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Arctic Icecaps Melting at an Accelerated Rate

-- Ria -- 09/07/2007

Today’s article in the Washington Post, "NOAA Scientists Say Arctic Ice Is Melting Faster Than Expected", comes as a shock. Though the knowledge of the possible dissolution of the Arctic icecaps in the future is something we’ve been hearing about for a while now, the realization of how fast it is coming (and already happening) and how there is little to change what will happen to the Arctic in the next 30 - 40 years is disheartening. "The amount of emissions we have already put out in the last 20 years will stay around for 40 to 50 years," Overland (NOAA oceanographer) said. "I’m afraid to say that a lot of impacts we will see in the next 30 to 40 years are pretty much already established." This news report adds to the urgency that we start significantly curbing carbon emissions to stop further permanent damage. It can be done!