Thickest Parts of Arctic Ice Cap Melting Faster
A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean’s floating ice cap…. It is diminishing at a rate of -15.1 percent per decade.
Read Science Daily report here, with maps.
The loss of the ice at the south pole and the north pole, will eventually change the balance of the planet as they lose tons and tons of ice. This may affect our orbit around the sun as well. Pandoras box will soon be opened as the Ice sheets disappear completely over time and they asorb heat instead of reflecting it. Our carbon emmissions will not be stopped as all our economies are based on the transportation goods and food to the consumers. Peak oil is the fuel that spawns the wars and the rumours of war we see on TV daily. The USA has been at war for almost a century and are spoling for a fight with Iran. The Arab Spring is changing the middle east and those traders who buy the oil futures will make their Puppet Presidents and Prime ministers dance to their tunes and deny the climate calamity that is taking place. The fictional Film Avatars is classic example of the greed that kills the tree of life,and we should heed its message.