ICE CAP MELTS
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ARCTIC is experiencing "the most rapid and severe climate change on earth", twice the rate of other regions, says an Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by the Arctic Council, representing Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US. Summer sea-ice is expected to decrease by 50% by 2100, mainly through fossil fuel burning. * http://www.amap.no/acia/index.html
THE ARCTIC is experiencing "the most rapid and severe climate change on earth", twice the rate of other regions, says an Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by the Arctic Council, representing Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US. Summer sea-ice is expected to decrease by 50% by 2100, mainly through fossil fuel burning. * http://www.amap.no/acia/index.html
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