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Global warming to melt Arctic sea ice away by 2040
(Stan Beer, IT Wire, 13 December 2006)
A new scientific research report predicts that the frozen sea areas in the Arctic circle will be completely gone by the summer 2040 due to the impact of global warming resulting from greenhouse gas emmissions. . . . According to the study, by a team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the University of Washington, and McGill University, scenarios run on supercomputers show that sea ice could be reduced so abruptly that, within about 20 years, it may begin retreating four times faster than at any time in the observed record. . . . The increasing rate of melting sea ice is contributing to a positive feedback system, which feeds global warming further because open ocean absorbs heat from the sun rather than reflects back into space as does ice. . . . "As the ice retreats, the ocean transports more heat to the Arctic and the open water absorbs more sunlight, further accelerating the rate of warming and leading to the loss of more ice," says NCAR scientist Marika Holland, the study's lead author. "This is a positive feedback loop with dramatic implications for the entire Arctic region. . . . "We have already witnessed major losses in sea ice, but our research suggests that the decrease over the next few decades could be far more dramatic than anything that has happened so far," "These changes are surprisingly rapid."

posted by LoZo 1:56 PM

 

StopKillingUs.org Web Site Launched
To most us us, Africa is seldom in the forefront of our thoughts. Yet, with 800 million people, it is the second most populous continent on this little planet. According to scientists, like James Lovelock, it is the African continent that is going to suffer more severely from the effects of global climate change than will the western nations who are the ones most responsible for the human-added component of global warming.

If you care about helping our brothers and sisters in Africa, go to the above link and find out how you can help expand awareness of the plight of these less fortunate people. . . . And if you work at a radio station or have an Internet radio program, it would be nice of you to play the following song whenever it fits into your programming.

Listen now in MP3 audio (4MB)!!

Official Theme Song for www.StopKillingUs.org
Launched December 1st, 2006
Accra, Ghana, Africa

www.STOP KILLING US.org
Words and music: Galen Brandt, Jim Matus
Performed and Produced by Galen Brandt and Jim Matus
with a guest appearance by Pakistani Sufi M. Saud Anwa
and additional lyrics by Laila Maria Salins
Recorded at Paranoise Productions, Hartford CT (Nov 29-30, 2006)

posted by LoZo 9:31 AM