long before then.
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment that was released onNovember 8 paints a grim picture of the future of the north.It is now clear, for example, that Greenland’s ice sheet ismelting fast, and that its vast glaciers are going to slide,like those on the antarctic continent, into the ocean.
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