Monday, April 6, 2009

Predictions for arctic ice-loss sooner than expected.

via Discovery News:

Some 80 percent of Arctic ice may disappear in 30 years, not 90 as scientists had previously estimated, according to a new study on the impact of global warming...

..The models pointed to a "nearly ice-free" Arctic in just 32 years, with some of the models making the same prediction for 11 years from now.

Sounds pretty scary, right? Thank god there's an upside!

The researchers noted one benefit of less ice in the Arctic: "a boon for shipping and for extracting minerals and oil from the seabed.

and there we have it, folks. we may all be underwater, but at least we'll have plenty of oil to power our jetskis.

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