Shit.
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
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.
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It seems like only a few years ago they were saying the Arctic Sea ice might be gone by 2040 or something....
Hi Tommyrot. Yeah this is why I've devoted so much time to trying to spread the word that there is stuff we can do.
[link] gathers a list of the technical solutions in one place. I'm trying to get a second book commercially published on the economics and policies that could get that technology implemented, and the politics of winning this kind of battle.
Sorta.
I am supposed to be cleaning my home office. And yet, I am not.
I am sorry to hear all the sad pet news, esp Bear. I'll miss that doggie.
Yeah, Burrell. I was tearing up today reading all of the pet posts. I lost two of my pet family last year (a dog and a cat) and of course still miss the hell out of them. One just never gets over the loss of a stalwart companion.
I'm here too. Making Mac & Cheese that "expired" in 2006. How bad can it be, right?
And I am...finally unpacking from the F2F.
I am cleaning up so that I can properly host SuziQ's farewell brunch this weekend. I tend to get into Everything Must be Perfect mode when having people over, and I really need to get over it. People will be too busy hugging and eating and talking to really notice whether everything is just right. Right?
