Big Arctic Perils Seen in Warming, Survey Finds

[steve2470]

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/science/earth/30arctic.html


A comprehensive four-year study of warming in the Arctic shows that heat-trapping gases from tailpipes and smokestacks around the world are contributing to profound environmental changes, including sharp retreats of glaciers and sea ice, thawing of permafrost and shifts in the weather, the oceans and the atmosphere.

The study, commissioned by eight nations with Arctic territory, including the United States, says the changes are likely to harm native communities, wildlife and economic activity but also to offer some benefits, like longer growing seasons. The report is due to be released on Nov. 9, but portions were provided yesterday to The New York Times by European participants in the project.

While Arctic warming has been going on for decades and has been studied before, this is the first thorough assessment of the causes and consequences of the trend.
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It was conducted by nearly 300 scientists, as well as elders from the native communities in the region, after representatives of the eight nations met in October 2000 in Barrow, Alaska, amid a growing sense of urgency about the effects of global warming on the Arctic.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Bosh You With That Junk Science Witchery

Everybody knows that the planet is getting warmer because the devil is working his legions of demons overtime down under our feet, trying to manufacture extra dinosaur bones to confuse the faithful.. and when he's not doing that or directing his puppets at the DNC, he's frantically typing up sitcom pilots containing friendly, family-values eroding sympathetic gay characters to send to his minions in Hollyweird.

...Plus, the world's happy volcanos are singing glorious CO2-filled hosannahs in eager anticipation of Jesus's imminent return.

Heathen.