It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course
to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
They didn't waste any time. This is the first line of the article. Is it me or it quite arrogant to say this is the first time in human history? Really? I know I'm not a genius, but how could they even remotely prove that?
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole
sailing in a boat through open water, would be one of the most dramatic – and
worrying – examples of the impact of global warming on the planet. Scientists
say the ice at 90 degrees north may well have melted away by the summer.
I guess I fail to see why this is so worrying. Unless I live on the beach and the sea levels rising a few inches floods my house, this is a non-issue in my book.
"From the viewpoint of science, the North Pole is just another point on the
globe, but symbolically it is hugely important. There is supposed to be ice at
the North Pole, not open water," said Mark Serreze of the US National Snow and
Ice Data Centre in Colorado.
Similar to the North Pole, catastrophic global warming is just a hoax, "but symbolically its hugely important."
Each summer the sea ice melts before reforming again during the long Arctic
winter but the loss of sea ice last year was so extensive that much of the
Arctic Ocean became open water, with the water-ice boundary coming just 700
miles away from the North Pole.
What?!?! Only 700 miles! That only gives polar bears about a 2 month journey in any direction from the North Pole. How can they live in such cramped quarters? If only they could swim then we wouldn't to worry about them drowning. Of course, its there own fault its so crowded. If they would just stop multiplying they'd have more room to roam.
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