melting glaciers

A recent report commissioned by the Andean Community (CAN) concludes that by 2025 the impacts of global climate change will cost the four CAN nations together about US$30 billion annually, or roughly an average 4.5% of their annual gross domestic product (GDP).

It is hard to shock journalists and at the same time leave them in awe of the power of nature. A group returning from a helicopter trip flying over, then landing on, the Greenland ice cap at the time of maximum ice melt last month were shaken. One shrugged and said: "It is too late already." Scary first-hand report from the glaciers in Greenland.

Satirical video about the affects of global warming on our glaciers.

The most scenic drive in the world; that's how the Icefields Parkway in Canada's Banff and Jasper National Parks bills itself. I wouldn't disagree. One of the highlights is the Columbia Icefield, the largest icefield in North America. It has several glaciers flowing down from it, one of which is the Athabasca Glacier.

People wearing nothing to protest politicians doing nothing.

There is a 92% chance that Arctic sea ice will have melted to a record low, partially due to global warming, according to researchers at the University of Colorado.